Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu by Mian Wei

Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu by Mian Wei is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

KalaLako Hale· 2020

Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu

by Mian Wei

Client: Mian Wei

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu

ʻO Para kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā noho kūwaho lehulehu i hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i ka palapū i nā hoʻonohonoho kūwaho. ʻO nā noho i loaʻa kahi ʻano symmetrical kū hoʻokahi a ʻokoʻa loa mai ke kaulike ʻike ʻike kūlohelohe o ka hoʻolālā noho maʻamau i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka ʻano maʻalahi, he ʻano wiwo ʻole kēia hoʻonohonoho o nā noho i waho. ʻO nā mea ʻelua me kahi kaupaona kaumaha, ua kākoʻo ʻo Para A i ka hoʻohuli 360 a puni kona kumu, a kākoʻo ʻo Para B i ka flip bidirectional.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Para Noho Kīhāpai Kūwaho Lehulehu e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Para is a set of public outdoor chairs with extremely low center of gravity. Most public outdoor furniture is either fixed or heavily weighted and doesn't have any adjustability. With its unique weight distribution, Para is designed to provide restrained mobility in flexible outdoor settings. The heavier bottom makes it easier to rotate and flip to user preferable positions.
Dimensions & Packaging: 620 mm x 1200 mm x 820 mm
Tags: Chair, Outdoor, Public, Furniture, Park, Garden, Transparent
Production Technology: Bent polycarbonate sheets supported by steel and polyethylene legs. Filled with heavy fillings to increase weight.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to create a set of outdoor park chairs that is modern and bold, and would have a degree of controlled flexibility for adjustable sitting and viewing direction.
Research: Research went into finding the optimal shape and balance for ergonomics and its unique symmetrical structure.
Inspiration: The designer wanted to create a set of chairs with a unique visual symmetry that totally deviates from the inherent traditional form of conventional chair design by shifting the center of focus, and bring fun interaction and freedom into mundane public outdoor seating. Inspired by simple seesaw shape, and the structure of a roly-poly, this set of outdoor chairs is bold, modern and welcomes interaction. The detail form and curvature were inspired by pollen and flying seeds
Project Duration: Spring 2020 release, USA, project period Jan - Feb 2020
Operation Flow: Both with a heavy weighted bottom, Para A supports 360 rotation around its base, and Para B supports bidirectional flipping. Para brings bold playfulness to public settings. With Para A, the rotation makes flexible communal organization and communication effortless with heavy public furniture. With Para B, a line of public chairs can be rearranged to either direction easily. With PARA outdoor chairs you can choose and change your sitting direction freely, and get a new view of the park everyday.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Mian Wei, 2020.
Image Credits: Mian Wei