Cloud Noho by Shota Urasaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

GulaLako Hale· 2020

Cloud Noho

by Shota Urasaki

Client: Okinawa Products

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Cloud Noho

He noho ʻo Cloud i hoʻoulu ʻia e kahi kuāua ua i ʻike ʻia ma luna o ke kahakai o ka mokupuni ʻo Okinawa ma Iapana. Hana ʻia ka ʻili noho ma o ka hou ʻana i ka fiber polyester i loko o ka foam polyurethane me ke kui, kahi e hana ai i kahi hiʻohiʻona palupalu e like me ke ao. Hāʻawi ka noho kiʻekiʻe i ka mea e noho ana i kahi manaʻo lana. Hana ʻia nā wāwae kila kila ʻaniani a me kahi kumu mai nā kaola poepoe lahilahi e hōʻike ana i ka ua e hāʻule mai ana. Ua hoʻoholo pono ʻia ka helu, ka lōʻihi a me ke anawaena o nā kaola. Hana lima ʻia ʻo Cloud mai ke kila kila, ka fiber polyester, ka lāʻau a me ka foam polyurethane.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cloud Noho i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cloud Noho he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Cloud Noho i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a cloud-like chair that is raining.
The seating surface enables a cloud-like expression by piercing polyester fiber into the polyurethane foam with a needle.
A high seat gives the seated person a floating.
In addition, the mirror-like stainless steel legs and pedestal made it possible to express the rain.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1000 mm x Depth 900 mm x Height 600 mm
Tags: nature, chair, cloud, okinawa, japan, organic
Production Technology: Materials: Stainless steel, Polyester fiber, Wood, Polyurethane foam
Production processes of the product: Handmade
Design Challenge: In addition, the number, length, and diameter of stainless steel round bars that express rain were carefully determined.
Research: I feel like the products in the world are now uniform.
Different regions have their own culture and nature.
Among them, I paid attention to nature.
I think of naturally inspired designs.
After that, repeat the verification of the material and structure.
I will announce the created design to the world and aim for commercialization.
I believe that doing so will enrich the uniform world.
Inspiration: The sky is connected everywhere in the world.
Many people have seen clouds.
A design inspired by nature will resonate with various people.
I live on Okinawa Island south of Japan.
One day, I saw a moving cloud while it rained on the coast.
The idea of this chair came up from the scenery at that time.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and ended in October 2019.
Operation Flow: I think there are many people who have imagined when they were children that they could sit on clouds.
I realized that imagination.
Poetic products enrich the emotions of users.
In addition, this product makes the surrounding space visually enjoyable.
Image Credits: [ Image #1: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #2: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #3: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #4: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #5: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ]