Cornnie Noho Kihi by Wen-Hsin Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

GulaLako Hale· 2021

Cornnie Noho Kihi

by Wen-Hsin Tu

Client: Wen-Hsin Tu

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Cornnie Noho Kihi

He pūʻulu noho ʻo Cornnie i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā wahi kihi. ʻEkolu ʻāpana o ka pūʻulu, a ʻo ke ana o lākou he 1200 me 700 me 850 milimika ke hoʻonoho pū ʻia. Hana ʻia kēlā me kēia noho me ka lāʻau paʻapaʻa hiki ke pelu ʻia, i hoʻopili ʻia me ka kelu a kaomi ʻia ma luna o kahi ʻano hoʻohālike i ʻoki ʻia e ka mīkini CNC. Hoʻohui nā wāwae pihaʻā i kēlā me kēia noho i ke kihi a hōʻike i nā ala hou e hoʻohana ai i ia wahi. Hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ke hoʻomaha ma nā wahi kihi me Cornnie a hana i kahi wahi pilikino ma laila me ka ʻole o ke kūkulu ʻana i paia ma waena o kekahi me kekahi. ʻO ka manaʻo nui, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi wahi maluhia e hoʻomaha ai i loko o nā kaiapuni hāmama i kaʻana like ʻia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cornnie Noho Kihi 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 Cornnie Noho Kihi 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 Cornnie Noho Kihi 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: A seating series designed for corner spaces, presenting a solitary moment that conveys the message, everyone needs space for themselves. Users can find comfortable corner spaces through the use of the seating and can create a relatively personal space there, without building a wall between each other. The furniture also shows that we don‘t always need to be proactive in seeking interaction, but can take a step back and make ourselves comfortable.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1200mm*700mm*850mm
(all three pieces putting together)
Tags: Stool, Seating, Corner, Stair, Windowsill, Retreat, Solitary, Seclusion, Interaction, Get Along With
Production Technology: bendable plywoods were being glued and pressed on the mould that milled by CNC
Design Challenge: To figure out how to connect people and the corner spaces is the hardest part. There aremanyways that wecould sit in the corner spaces. But what’s the connection between people, object (seating) and space? And then, I come up with the ideas, the curved legs of the chairs. This relationship between object and space create dialogue between themselves, and leads to the specific characters of the objects. These characteristics also seem to hint to the user how they can use the space in a novel way. The process empowers the users to experience their environment with a new perspective.
Research: I tried to sit in every corner space that I could find to experience how we could see and feel a room with different perspectives. And then I made some miniatures of spaces and objects to find out which element I can extract from the spaces to connect the design strongly with the corners. After the connection between object and space is bounded, I made some 1:1 prototypes of stools with curved legs and put them in certain positions to observe how people interact with them. A clear concept of the relationship between people, objects and spaces is then developed.
Inspiration: The spaces between public and private are becoming more open as time goes on. The people who use these in-between spaces are diverse. The interactions in these spaces enrich our everyday lives and provides inspiration, but also lead to stressful situations due to the lack of places to retreat. CORNNIE builds on these observations. Users can feel comfortable in corner spaces through the use of the seating and create a relatively personal space there without building a wall between each other.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2018 in Berlin and finished in October 2019 in Berlin, and was exhibited in the Berlin University of the Arts Design Master Graduation Show
Operation Flow: The seatings play an important role, they create an interface between people and space. This interrelationship leads to the specific characters of the objects, and these characteristics also seem to hint to the user how they can use the space in a novel way. The process empowers the users to experience their environment with a new perspective.
Team Members: Wen-Hsin Tu