Kepler-186f כסא הודעות by Alexandr Strepetov is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 פרס הכסף של A' Design Award in אמנויות יפות ועיצוב מיצבים Competition Category.
כסףאמנות· 2019
Kepler-186f כסא הודעות
Client: Alexandr Strepetov
פרס הכסף של A' Design Award Winner in אמנות Category
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About Kepler-186f כסא הודעות
הבסיס המבני של כיסא הכורסה Kepler-186f הוא מחבת, מולחמת מחוט פלדה אליו מהודקים האלמנטים המגולפים מעץ האלון בעזרת שרוולי פליז. אפשרויות שונות של שימוש באבזור משתלבות בהרמוניה עם גילופי עץ ואלמנטים של תכשיטים. אובייקט אמנות זה מייצג ניסוי בו משולבים עקרונות אסתטיים שונים. אפשר לתאר את זה כ"בארוק ברברי או חדש "שבו משולבים הצורות המחוספסות והמעולות. כתוצאה מאלתור, קפלר נעשה רב שכבתי, עטוף בתת-הטקסטים ובפרטים חדשים.
The Recognition
About the פרס הכסף של A' Design Award
העיצוב Kepler-186f כסא הודעות זכה בפרס הכסף של A' Design Award, הכרה יוקרתית ביותר הניתנת לעיצובים ברמה הגבוהה ביותר, מרהיבים ומרשימים. זוכי הכסף הם יצירות מבריקות להפליא ויצירתיות מאוד שממחישות את המומחיות, הכישרון והחדות של מעצביהן. מהעיצוב Kepler-186f כסא הודעות מצפים שיהיה יצירה נפלאה, דגם מופת, מקצועית להפליא וחדשנית לעומק. העיצוב הזה שזכה בפרס הכסף של A' Design Award הוא המצאה בולטת מאוד ומוערצת שמועילה ודוחפת קדימה את גבולות האמנות, המדע, העיצוב והטכנולוגיה. העיצוב Kepler-186f כסא הודעות הוא יצירה שרבים מקנאים בה, שמעוררת רצונות, מביאה רגשות חיוביים ומציתה התפעלות ופליאה.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is both a piece of furniture and a complex sculpture, the body of which combines natural forms and futuristic structures achieved with different manufacturing processes. Monolithic parts are synergistically combined with a naked skeleton structure, revealing the beauty of both the external and the interior parts that are usually hidden.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- width 760mm. length 840mm. height 1070mm.
- Tags
- Arm-chair, furniture, furniture design, author furniture, wood carving, sculpture, wire articles, metal construction
- Production Technology
- Structurally, the main part of the armchair consists from steel wire 2-3 mm in diameter, intersections of main wire wrapped with thinner wire and soldered with tin alloy. Attached to the wire carcass are wrought brass bushings that are soldered with silver. They hold decorative elements, along with armrests and legs, hand carved from solid oak and finished with variety of paints and lacquers. The wooden seat cover is stitched, designed to be easily removed, while material on the seat back is affixed.
- Design Challenge
- The improvisational nature of the project leads me to the experimentation. In the beginning I only had upper part of the chair in my mind. Therefore, I had to work on feet with chair being inverted, which initially seemed like an obstacle, but later it helped formed the end design. Absence of access to welding, led me to seek structural rigidity in woven construction techniques, in wire crossing and wire ties, which eventually opened my eyes to the beauty, strength and awe-inspiring opportunities that arose from seemingly simplistic solutions.
I work in a common workshop together with other artists. If I had opened to them my plan, I would risk losing such necessary courage and inspiration, and start doubting under the pressure of their reasoning. The fact that I put aside another almost ready to sell commercial object for the sake of the tin soldering of wire could look like madness for my colleagues. So, it was necessary to keep focus, communicating only through artwork. When a month later, one of the artists said that out of my design could come out interesting furniture, I was relieved and open to discuss.
Armchair in its current state is an art object, an artistic expression. To prepare mass production version, tin soldering needs to be replaced utilizing mini-modules or welding. As far as language shape expressed in wire it can be explored and there are endless derivates possible. Leather could be used in upholstery. Making ends of the feet from wire are more practical, however, it is possible to make them with arch-shaped openings. Using asymmetrical capital allows visual and structural combination not only with horizontal, but also with angled structural trusses. - Research
- Creative process was about using over exaggerated, over the top amount of details, to widen possibilities of technology and style used. It was an exploration of gracefully combining different materials. Also, I used some architectural ideas - inverted feet of the armchair remind columns made from rebar, topped with asymmetric monolithic capital. The airy nature and shape freedom allow multiple non-standard uses of Kepler language in construction design. It is clearly not a mass-produced item, but a conglomeration of ideas, based on which creation of simpler pieces is possible.
- Inspiration
- This artwork was created as a part of bigger project where one idea was exploited indiverse methods. I was fascinated of developing single idea in various techniques and materials. Driven by this encouragement I have created experimental works, based on which later appeared wardrobe, table, and this armchair. Here you can see ornamentation inspired by plants (vine, twisting around armrest), as well as anthropomorphic and zoomorphic details, some even end up being a pregnant with creatures, like
- Project Duration
- The article was started in the summer of 2017, completed in the fall of 2018, in Sankt Petersburg.
- Operation Flow
- Kepler is not just ordinary piece of furniture, but an object of art with secret language. It can be interpreted as a piece from another world, created by alien mind. Sculpture reimagines geometrically plain and lifeless space as something cheerful and life-affirming. From the first sight it is obvious that elements were not created behind computer screen, but it was an organic process, almost like tree grows from the seed, or as if it separated from parental piece of furniture. Sculpture has hidden movement that makes you expect it to start walking, making it impossible to take picture of.
- Patents
- n/a
- Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer Tanya Bogdanova, Kepler-186f, 2018.
Image #2: photographer Tanya Bogdanova, Kepler-186f, 2018.
Image #3: photographer Tanya Bogdanova, Kepler-186f, 2018.
Image #4: photographer Tanya Bogdanova, Kepler-186f, 2018.
Image #5: photographer Tanya Bogdanova, Kepler-186f, 2018.
Video Credits:cameraman Mikhail Mikhailuk
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