Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Tooj in Kev Kos Duab Zoo thiab Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Kos Competition Category.

ToojKev Kos Duab Zoo· 2022

Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom

by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Client: Studio Minus

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Kev Kos Duab Zoo Category

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The Design

About Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom

Stalker yog ib lub tuam txhab rau khoom uas tsim los sawv ywj pheej rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm ib chav tsev, yog li ntawd nws tuaj yeem mus cuag tau los ntawm txhua sab. Cov khoom no yog ua los ntawm ntoo beech, ntoo ash thiab plywood, nrog cov khoom siv daim iav xauv duab, hlau galvanized thiab hlau tinned. Kaum ib lub thawv uas tsis sib xws raug tso tsis sib npaug rau plaub sab thiab raug zais nyob tom qab ib qho ntxaij ntuj dub, tseem muaj cov qab tuav ntawm hlau tinned qhia lawv qhov chaw nyob. Plaub daim iav prismatic tsim ib lub kaum reflector uas rov qab qhov muag ntawm tus saib los ntawm txhua qhov chaw sawv. Stalker yog tsim los ntawm tes thiab nyob nruab nrab ntawm kev ua yeeb yam thiab kev tsim khoom siv.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Stalker Lub Tuam Txhab Rau Khoom ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore.
He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
Dimensions & Packaging: 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm
Tags: stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector
Production Technology: beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel
Design Challenge: The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece.
Research: The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us.
The construction is made out of solid wood.
The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture.
All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design. It is the tinned steel handles that indicate the position of the drawers.
The whole process was an experiment, as the project developed organically, the piece being built manually from the construction level to its last detail. There were also details that had to be changed along the way. The piece of furniture respects the three registers corresponding with the human body: head-body-legs. The legs were an experiment. Being made out of vertical welded steel they didn't support the wooden structure well. That is why they had to be bent.
We believe in the idea of makers, that by building manually a piece of furniture one can also create a piece of art. By working manually, the design decisions are more assumed at a detail level.
The general concept, the structure, and all the details including the finishings are also a controlled result of more tries.
The stalker remains a piece of furniture at the border between art and furniture design.
Inspiration: One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers.
Project Duration: The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania
Operation Flow: The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side.
Team Members: Milincu Octavian Camil
Tudoran Otilia Alexandra
Image Credits: Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.