Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau by Niko Kapa

Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau by Niko Kapa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Rooj Tog Competition Category.

HlauRooj Tog· 2025

Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau

by Niko Kapa

Client: Snk

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Rooj Tog Category

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The Design

About Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau

Muaj raws li lub hauv paus ntsiab lus ntawm kev txwv cov khoom siv thiab kev huv si ntawm daim ntawv, qhov zoo ntawm tus qauv tsim yog raws li cov duab geometric thiab cov kab uas ua rau muaj kev sib txuas ntawm cov seem sib txawv uas tag nrho pab rau kev ua haujlwm. Tus qauv tsim tso cai rau lub rooj zaum hloov mus los ntawm ntau qhov chaw sib txawv thiab teb rau kev xav thiab kev xav tau ntawm tus neeg siv, vim nws tuaj yeem hloov tau tsuas yog los ntawm kev tig nws. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi yam tsis muaj lub hom phiaj thiab cov ntsiab lus cais ua ke los tsim ib qho qauv tsim uas tsis hnyav tab sis ruaj khov heev.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Flip Rooj Zaum Hloov Pauv Tau tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Flexibility and transformation are the fundamental ideas behind this design. The design allows the chair to migrate between different settings and respond to moods and needs of the user, since it can be transformed just by flipping it. This results to different seating postures and designs as per the needs of the user. Besides the alteration, this gives the product a visual consolidation, emphasizing the reduction of materials and unification of forms.
Dimensions & Packaging: Structural stability is attained by the overlapping plywood strips that curve into one another and are glued on connection points. These provide the necessary flexibility that thin layers of plywood offer as a construction material, together with the cushions attached to them. Plywood sheets are spray painted and varnished on all sides. Besides the natural beech wood finish, they come in black and white colored types.
Tags: Transformable, flexible, fluid, plywood, sustainable
Production Technology: The manufacturing process used for the plywood is steam bending which is a low energy, low waste process using no toxic glues, just water. The process of steaming the wood also seasons it at the same as it is bent, using a fraction of the energy required in conventional kiln drying. Having in mind always the use of low environmental impact solutions, plywood is used with low VOC finishes and Bio Shield natural oil finishes, in order to reveal the textural qualities of wood construction.
Design Challenge: With the fluidity of seat and the linearity if strips, the design is suggestive of plant growth. In this way it expresses the spirit of the material it is made of and reveals the textural qualities of wood construction. With an intentionally clear and simple form for this furniture, adaptation to the product philosophy of Dorma Design was taken into account, in order to make this chair complementary of company’s group of furniture and suitable for mass production.
Research: The research focused on how the curve segments can be combined together taking into account physically satisfying posture as well as ergonomics. Full scale mockups were produced in order to check the weight and functionality of the furniture prior to fabrication. Cushions were tested in order to act as an extension of the main framing, having as a basic principle the minimum use of material and minimum number of construction elements.
Inspiration: When you bend a strip of plywood you get an elastic curve. What geometry does this curve follow? The interest in line and movement is expressed through a refined vocabulary, derived from the functional aspects of the design. The main structural elements are strips of plywood that fold in a specific and supplementary manner, in line with proportions of the human body so as to establish the dimensions of the chair.
Operation Flow: Exploring the value of wooden manufacture and the flexible nature of wood as a construction material, the Flip Flop chair is constructed of a series of plywood elements. Fluid linear forms establish a visual rhythm through the graphic lines of the design. This analytical construction logic with curves and crisp lines defines a characteristic profile with a light and elegant effect.
Image Credits: Studio Niko Kapa