Parachute Zidna polica by Yusuke Watanabe

Parachute Zidna polica by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Namještaja Competition Category.

ZlatoNamještaj· 2021

Parachute Zidna polica

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Namještaj Category

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The Design

About Parachute Zidna polica

Parachute je zidna polica izrađena od lima. Kada je neki odjeljak u upotrebi, daska tog odjeljka spušta se prema dolje i visi na mjestu. Viseća daska drži kaput, časopis ili slične predmete i sprječava njihovo padanje. Površina nosi obojene pruge odvojene tankim razmacima, pa polica podsjeća na grafički izgled modernog padobrana te se može doživjeti i kao zidna umjetnost. Parachute je širine 790 mm, dubine 30 mm i visine 220 mm. Naziv spaja ideje zaštite i padanja.

The Recognition

About the Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award

Parachute Zidna polica je pobjednik Zlatne nagrade A' Design Award, iznimno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje prvorazrednim, čudesnim i izvanrednim dizajnima. Zlatni pobjednici iznimno su inovativne, vrlo vizionarske i blistavo zasljepljujuće kreacije koje odražavaju genij, mudrost i umijeće svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Parachute Zidna polica bude vrlo hvaljen, trendovski i monumentalan izum koji pruža dosad neviđenu vrijednost. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Zlatnu nagradu A' Design Award spektakularan je, cijenjen projekt koji izuzetno koristi i pomiče granice umjetnosti, znanosti, dizajna i tehnologije. Parachute Zidna polica stvara snažne osjećaje želje, budi strast, potiče kreativnost i fascinira nas.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Dimensions & Packaging: W:790mm D:30mm H:220mm
Tags: Wall Shelf, Furniture, WD, YusukeWatanabe, Minimal, Tokyo, Japan
Production Technology: Parachute was made by sheet metal.
With the colored stripes separated by thin spaces, the graphic design is reminiscent of a modern parachute; this theme is transformed, in a recognisable and aesthetically successful manner, into an original shelf design.
Design Challenge: Yusuke Watanabe designed a new type of wall shelf, looks like Wall Art.

Yusuke Watanabe was worried about color of gradation, Through trial and error we found best ways. looks like Wall Art.
Inspiration: When listening to Coldplay's first album, it suddenly occurred to me to look up the word "Parachute."

It seems that the name "parachute" comes combining the Italian "parare" (to protect) with the French "chute" (to fall).

I thought that was a rather fine name.
I tried to think of devices that protect against falling.
When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in Tokyo and finished in October 2018 in Tokyo, and Yusuke Watanabe was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018.
Operation Flow: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.
Team Members: Yusuke Watanabe
Image Credits: Photo / Hiroki Watanabe