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Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao

Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Furnitur Competition Category.


PerakFurnitur· 2022

Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi

by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao

Client: Donxi

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Furnitur Category

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The Design

About Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi

Clover adalah bangku tinggi yang dibuat dari kayu solid. Bentuknya terinspirasi oleh lengkung Romanesque, dan permukaan atasnya memiliki bentuk daun semanggi berkelopak empat. Setiap kelopak dibuat dari potongan-potongan kayu kecil sisa produksi di pabrik, yang disambung dalam pola mozaik sehingga memperlihatkan serat kayu alaminya. Kaki-kaki melengkungnya pertama-tama dipahat menggunakan mesin yang dikendalikan komputer, lalu disempurnakan dengan pemolesan tangan. Sambungan purus dan lubang pen khusus di bagian tengah menyatukan keempat kelopak dan menjaga kestabilan strukturnya. Material yang digunakan adalah kayu ash atau black walnut, dengan cincin pijakan kaki berbahan baja tahan karat pada bagian bawah.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas atas yang indah dan mengesankan. Pemenang Perak adalah karya yang sangat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan keahlian, bakat, dan ketajaman luar biasa para desainernya. Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, etalase keahlian, sangat profesional, dan sangat inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini adalah penemuan yang sangat menonjol dan dikagumi yang bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Clover Tempat Duduk Tinggi adalah kreasi yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif, dan memercikkan keheranan dan kekaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Each "leaf" is made by pieces of scrap solid wood in mosaic pattern. The curvy stool legs are carved by digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The entire stool is connected by a unique mortise and tenon joint in the center to ensure a stable structure and break the traditional orthodox image of the woodwork at the same time. This piece of creature integrates modernity and heritage in terms of both design and crafts.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 445 * Depth 445 * Height 700
Tags
Stool, Clover, Wood, Roman arch, Mortise and tenon joint, Donxi
Production Technology
Using Chinese Sun Mao (mortise and tenon joint) technique to connect the four 'leaves' is highly stable. The curvy stool legs are carved by CNC digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The materials are nature ash or black walnut, with a ring of stainless steel at the bottom for footrest.
Design Challenge
The mortise and tenon joint in the center is specially designed and made for this product to provide its delicacy and stability. The bottom side is a three-dimensional surface, which requires careful hand polishing to ensure the proper contour. Each stool will be processed by eight times of polishing in different degree. It is also a sustainable product design as it has used leftover small wood logs in the factory.
Research
How to use pure wood to make a three-dimensional irregular shape, is one of the main issues for our designers and craftsmen. Considering the cost, without using one piece of large wood, we combine several small square pieces into a bunch and then carve the shape. In fact, most of these small pieces are the leftover materials for disposal in the factory, so we have achieved industrial waste reuse. In this way, it also enables a mosaic pattern on the surface, which discloses the beauty of natural wood.
Inspiration
The form is inspired by the classic Romanesque arch in the Western ancient architecture, showing the graceful contour and beautiful proportion. The surface is in the shape of the four-leaf clover, which symbolizes good omens for faith, hope, love and luck. Applying the adorable four-leaf clover shape and the classic Roman arch form on furniture, we hope to bring happiness and eternity to users.
Project Duration
The furniture was designed in March 2020 in Shanghai. The first sample was made in May 2020 and then continued to refine. It was final completed in Jan 2021.
Operation Flow
The petal-like surface makes it easy for people to sit on, in various direction, freely and flexibly. It is exquisite in shape but stable in structure with the mortise and tenon joint inside.
Patents
Patent No.: ZL 2020 3 0209821.2
Team Members
Shuangyong Jin
Yunfei Zhao
Image Credits
Image Credits: Donxi

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