Exocet Kursi Multifungsi by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award Emas in Desain Furnitur Competition Category.
EmasFurnitur· 2015
Exocet Kursi Multifungsi
Client: Exocet
A' Design Award Emas Winner in Furnitur Category
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About Exocet Kursi Multifungsi
Exocet adalah kursi multifungsi yang terbuat dari kayu birch Baltik dan aluminium. Kursi ini dibangun dari serangkaian bilah melengkung identik yang dirakit mengelilingi sebuah silinder pusat. Penggunaan satu bentuk bilah dasar mendukung proses fabrikasi yang efisien. Exocet dapat diatur dalam beberapa konfigurasi, termasuk kursi standar, kursi panjang berayun, dan bentuk terlipat. Untuk mengubah bentuknya, pengguna melepaskan tekanan dengan tuas, menggeser bagian-bagian di sekitar silinder, lalu mengencangkan tuas kembali. Hasilnya adalah sebuah kursi dengan banyak posisi dan sangat sedikit komponen.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Emas
Exocet Kursi Multifungsi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Emas, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas satu, menakjubkan, dan menonjol. Pemenang Emas adalah kreasi yang sangat inovatif, visioner, dan berkilau memukau yang mencerminkan kejeniusan, kebijaksanaan, dan kepiawaian para desainernya. Exocet Kursi Multifungsi diharapkan menjadi penemuan yang sangat dipuji, perintis tren, dan monumental yang memberikan nilai tanpa preseden. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Emas ini adalah proyek yang spektakuler dan disegani yang sangat bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Exocet Kursi Multifungsi menciptakan perasaan keinginan yang kuat, membangkitkan gairah, mendorong kreativitas, dan memukau kita.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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