Parachute Shelf Mgbidi by Yusuke Watanabe

Parachute Shelf Mgbidi by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.

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Parachute Shelf Mgbidi

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Parachute Shelf Mgbidi

Parachute bụ shelf mgbidi ejiri mpempe ígwè mee. Mgbe a na-eji otu akụkụ eme ihe, ibe osisi nke akụkụ ahụ na-agbadata ma kwụgide n'ebe ahụ. Ibe osisi ahụ na-akwụgide na-ejide uwe elu, magazin ma ọ bụ ihe ndị yiri ya ma na-egbochi ha ịda. Elu ya nwere agwa agwa dị iche iche nke oghere dị mkpịrịkpị kewara, ya mere shelf ahụ na-echetara ọdịdị eserese nke parachute ọgbara ọhụrụ, a pụkwara ịgụ ya dị ka ihe ịchọ mma mgbidi. Parachute ruru 790 mm n'obosara, 30 mm n'omimi na 220 mm n'ogologo elu. Aha ya jikọtara echiche nke ichebe na ịda.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo

Parachute Shelf Mgbidi meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa mbụ, dị ịtụnanya ma pụtara ìhè. Ndị meriri na Ọlaedo bụ ihe e kere eke dị oke ọhụrụ, nwere ọhụụ ma na-egbu maramara nke na-egosipụta ọgụgụ isi, amamihe na nka nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Parachute Shelf Mgbidi ga-abụ ihe e mepụtara kacha enweta otuto, na-edu ọnọdụ ma bụrụ ihe ncheta nke na-enye uru na-adịbeghị mgbe ọ bụla. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo bụ ọrụ dị ebube, a na-asọpụrụ nke na-erite uru buru ibu ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Parachute Shelf Mgbidi na-eweta mmetụta ọchịchọ siri ike, na-akpali agụụ, na-akwado nzụlite ihe ma na-adọrọ anyị adọrọ.

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