Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa by Yuto Hiramatsu

Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa by Yuto Hiramatsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.

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Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa

by Yuto Hiramatsu

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

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The Design

About Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Shade bụ shelf nkewa dabere na shoji, ọnụ ụzọ mmịfe ndị Japan mere site na ndị mkpọ osisi na akwụkwọ Japan dị mfe. Mkpọ ahụ na mpempe akụkụ ka e ji osisi cedar mee, ma akwụkwọ dị mfe ahụ, nke a maara dị ka washi, ka a na-akpado n'elu ndị mkpọ osisi ahụ. A na-ahụ onyinyo ihe ndị dị n'azụ shelf ahụ site na washi ahụ. Enwere ike ịgbanwe ọdịdị ya site n'iji ụdị washi dị iche iche, site n'ịhapụ ụfọdụ mkpọ ka a na-ekpuchighị, ma ọ bụ site n'ịkwaga mkpọ ndị ahụ. Osisi mkpọchi dị iche iche na-ejikọta akụkụ ndị ahụ, na ụdị mgbanwe pụrụ iche na-eme ka e nwee ike dochie washi na-enweghị mgbanwe ọdịdị ya.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Shade Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Shelf Nkewa na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The materials used are soft and light cedar wood and thin and strong Japanese paper which is called Washi. Washi is pasted on the wooden frame so that you can enjoy the shadows of objects that can be seen through it or you can also enjoy by changing to the different kinds of Washi. You can also change the appearance of the shelf by creating a surface with or without Washi, or by moving the wooden frame.
The unique texture or looks by using Washi produces an atmosphere that cannot be created with other materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: W555 H1500 D200 (1frame W555 H280)
Tags: Japanese Paper, Washi, Partition, Shelf, Wood, Furniture, Design
Production Technology: The wooden frame and side panels of the shelf are made of vertical grain, the top panel is made of knotty grain, and wooden dowels are used for the joint surface.
Design Challenge: Distortion caused by the expansion and contraction of the wooden frame when replacing the Washi was an issue, but we solved it by making a special mold.We tried various types of Washi that are not used for shoji screens, but most of them can be pasted and you can enjoy using different types of paper.
Research: By using cedar wood, which is rarely used for furniture because it is soft and easily scratched, as the main material for the shelves, and by combining cedar wood with washi, we thought of the value of using cedar wood, which is abundant in Japan. We believe that by incorporating the goodness of shoji into shelves, we can create new goodness.
Inspiration: This furniture is the shelf which basde on the Shoji that is Japanese sliding doors consisting of wooden frames and thin Japanese paper.
By incorporating Japanese cultural fittings into furniture and applying Washi to more familiar stuff such as wooden frame, the delicacy of each material creates a comfortable tension and warmth in the space.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 in Japan and finished December 2021 in Japan.
Operation Flow: How to re-cover Washi
1. Remove the wooden frame from the shelf and fit it into the special mold.
2. Apply glue to the wooden frame.
3. Paste washi cut to the size of the wooden frame.
4. Spray water with a mist spray.
5. After drying, remove from the mold to finish.
Image Credits: Image #1 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Front view of shelf, Year 2020
Image #2 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Wooden frame, Washi and special formwork, Year 2020
Image #3 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, In use (with shadow emerging), Year 2020
Image #4 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Washi being pasted on a wooden frame, Year 2020
Image #5 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Finished applying Washi paper to a wooden frame, Year 2020