Parachute Vegghilla by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award í gulli in Húsgagnahönnun Competition Category.

GullHúsgögn· 2021

Parachute Vegghilla

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

A' Design Award í gulli Winner in Húsgögn Category

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The Design

About Parachute Vegghilla

Parachute er vegghilla úr málmplötu. Þegar hluti hillunnar er í notkun fellur planki þess hluta niður og hangir á sínum stað. Hangandi plankinn heldur kápu, tímariti eða svipuðum hlutum og kemur í veg fyrir að þeir detti. Yfirborðið ber litaðar rendur aðskildar með mjóum bilum, þannig að hillan minnir á grafískt útlit nútímafallhlífar og má einnig líta á hana sem vegglist. Parachute mælist 790 mm á breidd, 30 mm á dýpt og 220 mm á hæð. Nafnið sameinar hugmyndirnar um að vernda og að falla.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award í gulli

Parachute Vegghilla vann A' Design Award í gulli, óendanlega virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er fyrsta flokks, dásamlegum og framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum. Sigurvegarar í gulli eru afar nýstárleg, framsýn og töfrandi glæsileg sköpunarverk sem endurspegla snilld, visku og hæfni hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Parachute Vegghilla sé mjög lofuð, brautryðjandi og stórfengleg uppfinning sem skilar fordæmislausu virði. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í gulli er stórbrotið, virt verkefni sem gagnast mörkum listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni mjög vel og færir þau fram á við. Parachute Vegghilla skapar sterkar þráartilfinningar, vekur ástríðu, hvetur til sköpunar og heillar okkur.

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