Square and Round 多機能スツール by Xu Le is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
金家具· 2021
Square and Round 多機能スツール
by Xu Le
Client: Hangzhou Great Wisdom Creative Design Co., Ltd
A' Design Award 金賞 Winner in 家具 Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #122497The Design
About Square and Round 多機能スツール
「Square and Round」は、ブナ材とアクリルで構成された多機能シートです。透明なアクリル天板を通して、内部の木構造が見えるようになっています。一方向に置くと、天板は軽やかな座面となります。上下を反転させると、同じ天板が鍵などの小物を収められる窪みを備えたサイドテーブルへと変わります。各パーツは伝統的な二重蟻継ぎ（ダブルダブテイルキー）構造で接合されており、金属製の接合金具は一切使用していません。ロックキーの位置を見つければ、工具を使わず手作業で分解することができます。フラットパック化により、輸送時の容積を削減しています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 金賞
Square and Round 多機能スツールは、まさに素晴らしく傑出した第一級のデザインに授与される、計り知れないほど権威ある評価である A' Design Award 金賞の受賞作品です。金賞の受賞作品は、きわめて革新的で、先見性に富み、きらびやかに輝く創造物であり、デザイナーの天才性、叡智、卓越した技量を映し出しています。Square and Round 多機能スツールは、最も称賛される、流行を牽引する記念碑的な発明であり、前例のない価値をもたらすことが期待されます。この A' Design Award 金賞を受賞したデザインは、壮観で尊敬されるプロジェクトであり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に大きく寄与し、それを前進させます。Square and Round 多機能スツールは、強い欲求を生み出し、情熱を呼び覚まし、創造性を促し、私たちを引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Square and Round stool is designed for 90’s life characteristics. The whole designed material is original wood and acrylic. The surface of the stool is made up of transparent acrylic, which can well show the internal structure and bring the new visual experience for people. When you put the stool surface straightly, it will be a very light one; When you put the stool surface upside down, it will be a side table and can put keys or some other small objects that may easy to lost inside. The connected method is using traditional double dovetail key structure, without any “metal connection” . If you get the key point you can dismount it by hand, and you will enjoy by your thinking and doing. The shape of the stool is concise and elegant, which is a highly integrated product that combination of structure, aesthetics, wisdom and technology. Flat packaging design greatly reduces transportation costs that will be very suitable for online sailing.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Product Size: 320*320*450 (mm) Product weight: 1.8 kg Product volume: 0.1 m3
- Tags
- S，A，R
- Production Technology
- Production technology: wood bending process. Materials: Beech
- Design Challenge
- The structural design of the product is the most difficult part. After research and demonstration, an innovative Luban lock structure was finally designed. Only when it is unlocked can the stool be disassembled.
- Research
- Design instruction
Square and Round, focus on orbicular sky and rectangular earth, deep ancient culture, Luban lock principle, innovative applications and tenon connection. Inside, hidden mystery and be pointless that difficult to complete the registration. The design skillfully rendered size ingenuity.
The Square and Round stool is designed for 90’s life characteristics. The whole designed material is original wood and acrylic. The surface of the stool is made up of transparent acrylic, which can well show the internal structure and bring the new visual experience for people. When you put the stool surface straightly, it will be a very light one; When you put the stool surface upside down, it will be a side table and can put keys or some other small objects that may easy to lost inside. The connected method is using traditional double dovetail key structure, without any “metal connection” . If you get the key point you can dismount it by hand, and you will enjoy by your thinking and doing. The shape of the stool is concise and elegant, which is a highly integrated product that combination of structure, aesthetics, wisdom and technology. Flat packaging design greatly reduces transportation costs that will be very suitable for online sailing. - Inspiration
- Square and Round, focus on orbicular sky and rectangular earth, deep ancient culture, Luban lock principle, innovative applications and tenon connection. Inside, hidden mystery and be pointless that difficult to complete the registration. The design skillfully rendered size ingenuity.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2017 in Hangzhou and finished in August 2019 in Hangzhou.
- Operation Flow
- When you put the stool surface straightly, it will be a very light one; When you put the stool surface upside down, it will be a side table and can put keys or some other small objects that may easy to lost inside. The connected method is using traditional double dovetail key structure, without any “metal connection” . If you get the key point you can dismount it by hand, and you will enjoy by your thinking and doing.
- Team Members
- Xu Le, Bao Liyuan, Yang Cunyuan, Gu Wanwan and Zhang Wen.
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