Clover ハイスツール by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
銀家具· 2022
Clover ハイスツール
by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao
Client: Donxi
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 家具 Category
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The Design
About Clover ハイスツール
クローバーは無垢材でつくられたハイスツールです。フォルムはロマネスク様式のアーチから着想を得ており、座面は四つ葉のクローバーの形をしています。それぞれの葉は工場で余った小さな木片を用い、木目の自然な表情が生きるモザイク状に接ぎ合わせています。曲線を描く脚部は、まずコンピュータ制御の機械で削り出し、その後手作業の研磨によって仕上げられます。中央に設けられた特殊なほぞ接ぎが四枚の葉を一体に結び付け、構造の安定性を保っています。素材にはアッシュまたはブラックウォールナットを用い、脚元にはステンレススチール製のフットレストリングを備えています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Clover ハイスツールは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Clover ハイスツールは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Clover ハイスツールは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Each "leaf" is made by pieces of scrap solid wood in mosaic pattern. The curvy stool legs are carved by digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The entire stool is connected by a unique mortise and tenon joint in the center to ensure a stable structure and break the traditional orthodox image of the woodwork at the same time. This piece of creature integrates modernity and heritage in terms of both design and crafts.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 445 * Depth 445 * Height 700
- Tags
- Stool, Clover, Wood, Roman arch, Mortise and tenon joint, Donxi
- Production Technology
- Using Chinese Sun Mao (mortise and tenon joint) technique to connect the four 'leaves' is highly stable. The curvy stool legs are carved by CNC digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The materials are nature ash or black walnut, with a ring of stainless steel at the bottom for footrest.
- Design Challenge
- The mortise and tenon joint in the center is specially designed and made for this product to provide its delicacy and stability. The bottom side is a three-dimensional surface, which requires careful hand polishing to ensure the proper contour. Each stool will be processed by eight times of polishing in different degree. It is also a sustainable product design as it has used leftover small wood logs in the factory.
- Research
- How to use pure wood to make a three-dimensional irregular shape, is one of the main issues for our designers and craftsmen. Considering the cost, without using one piece of large wood, we combine several small square pieces into a bunch and then carve the shape. In fact, most of these small pieces are the leftover materials for disposal in the factory, so we have achieved industrial waste reuse. In this way, it also enables a mosaic pattern on the surface, which discloses the beauty of natural wood.
- Inspiration
- The form is inspired by the classic Romanesque arch in the Western ancient architecture, showing the graceful contour and beautiful proportion. The surface is in the shape of the four-leaf clover, which symbolizes good omens for faith, hope, love and luck. Applying the adorable four-leaf clover shape and the classic Roman arch form on furniture, we hope to bring happiness and eternity to users.
- Project Duration
- The furniture was designed in March 2020 in Shanghai. The first sample was made in May 2020 and then continued to refine. It was final completed in Jan 2021.
- Operation Flow
- The petal-like surface makes it easy for people to sit on, in various direction, freely and flexibly. It is exquisite in shape but stable in structure with the mortise and tenon joint inside.
- Patents
- Patent No.: ZL 2020 3 0209821.2
- Team Members
- Shuangyong Jin
Yunfei Zhao - Image Credits
- Image Credits: Donxi
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