Water Ripples 椅子は by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
銀家具· 2023
Water Ripples 椅子は
Client: Good Style Creative Co., Ltd
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 家具 Category
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About Water Ripples 椅子は
水の波紋をモチーフにした作品で、自然の情景をインタラクティブなロッキングチェアに変え、座ったり寝転んだりすることで、水の波紋の動きに合わせて体が軽やかに揺れるような感覚を味わえます。流れるような水紋の質感が特徴です。屋内でも屋外でも、特に光がある場所では、その水の波紋は地面を通して自然の光と影を示します。静止しているときは、芸術的な概念を備えた波紋の彫刻のようなものです。しかし、相互作用が起こると魅力的な家具になります。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Water Ripples 椅子はは、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。Water Ripples 椅子はは、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。Water Ripples 椅子はは、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
- In addition to the fully transparent texture, this work is characterized by the image of water ripples flowing. Whether indoors or outdoors, especially where there is light, its water ripples will show natural light and shadow through the ground. At rest, it looks like a water ripple sculpture, full of artistic conception; however, when interacted, it becomes a fascinating piece of furniture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1600 mm x 600 mm x 600mm
- Tags
- Water Ripples,function follows form,abstract, chair, furniture, transparent, icing, nature
- Production Technology
- Polymethyl Methacrylate
- Design Challenge
- When making this work, the material has the characteristics of generating high temperature during the process of changing from liquid to solid, and there will be countless small bubbles, but the formation of these bubbles makes the whole work closer to the natural image and effect, and The state of ripples in nature is echoed.
- Research
- The appearance and structure of this fully transparent chair not only has practical functions, but more importantly, it enhances and satisfies the user's pleasant feeling and comfortable interactive mood during use.
The characteristic and challenge of this work is to present the texture of water.
Because it is transparent, it is easy to integrate into various environmental spaces of different styles. Whether it is indoors or outdoors, especially where there is light, its water ripples will show natural light and shadow through the ground. - Inspiration
- Inspired by Ripples. It presents the image of the condensed state of ripples flowing up and down, just like the frozen water surface, bringing users an interesting and novel atmosphere. As a result of the designer's passion for research and development of new techniques, this work is not only made of fully transparent materials, but the appearance itself has a safe structure and interactive functions. This is a sculpture and a A chair that can interact with people makes users feel like sitting on water ripples, and can swing freely with their mood, adding to the fun of life.
- Project Duration
- The project started in December 2022 and finished with installation in Taichung,Taiwan in February 2023
- Operation Flow
- To make a chair requires 56 kilograms of material to meet the structural safety requirements of being solid and having an average thickness of four centimeters.
Because the material is transparent, the biggest challenge is how to keep it intact during the molding process without any cracks, because any small flaws will affect the safety and beauty of the overall structure. - Image Credits
- Photos #1, #2, #3, #4, #4 photographer - Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
Video - Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
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