Mix and Match ベンチシート by Joao Faria is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
鉄家具· 2020
Mix and Match ベンチシート
by Joao Faria
Client: Emotional Objects
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 家具 Category
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About Mix and Match ベンチシート
Mix and Matchは、ホテル、エントランス、商業施設向けに設計されたベンチシートのコレクションです。各ベンチの天板はオーク、ウォールナット、ティネオの木質突板仕上げで、チェアを定位置に保持する開口部が設けられています。チェアは脚を取り外し、ベンチに固定しつつ自由に回転できる機構を備えます。ベンチは2脚用、3脚用、4脚用の3サイズを揃え、チェアは6モデルを用意。小型テーブルやUSB充電ソケットの追加も可能で、多彩な組み合わせが実現します。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Mix and Match ベンチシートは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Mix and Match ベンチシートは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Mix and Match ベンチシートは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Mix and Match is a fun and original way to sit and wait.
This is another Emotional Object that makes us smile every time we look at it. Designed mostly for hotels, entrances and commercial buildings, there are three sizes of wooden benches available and six different chairs to choose from. A small table and USB sockets for charging phones and tablets are also available. The customization options are almost unlimited. - Dimensions & Packaging
- There are three sizes on the Mix and Match collection, for two, three or four chairs.
Large bench: 3050 x 300 x 200; medium bench: 2350 x 300 x 200; small bench: 1650 x 300 x 200.
This product is delivered in several packages, depending on the parts selected.
The wood veneers available for the benches are oak, walnut and tineo.
The chairs are made of fabric, synthetic leather, polycarbonate or polypropylene, depending on the model. - Tags
- Emotional Objects, Mix and Match, Fun seat, Seat, Wood benches
- Production Technology
- This piece is produced in two distinct stages: first, the creation of a wooden bench, in which there are holes for fitting chairs. This part has a very simple and discreet design so that the chairs can shine. Second, selection of the chairs for placement on the wooden benches. All the different models are adapted, their legs are removed and a mechanism developed for this object is placed in each one. This will allow them to be secured embedded in the wooden bench. The main materials are three different wood veneers, lacquer and chair's materials.
- Design Challenge
- As this object is intended for commercial uses, the main challenge was the choice of chairs with all the certifications required by hospitality and contract projects.
- Research
- The inspiration for our objects comes from the most unusual ways. But we are passionate about our work and every time we have an idea we give it a name and a number and explore it until its last consequences. If it is original, we will find a way to make it. Designed mostly for hotels, entrances and commercial buildings, Mix and Match is a fun way to sit and wait, that makes us smile every time we look at it. This object was designed in 2019, in Portugal. The first prototype was presented at Valencia fair, last September, just to see the acceptance. It was a success and we decided to go forward.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for this object was born of all the magnificent chairs that exist in the market and we all love. If we go back to the middle of the 20th century, we realize that the chairs that make us sigh today were (magnificently) drawn at that time.
There is nothing left to invent ... just reinvent and pay tribute.
Following this concept, Mix and Match revisits some of these classics in a funny way, decontextualizes them, removes some elements and presents them with a twist. - Project Duration
- This object was designed in the 1st semester of 2019, in Portugal.
- Operation Flow
- The use of this object is as basic and natural as breathing. People sit on the chairs and can rotate them freely on the bench. As an option, there is the possibility of placing a usb charging plug to charge mobile phones and even small tables to use a laptop.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to João Faria, 2019.
- Image Credits
- Images: creator (João Faria/Founder/CEO).
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