Coastline Mensa by Yu-Han Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Designatio Supellectilis Competition Category.
FerrumSupellex· 2020
Coastline Mensa
by Yu-Han Wu
Client: National Taiwan Normal University
Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Supellex Category
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The Design
About Coastline Mensa
Ora Maritima est mensa a fluctibus maris crescentibus propter calefactionem globalem incitata. Tabula mensae ex acrylico, quod etiam PMMA appellatur, confecta est, et calore alto formata ut aquam maris limpidam significet. Structura sustinens ex ligno micheliae compressae et pino facta est, lignumque altitudinem montium repraesentat. Lignum durum electum est ut structura in calefaciendo non deformaretur. Margo inaequalis oram maritimam a mari erosam revocat, et materiarum coniunctio lucem per strata transire sinit. Mensa 350 mm latitudine, 650 mm altitudine profunditatis, et 500 mm altitudine metitur.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum
Coastline Mensa victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Coastline Mensa creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Coastline Mensa ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The clearness of the sea is represented by liquid acrylic, and the height of the mountain is mainly wood, creating a combination of different materials that echoes the light of the layers.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 350 mm x Depth 650 mm x Height 500 mm
- Tags
- A Global warming, B Sea-level rise, C Art, D Table
- Production Technology
- The table top is mainly made of PMMA, and the table is mainly made of michelia compressa and Pine.
- Design Challenge
- Liquid acrylic material is selected as the table top. Liquid acrylic shaping requires high-temperature heating. Therefore, hard wood is selected so that it will not deform during heating.
Considering the above, in the end, the desktop wood is chosen to use the hard texture Michelia compressa wood.
Liquid acrylic color grading is also one of the big challenges. It takes a lot of time for each test to get the best color and transmittance. - Inspiration
- Taking the rising sea level caused by global warming as the starting point, the coastline was eroded by the seawater and showed an uneven appearance, making the table more layered.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2017 in Taiwan. And finished in June 2017 in Taiwan. And was exhibited in Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in June 2017. For the second time in Taipei Pavilion of fashion in November 2019.
- Operation Flow
- This is a table with good light transmission and beauty.
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