Knotted Officium Nodatum by Minju Kang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Ars Pulchra Competition Category.

AesArs Pulchra· 2023

Knotted Officium Nodatum

by Minju Kang

Client: Minju Kang

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Ars Pulchra Category

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The Design

About Knotted Officium Nodatum

Nodatum est subsellium ut supellex publica ad usum tam intra quam extra aedes destinatum. Forma velut taenia in unum colligata est, quae coniunctionem et circulationem significat. Tubulus filo electrico olim inclusus, iam reiectus, manu flectitur, vinculis chartaceis constringitur, et cruribus e tubulo ferri inoxidabilis structurali firmatis affigitur. Structura tota solida et stabilis est, et perfectio colore nigro opaco unita. Superficies tubuli mollem speciem praebet, et forma varios sedendi habitus permittit. Nodatum notionem coniunctionis generationum reflectit, ubi vitae diversae in unum copulantur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Knotted Officium Nodatum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Knotted Officium Nodatum rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Knotted Officium Nodatum necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project started with a focus on a life where everyone can coexist, a sustainable environment and discarded materials. A form tied together like a ribbon was expressed, and the bench tied to cable ties and stain pipes by using waste wire ELP pipe that is no longer used can function as public furniture and serve as recycled furniture. It is useful in indoor and outdoor spaces where everyone gathers together, and has a shape that induces various postures.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2460mm x 630mm x 500mm
Tags: #Furniture #Chair #Bench #Korea #Street Furniture #Pipe #design #generation gap
Production Technology: Materials used were wire ELP conduit, cable ties, and stainless pipe. Structural stained steel pipes were fabricated as the legs of the bench. Then, the wire help pipe was tied with cable ties and tied back to the stainless steel pipe. It is a solid and stable structure. The complex structure looks neat and is unified in matte black
Design Challenge: When bending and tying the pipe by hand, the pipe must not be wrinkled or deformed. It was necessary to make the pipes with a feeling of use clean so that they could function as furniture. The cable ties were fixed cleanly and completely so that the tied pipes would not come loose.
Research: Through this work, tried to recognize the generational conflict that has become an issue as a social problem and to recognize the positive direction of generational integration. Induced a way for everyone to sit on a bench completed with a single string and connect and communicate. Furniture embodies the aesthetic sense of generational integration
Inspiration: The starting point of this work began with an interest in intergenerational conflict and thoughts about the generation that is scattered in the rapid flow of social phenomena. Believe that life can be more sustainable than anything else when everyone is connected by embracing the diversity of life. In order to express the above form, it was produced in a connected form by tying a string.It was made into a knotted form.
Project Duration: The project started in Gongju city, Korea in March 2022, completed in December 2022.
Operation Flow: It is in the form of a ribbon tied together to show circulation. The material of the pipe gives the impression of a soft sofa. Each object is held together with cable ties, making it structurally sound.
Team Members: Minju Kang, Jieun Park, Haneul Han
Image Credits: Minju Kang, 2022