Lido Expandable Mensa by Nak Boong Kim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Supellectilis Competition Category.
ArgentumSupellex· 2020
Lido Expandable Mensa
Client: Kim Nak Boong Institute of wooden furniture
Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Supellex Category
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About Lido Expandable Mensa
Lido parvum quadrilaterum rectangulum, Quod trahit in arca. Et cum plicuisset, ut serves as a buxum repono pro parva items. Si inclinaveris latere laminae cruribus emineant articulo de archa Littorensis parva mensa transformat tea elit. Item si explicabit utrimque secus lamminas transfert in magna mensam laminam habens latitudinem superiore Cm LXXV. Haec mensa adhiberi poterit in triclinium mensa, praecipue per Korea et Japan ubi sedebat in triclinium area cum sit cultus in communi.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
Lido Expandable Mensa victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Lido Expandable Mensa opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Lido Expandable Mensa creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
Behind the Design
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- Unique Properties
- Lido Expandable Table folds into a little orthogonal bin. While it folded, it avails like a storage bin for tiny segments. If somebody lifts the side plates, joint legs project out from the bin and Lido becomes a tea table or a small table. Also, if somebody completely unfolds the side plates on both sides, it turns into a big desk. It could be used for dining table, particularly in Korea and Japan where eating on the floor is a common culture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1100w*216d(Unfolding 750d)*296h
- Tags
- Wooden Furniture, Coffee Table, Low Table, Oak Tea Table
- Production Technology
- Prototype is made of oak, but they can be made of any wood.
Finishing is natural oil and varnish - Design Challenge
- Most fold-able and expandable tables have locks for all legs which make it difficult for people to fold and unfold. With ‘LIDO’ you can easily unfold by lifting the side plates and fold by lifting the side plate just fifteen degrees and push the joint legs in.
- Research
- Distance from the Couch
Tea tables are usually placed in front of couches to drink tea or to temporarily place personal belongings;
however, if the distance between the couch and the tea table is too narrow, it is inconvenient for people to sit on the couch that have a gap in between.
Therefore, placing the tea table in front of the couch is always an issue and a burden for many. Lido solves this issue by allowing people to easily access the belongings on the table by lifting the side plate, which then narrows the gap.
It‘s flexible.
It would be more convenient for people if the table’s size changes based on the number of people using it.
Unfortunately, most tables come in only one size. - Inspiration
- Luce Crack: Turning a dark and closed space into a place where a ray of light shines through and wind passes by Even when folded, Lido has gaps between panels, allowing light and air to come through. When you look from the outside, this gap invokes curiosity and induces people to take a peek.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Aug. 2019 and finished in Nov. 2019 in Seoul, Korea
- Operation Flow
- Unfolding : Just Up & Down
Down Folding : Up, Push & Down
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