5x5 ເກົ້າອີ້ by Barbara Princic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2014 A' Design Award ລະດັບເງິນ in ການອອກແບບເຟີນິເຈີ Competition Category.
ເງິນເຟີນິເຈີ· 2014
5x5 ເກົ້າອີ້
Client: Sijaj Hrastnik
A' Design Award ລະດັບເງິນ Winner in ເຟີນິເຈີ Category
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The Design
About 5x5 ເກົ້າອີ້
ເກົ້າອີ້ຂະ ໜາດ 5x5 ແມ່ນໂຄງການອອກແບບແບບ ທຳ ມະດາທີ່ຂໍ້ ຈຳ ກັດຖືກຮັບຮູ້ວ່າເປັນສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ. ເກົ້າອີ້ຂອງເກົ້າອີ້ແລະດ້ານຫລັງແມ່ນເຮັດດ້ວຍ xilith ເຊິ່ງຍາກທີ່ຈະເປັນຮູບຊົງ. Xilith ແມ່ນວັດຖຸດິບທີ່ສາມາດພົບໄດ້ 300 ແມັດຢູ່ໃຕ້ພື້ນດິນແລະຖືກປະສົມດ້ວຍຖ່ານຫີນ. ປະຈຸບັນວັດຖຸດິບສ່ວນຫຼາຍແມ່ນຖືກຖີ້ມ. ຈາກທັດສະນະທາງດ້ານສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມວັດສະດຸນີ້ສ້າງສິ່ງເສດເຫຼືອຢູ່ເທິງ ໜ້າ ໂລກ. ສະນັ້ນແນວຄວາມຄິດກ່ຽວກັບການອອກແບບເກົ້າອີ້ເບິ່ງຄືວ່າມັນເປັນສິ່ງທີ່ຄຶກຄັກແລະທ້າທາຍຫຼາຍ.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ລະດັບເງິນ
5x5 ເກົ້າອີ້ ແມ່ນຜູ້ຊະນະ A' Design Award ລະດັບເງິນ ເຊິ່ງເປັນການຍອມຮັບທີ່ມີກຽດສູງເປັນພິເສດສຳລັບການອອກແບບຊັ້ນສູງ ທີ່ງົດງາມ ແລະ ປະທັບໃຈ. ຜູ້ຊະນະລະດັບເງິນແມ່ນຜົນງານທີ່ເຈີດຈ້າ ແລະ ສ້າງສັນຫຼາຍ ທີ່ສະແດງເຖິງຄວາມຊຳນານ ພອນສະຫວັນ ແລະ ຄວາມຄົມຄາຍຂອງຜູ້ອອກແບບ. 5x5 ເກົ້າອີ້ ຖືກຄາດວ່າຈະເປັນຜົນງານແບບຢ່າງ ທີ່ເປັນມືອາຊີບຢ່າງຍິ່ງ ແລະ ມີນະວັດຕະກຳທີ່ເລິກເຊິ່ງ. ການອອກແບບທີ່ຊະນະລະດັບເງິນນີ້ແມ່ນການປະດິດທີ່ໂດດເດັ່ນ ແລະ ໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງ ທີ່ປະກອບສ່ວນຂະຫຍາຍຂອບເຂດຂອງສິລະປະ ວິທະຍາສາດ ການອອກແບບ ແລະ ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ. 5x5 ເກົ້າອີ້ ເປັນຜົນງານທີ່ຫຼາຍຄົນອິດສາ ປຸກຄວາມປາດຖະໜາ ນຳຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກທາງບວກ ແລະ ກໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມອັດສະຈັນໃຈ.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The 5x5 chair is a typical design project where the limitation is recognized as a challenge. The chair's seat and the back are made of xilith which is very difficult to be shaped. Xilith is the raw material that can be found 300 meters under the ground surface and is comined with a coal. But it is nither the coal nor the wood. Currently the majority of the raw material is thrown away. From environmental point of view this material generates waste on the earth surface. Therefore the idea about chair design seemed to be very provocative and challenging. The scientific methods of the material's final surface treatment have been explored so if applied properly the final look can be close to that of ebony.
Each chair is unique as neither two tiles look the same. Therefore the chair can have more brown or more black look depending on the tiles collected together. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 470 mm x Depth 540 mm x Hight 840 mm
- Tags
- xilith, tiles, metal, elegant, thin, material innovation, experiment
- Production Technology
- Chair's structure:
- metal tub legs, surface nickel treated
- seat and back support made of laser cutted metal sheet, surface nickel treated
- Xilith tiles, cut, surface treated with linseed oil;
tiles glued on metal sheet surface - Design Challenge
- Material's unique visual properties, physical characteristics and manufacturing limitations were challenging.
The design challenge was simply how to make a chair from little tiles? how to connect them? How to make the underneath seat's metal sheet stiff but yet almost invisible, thin. - Research
- It was all about experimental work with this unique material. The scientific methods of surface treatment were examined years before within Biotechnological Faculty, University of Ljubljana. If the surface is treated properly, the outcome look is similar to ebony.
- Inspiration
- As explained in the project explanation; material's unique visual properties, physical characteristics and manufacturing limitations were challenging.
Xilith is the raw material that is very hard and fragile. Therefore the tile's dimension 5x5 cm is the maximum still acceptable dimension for manufacturing since the material itself is very difficult to be manufactured and shaped. - Project Duration
- The project started in May 2008 and finished in October 2008 in Slovenia. It was exhibited at several exhibitions like
- Month of Design, October 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Reader-friendly Design, January 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- The Design Assembly, May 2010, Graz, Austria
- IDEA Award Winners and Finalists exhibition, August 2010, Henry Ford Museum, Michigan USA
- Charm of wood, spring 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Ambient, furniture fair, October 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Operation Flow
- It enables very comfortable and ergonomic sitting.
- Team Members
- Barbara Princic, designer
Mr. Miran Drac, technologist - Image Credits
- Images No.1-5, photographer Miha Benedicic, 5x5 chair, 2009.
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