Arctic Kafijas Galdiņš by Wai Ho Cheung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 Bronzas balva A' Design Award in Mēbeļu dizains Competition Category.
BronzasMēbeles· 2017
Arctic Kafijas Galdiņš
Client: Wai Ho Cheung
Bronzas balva A' Design Award Winner in Mēbeles Category
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About Arctic Kafijas Galdiņš
Arctic ir kafijas galdiņš ar dinamiskiem viļņiem apakšā, kas rada vizuālu ilūziju, ka nekustīgais galds šķiet kustīgs. Ķīniešu piecos elementos melnā krāsa atbilst ūdens elementam, tāpēc galds ir nokrāsots melnā krāsā, kā arī uzsver viļņu vizuālo ilūziju. Dizainera koncepcijā estētika ir vienāda ar funkcionalitāti. Tādējādi sloksnes ir atbildīgas par funkcionalitāti ar atbalsta rāmjiem, savukārt viļņus var izmantot arī praktiski: augšējos stūrus var izmantot kā CD statīvus, bet viļņus var izmantot kā žurnālu statīvus.
The Recognition
About the Bronzas balva A' Design Award
Arctic Kafijas Galdiņš ir Bronzas balvas A' Design Award ieguvējs, ļoti prestiža atzinība, ko piešķir izciliem dizainiem, kas izceļas ar radošumu, atjautību un viedumu. Bronzas ieguvēji ir pietiekami prasmīgi un pārsteidzoši radoši darbi, kas apliecina to dizaineru plašo pieredzi, iztēli un izdarību. Sagaidāms, ka Arctic Kafijas Galdiņš būs augsti vērtēts, apbrīnots un cienīts priekšmets, ievērojami profesionāls un inovatīvs. Šis ar Bronzas balvu apbalvotais dizains iekļauj labāko praksi mākslā, zinātnē, dizainā un tehnoloģijās un izceļas ar uzmanību detaļām. Arctic Kafijas Galdiņš lieliski apmierina vajadzības, skar vēlmes, valdzina jūtas un piesaista zinātkāri.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Arctic is made of painted metal strips with dynamic waves at the base which make the still table appears as moving. The strips and supporting frames are interwoven useful space, as well as the waves underneath can be functional. In this coffee table, aesthetics also means functionality, which is what contemporary design should fulfil in my opinion.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width1200mm x Depth600mm x Height420mm
- Tags
- furniture, coffee table, waves, metal, strips
- Production Technology
- Arctic is a coffee table made of looped metal strips with a wave bent at the bottom of each and fixed by supporting frames. Each strip is placed inversely to others alongside that interweave dynamic waves, like currents in ocean. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding colour to Water element is black. Therefore, the table is painted in black which can also emphasise the visual illusion of the moving currents.
- Design Challenge
- As the combination with those factors is always thought to be the product only appears in utopia, Arctic is created in order to challenge the mission. Incidentally, Arctic is the second version of this project. The first version was designed with 3 types of materials, so the hardest point of this project was to reduce the material types used, at the same time to keep the dynamic outlook and to emphasise it.
- Research
- In nowadays market, customers always demand products to fulfil the combination on 3 aspects: high functionality, low cost and high aesthetics. On the other hand, companies are always asking for products with: high profit, high market share and economy production process.
- Inspiration
- The form is inspired by tidal wave hence the inspiration is conducted to mathematical sinusoidal wave with the keyword, wave. In the meantime, the functionality is inspired by park bench slats; the structure of the slats with gaps in between is considered to be highly functional. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding direction to Water element is north. Thus, it is named as the largest ocean in the north, Arctic.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2016 in Hong Kong and finished in April 2016 in Hong Kong.
- Operation Flow
- The metal strips are responsible to in term of both aesthetics and functionality. On the top corners, the strips can be used as CD stands with the supporting frames. Moreover, the waves underneath can be used as a magazine stand. For extra, users can hang a little basket on the supporting frames beside. The dynamic waves at the bottom appear as currents in the ocean, which make the still table seems to be moving hence make the living room vigorous.
- Team Members
- Wai Ho Cheung
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