Para Seza Zaridaina Ivelany by Mian Wei is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Volafotsy in Famolavolana Fanaka Competition Category.

VolafotsyFanaka· 2020

Para Seza Zaridaina Ivelany

by Mian Wei

Client: Mian Wei

A' Design Award Volafotsy Winner in Fanaka Category

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The Design

About Para Seza Zaridaina Ivelany

Para dia andiana seza ivelany ho an'ny daholobe namboarina mba hanomezana fahafaha-mivezivezy voafehy amin'ny toerana ivelany. Seza misy seza manana endrika symmetrika miavaka ary mivaona tanteraka amin'ny fandanjana sary an-tsary ny famolavolana seza mahazatra nentanin'ny aingam-panahy tamin'ny endrika tsotra, ity karazana seza ivelany ity dia sahisahy, maoderina ary mankasitraka ny fifandraisana. Samy manana ambany mavesatra mavesatra, Para A dia manohana fihodinana 360 manodidina ny fotony, ary ny Para B kosa dia manohana ny fiviliana roa tonta.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Volafotsy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ny famolavolana Para Seza Zaridaina Ivelany, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana ambaratonga ambony, tsara tarehy ary mahavariana. Ny mpandresy Volafotsy dia asa mamirapiratra dia mamirapiratra ary mamorona dia mamorona izay maneho ny fahaizana, ny talenta ary ny fahamaotinan-tsain'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho asa mahagaga, ohatra tsara, mahay amin'ny asa ary vaovao amin'ny halalin-tsaina ny famolavolana Para Seza Zaridaina Ivelany. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ity dia fikarohana miavaka be ary ankafizina izay mahasoa ary mampandroso ny sisintanin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia. Ny famolavolana Para Seza Zaridaina Ivelany dia famoronana mahazo fitaka be izay mamaly ny faniriana, mitondra fihetseham-po tsara ary mamelona fahagagana sy fahatalanjonana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Para is a set of public outdoor chairs with extremely low center of gravity. Most public outdoor furniture is either fixed or heavily weighted and doesn't have any adjustability. With its unique weight distribution, Para is designed to provide restrained mobility in flexible outdoor settings. The heavier bottom makes it easier to rotate and flip to user preferable positions.
Dimensions & Packaging: 620 mm x 1200 mm x 820 mm
Tags: Chair, Outdoor, Public, Furniture, Park, Garden, Transparent
Production Technology: Bent polycarbonate sheets supported by steel and polyethylene legs. Filled with heavy fillings to increase weight.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to create a set of outdoor park chairs that is modern and bold, and would have a degree of controlled flexibility for adjustable sitting and viewing direction.
Research: Research went into finding the optimal shape and balance for ergonomics and its unique symmetrical structure.
Inspiration: The designer wanted to create a set of chairs with a unique visual symmetry that totally deviates from the inherent traditional form of conventional chair design by shifting the center of focus, and bring fun interaction and freedom into mundane public outdoor seating. Inspired by simple seesaw shape, and the structure of a roly-poly, this set of outdoor chairs is bold, modern and welcomes interaction. The detail form and curvature were inspired by pollen and flying seeds
Project Duration: Spring 2020 release, USA, project period Jan - Feb 2020
Operation Flow: Both with a heavy weighted bottom, Para A supports 360 rotation around its base, and Para B supports bidirectional flipping. Para brings bold playfulness to public settings. With Para A, the rotation makes flexible communal organization and communication effortless with heavy public furniture. With Para B, a line of public chairs can be rearranged to either direction easily. With PARA outdoor chairs you can choose and change your sitting direction freely, and get a new view of the park everyday.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Mian Wei, 2020.
Image Credits: Mian Wei