Infinity Whakaturanga Toi by Cozi Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Toi me te Whakaaturanga Toi Competition Category.
KouraToi· 2022
Infinity Whakaturanga Toi
by Cozi Studio
Client: COZI Studio
A' Design Award Koura Winner in Toi Category
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About Infinity Whakaturanga Toi
Ko Infinity he whakaturanga rākau tāwhiwhi i hangaia mō roto i tētahi toa taonga whare. He mea hanga te mahi toi nei ki ngā papa rākau angiangi kua pēhia, ka whakaahuahia hei rua āhua taketake, ka tāruatia i ngā wā maha ki ngā aronga maha. Mā ngā hononga āhuahanga tino tika e tūhono ngā wāhanga hei rārangi rere kotahi, haere tonu. Ko ia wāhanga kua pēhia he 1 mita te roa, he 6 mm te mātotoru. Ka tārewa a Infinity mai i te tuanui mā ngā waea konganuku 1 mm te mātotoru, e 4 mita ki runga ake i te papa, ā, ka kapi tētahi wāhi e 4 mita pea te whānui, e 10.5 mita te roa. I matawaingia ā-3D tētahi tauira i hangaia ā-ringa, ā, i mirihia te tauira whakarite mā te CNC.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Infinity Whakaturanga Toi te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Infinity Whakaturanga Toi he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a Infinity Whakaturanga Toi i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Wooden wall panels come alive and wander off around the interior space. Precise geometrical joints create a fluid continuous form out of numerous pieces of pressed bent wood.
The entire element, made of only two different basic shapes attached together multiple times in several orientations, comes together to create an organic-like natural fluid line.
Suspended from the ceiling using 1 mm thin metal wires, the wooden surface floats as far as 10.5 meters away from the wall. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Infinity is suspended 4 meters off the floor and covers an area that is roughly 4 meters wide and 10.5 meters long.
Each single pressed wooden piece is 1 meter long and 6 mm thick. - Tags
- Pressed wood, Infinity, Cozi studio, Nicoletti,
- Production Technology
- Infinity is made of pressed wood veneers. In order to design this organic flow curve, a physical model was hand made and then 3D scanned to create a file base for us to work on thus maintaining a handcrafted feel to the object.
After CNC milling the mold, thin wood veneers layered with glue were pressed against each other to create the "building blocks" that later formed the object. - Inspiration
- Confetti paper rolls throne in the air creating an infinite airborne doodle in mid flight was the idea that we wanted to recreate.
We know that for many, this project resembles a ribbon gymnast dance frozen inmid air.
The use of pressed wood creates a contrast between the dynamic soft shape and the clean elegance historically embedded in the material. - Project Duration
- The project was designed and built February - April 2021. Designed for a furniture shop's interior design.
- Operation Flow
- Walking around and underneath Infinity, you feel drawn into the tangled
wooden curve. The object feels as if it is in continuous motion. - Team Members
- Ofir Zandani
Yuval Carmel - Image Credits
- Interior Designer - Ingrid Gueta
Photos by Shai Gil
Designed and manufactured by Cozi Studio
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