Hana Te Tuuru by Pablo Vidiella is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
KouraTaputapu· 2022
Hana Te Tuuru
Client: HenkaLab
A' Design Award Koura Winner in Taputapu Category
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About Hana Te Tuuru
Ko Hana Chair he taonga huatau na te ahua tipu. Pērā i te puawai, ka puāwai mai a Hana ki ngā puapua e rua hei otinga hanganga me te mahi ki nga whakaritenga o te tuuru, hei hanga i te tuara, te nohoanga me te awhi i te tinana o te kaiwhakamahi. Ko nga mea e whakamahia ana he rakau totoka anake, e whakanui ana i ona pihinga me te ataahua o te taiao.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Hana Te Tuuru 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 Hana Te Tuuru 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 Hana Te Tuuru 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
- Hana Chair is an elegant, daring and cutting edge piece of furniture inspired by plant nature. Like a flower, Hana blossoms into two petals as a structural and functional solution to the requirements of a chair, by embracing both the backrest and the seat. The human eye is used to curved lines and surfaces, they have always been present in nature. Its attractive shape, together with the warmth of the material, makes the user to come closer and interact with it in a natural way.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 560mm x Depth 550mm x Height 800mm
Weight 6.5kg - Tags
- furniture, hana, chair, wood, modern, exclussive, henkalab, pablo vidiella
- Production Technology
- The choice of material had to fulfil a fundamental premise: to be a living material, with its own unique DNA and footprints. This material could not be other than solid wood, in this case charcoal ash. It can also be manufactured used different woods, such as iroko or walnut. The planks of solid ash are machined three-dimensionally using a 5 axis CNC milling router (numerical control), following a 3D drawing, equally combines technology and craftsmanship.
- Design Challenge
- Since the project requires a complex wood milling process, I had to deeply explore the necessary cutting requirements to achieve such complex geometries using the smallest possible thicknesses, in order to achieve maximum lightness and fluidity of the piece.
- Research
- The starting point was to solve the main needs of a chair, which are to house the seat and backrest in a comfortable, embracing and natural way. In this way, inspiration arises in leaves and flowers.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by plant nature and living forms, Hana Chair is conceived from geometric simplicity and evolves to become a new complex living being that fulfills both structural and practical chair requirements.
- Project Duration
- This project is completely new and unseen until now. Started and finished in Madrid in March 2022.
- Operation Flow
- Hana Chair interacts with the observer in a natural way. The human eye is more used to curved lines and surfaces, they have always been present in nature, they surround us. That instinct lingers in our animal subconscious, and the soft, natural forms give us tranquility and pleasure. Its attractive shape, together with the warmth of the material, makes the user to come closer, touch it, sit on it.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Pablo Vidiella, 2022.
- Team Members
- Pablo Vidiella
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Creator Pablo Vidiella, 2022, Optional Image #1: Creator Pablo Vidiella, 2022, Optional Image #2: Creator Pablo Vidiella, 2022.
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