Exocet Tūru Mahi Maha by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
KouraTaputapu· 2015
Exocet Tūru Mahi Maha
Client: Exocet
A' Design Award Koura Winner in Taputapu Category
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About Exocet Tūru Mahi Maha
Ko Exocet he tūru mahi maha i hangaia mai i te pātūtū Baltic me te konumōhe. Ka hangaia te tūru mai i te raupapa papa piko rite ka whakahiatohia huri noa i tētahi rango pokapū. Ko te whakamahinga o tētahi āhua papa taketake e tautoko ana i tētahi tukanga hanga whai hua. Ka taea te whakatū i te Exocet ki ētahi whirihoranga maha, tae atu ki te tūru arowhānui, he tūru roa toromi me tētahi āhua kōpiri. Hei whakarerekē i te āhua, ka tukua e te kaiwhakamahi te pēhanga mā te kakau, ka nekehia ngā wāhanga huri noa i te rango, ka whakamaua anō te kakau. Ko te otinga he tūru he maha ngā tūnga engari he tino iti ngā wāhanga.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Exocet Tūru Mahi Maha 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 Exocet Tūru Mahi Maha 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 Exocet Tūru Mahi Maha 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
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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