UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee

UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Seni Rupa Competition Category.

PerakSeni Rupa· 2020

UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja

by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee

Client: Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Seni Rupa Category

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The Design

About UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja

UnBespoke adolah objek ateh meja modular nan dibuek dari batu kapua Indiana. Ampek keping batu bantuak segitigo dirancang untuak manampek lilin tea light atau tanaman ketek. Keping-keping tu dapek disusun sabagai bujua sangka, sabagai segitigo samo sisi, atau dalam bantuak lain nan dipiliah dek pamakai. Rancangan ko baasa dari Haberdasher Puzzle, sabuah masalah matematika nan mampaliekan caro mamotong bujua sangka manjadi keping-keping nan mambantuak segitigo samo sisi. Katiko keping-keping tu diputa, tapi dalam nan balambok-lambok dari bujua sangka tu muncua di kaliliang segitigo. Objek ko dimodel dalam 3D dan dipotong jo mesin CNC.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. UnBespoke Objek Ateh Meja adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: UnBespoke is an investigation in to the use of a natural material, Indiana limestone, in the production of a contemporary design object and a modular table accessory. There are four triangulated stone pieces that are designed to hold tea light candles and/or small-scale plants. UnBespoke can be arranged in a variety of formation - from square to equilateral triangle or in any configurations as the user experiments with them.
Dimensions & Packaging: 230 mm (width) x 230 mm (length) x 50 mm (height)
Tags: limestone, tabletop object, tabletop accessory, object design, candle holder, planter
Production Technology: Limestone has been used as a building material for thousands of years because of its beauty and durability, especially for many classical architectures. Our design goal is to produce a contemporary design objects in various scales using limestone, and UnBespoke has given limestone a renewed legitimacy as a decorative design object. Unbespoke is designed with an advanced 3D modelling and fabricated by CNC technology.
Design Challenge: The small scale of the design was challenging for fabricating limestone. The fabrication facility that we utilized for CNC is not familiar with such a small scale object product, so we had to convince the facility to fabricate with a extra care.
Research: UnBespoke is a small scale object design that continues to investigate our rigorous research utilizing a local material, Indiana limestone, in a wide array of contemporary design applications. UnBespoke brings a whimsical use of the material in a human living environment as the users have options to arrange as they intend.
Inspiration: The design stems from a famous mathematical problem, the Haberdasher Puzzle, how to dissect a square into pieces that can then be reconstituted into an equilateral triangle. When the pieces are rotated from the square to the equilateral triangle, the undulated interior edges of the initial square are revealed on the perimeter of the triangle. The design is also inspired by the previous project that utilized overlapping circles as a design language with a different metallic material.
Project Duration: The design process of UnBespoke started in April 2019, and hatiKB fabricated first prototype models in August 2019. The work has been exhibited through New and Next Exhibition in January 2020 at the Museum of Evansville in IN, USA.
Operation Flow: The basic formation is either a square or an equilateral formation of the Haberdasher Puzzle from which the design of UnBespoke was derived, but the users can arrange four stone pieces in a variety of formation as they experiment with the pieces.
Team Members: Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee
Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, Indiana University
Image Credits: Photos credit of Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee, and Anna Powell Teether Photography