Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao

Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

PerakParabot· 2022

Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi

by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao

Client: Donxi

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi

Clover adolah bangku tinggi nan tabuek dari kayu padek. Bantuaknyo taambiak dari inspirasi lengkuang Romanesque, sadangkan pamukoan ateh babantuak daun samanggi ampek helai. Tiok helai daun dibuek dari sisa-sisa kapiang kayu ketek di pabrik, disambuang jo pola mosaik nan mampacaliakan urek kayu nan alami. Kaki nan malengkuang mulo-mulo diukia jo mesin nan dikontrol komputer, sudah tu dipahaluih jo poles tangan. Sambuangan pen jo lubang (mortise and tenon) nan istimewa di tangah manahan ampek helai daun tu babarek jadi ciek sarato manjago struktur tatap kokoh. Kayu ash atau kayu walnut hitam dipakai, jo cincin tampek kaki dari baja tahan karat di bagian bawah.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi 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. Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi 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. Clover Fungsi Utamo: Tampek Duduak Tinggi 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: Each "leaf" is made by pieces of scrap solid wood in mosaic pattern. The curvy stool legs are carved by digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The entire stool is connected by a unique mortise and tenon joint in the center to ensure a stable structure and break the traditional orthodox image of the woodwork at the same time. This piece of creature integrates modernity and heritage in terms of both design and crafts.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 445 * Depth 445 * Height 700
Tags: Stool, Clover, Wood, Roman arch, Mortise and tenon joint, Donxi
Production Technology: Using Chinese Sun Mao (mortise and tenon joint) technique to connect the four 'leaves' is highly stable. The curvy stool legs are carved by CNC digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The materials are nature ash or black walnut, with a ring of stainless steel at the bottom for footrest.
Design Challenge: The mortise and tenon joint in the center is specially designed and made for this product to provide its delicacy and stability. The bottom side is a three-dimensional surface, which requires careful hand polishing to ensure the proper contour. Each stool will be processed by eight times of polishing in different degree. It is also a sustainable product design as it has used leftover small wood logs in the factory.
Research: How to use pure wood to make a three-dimensional irregular shape, is one of the main issues for our designers and craftsmen. Considering the cost, without using one piece of large wood, we combine several small square pieces into a bunch and then carve the shape. In fact, most of these small pieces are the leftover materials for disposal in the factory, so we have achieved industrial waste reuse. In this way, it also enables a mosaic pattern on the surface, which discloses the beauty of natural wood.
Inspiration: The form is inspired by the classic Romanesque arch in the Western ancient architecture, showing the graceful contour and beautiful proportion. The surface is in the shape of the four-leaf clover, which symbolizes good omens for faith, hope, love and luck. Applying the adorable four-leaf clover shape and the classic Roman arch form on furniture, we hope to bring happiness and eternity to users.
Project Duration: The furniture was designed in March 2020 in Shanghai. The first sample was made in May 2020 and then continued to refine. It was final completed in Jan 2021.
Operation Flow: The petal-like surface makes it easy for people to sit on, in various direction, freely and flexibly. It is exquisite in shape but stable in structure with the mortise and tenon joint inside.
Patents: Patent No.: ZL 2020 3 0209821.2
Team Members: Shuangyong Jin
Yunfei Zhao
Image Credits: Image Credits: Donxi