Overlap Sofa by Tomoki Doi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Gangsa in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

GangsaParabot· 2023

Overlap Sofa

by Tomoki Doi

Client: Soell inc.

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Overlap Sofa

Overlap adolah sofa nan tabantuak dari duo blok nan basaliah. Sandaran punggung sarato tampek duduak diatur basilang paksi (off-axis) sarato disusun mambantuak sabuah pamukaan rato, nan mamungkinkan bamacam-macam pamakaian sarato susunan. Jikok babarapo unit disusun bajajar, mako sandaran punggung sarato pamukaan duduak tu manyatu manjadi ciek elemen sajo. Sofa iko dapek diatak di tangah ruangan atau di sudut. Di ruang publik, unit-unit ko dapek digabuangkan mambantuak garih luruih, zigzag, kotak, atau silang. Overlap dibuek dari kayu, uretan, sarato kain, sarato dapek dipisah manjadi duo bagian untuak mampamudah pangangkuik-annyo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Overlap Sofa adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Overlap Sofa dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Overlap Sofa mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A sofa formed by overlapping two blocks

While fulfilling its functionality, this sofa presents an object-like look that transforms its impression with every angle of view. The backrest and seat are off-axis and laid out to form a flat surface, thereby creating a variety of usages and arrangements.

When several units are placed side by side, the backrest and the seating surface merge into a single element, blending into one.
Dimensions & Packaging: W1955 D1063 H780
Tags: sofa, furniture, public space
Production Technology: wood, urethan, fabric
Design Challenge: The sofa is made up of two blocks, and we paid particular attention to the balance between the two. We have also made it easy to transport and carry in by making it possible to split it in two without any design discomfort.
Research: We sometimes use our environment to suit our bodies, such as sitting on stairs. In this project, rather than designing a sofa, we worked to create an object that has elements of a sofa and aimed to create a situation where different ways of sitting are created.
Inspiration: Rather than designing a sofa, we started with the idea of adding a sitting function to a simple rectangular object.
By stopping to design the usual functions of a sofa, such as the seat, backrest and armrests, and instead thinking of the function from the combination of the two components, new uses and various combinations of sofas can be created.

By shifting the axis of the sofa from its normal orientation, we also intended to change the gaze of the person sitting on it.
Project Duration: Completed in October 2021
Operation Flow: Overlap is designed to be placed in the centre of a room or in a corner of a room without discomfort. In public spaces, they can be combined in straight lines, zigzags, squares or crosses.
Image Credits: photo: Ryoukan Abe