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Arctic Кофены Ширээ by Wai Ho Cheung

Arctic Кофены Ширээ by Wai Ho Cheung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award Хүрэл шагнал in Тавилгын дизайн Competition Category.


ХүрэлТавилга· 2017

Arctic Кофены Ширээ

by Wai Ho Cheung

Client: Wai Ho Cheung

A' Design Award Хүрэл шагнал Winner in Тавилга Category

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The Design

About Arctic Кофены Ширээ

Арктик бол динамик долгион бүхий кофены ширээ бөгөөд хөдөлгөөнгүй ширээ хөдөлж байгаа мэт дүр төрхийг бий болгодог. Хятадын таван элементэд хар нь усны элементтэй тохирдог тул ширээг хараар будаж, долгионы харааны хуурмаг байдлыг онцолсон байдаг. Дизайнерын үзэл баримтлалд гоо зүй нь функциональ байдалтай тэнцүү юм. Тиймээс туузууд нь тулгуур хүрээтэй ажиллах үүрэгтэй бөгөөд долгионыг практикт ашиглаж болно: дээд булангуудыг CD тавиур болгон ашиглаж болно, долгионыг сэтгүүлийн тавиур болгон ашиглаж болно.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Хүрэл шагнал

Arctic Кофены Ширээ нь A' Design Award Хүрэл шагналын ялагч бөгөөд бүтээлч чанар, овсгоо, цэцэн ухаанаараа ялгарсан шилдэг загварт олгодог маш нэр хүндтэй хүлээн зөвшөөрөлт юм. Хүрэл ялагчид бол хангалттай ур чадвартай, гайхалтай бүтээлч ажил бөгөөд зохион бүтээгчдийн өргөн туршлага, төсөөлөл, самбаатай байдлыг баталдаг. Arctic Кофены Ширээ нь өндөр үнэлэгдсэн, биширсэн, хайрласан зүйл, мэдэгдэхүйц мэргэжлийн, шинэлэг байх болно гэж хүлээгддэг. Хүрэл шагнал хүртсэн энэ загвар нь урлаг, шинжлэх ухаан, загвар, технологийн шилдэг туршлагыг шингээж, нарийн ширийнд анхаарал хандуулснаараа тод юм. Arctic Кофены Ширээ хэрэгцээг гайхалтай хангаж, хүслийг хөндөж, сэтгэл хөдлөлийг байлдан дагуулж, сониуч занг татдаг.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Arctic is made of painted metal strips with dynamic waves at the base which make the still table appears as moving. The strips and supporting frames are interwoven useful space, as well as the waves underneath can be functional. In this coffee table, aesthetics also means functionality, which is what contemporary design should fulfil in my opinion.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width1200mm x Depth600mm x Height420mm
Tags
furniture, coffee table, waves, metal, strips
Production Technology
Arctic is a coffee table made of looped metal strips with a wave bent at the bottom of each and fixed by supporting frames. Each strip is placed inversely to others alongside that interweave dynamic waves, like currents in ocean. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding colour to Water element is black. Therefore, the table is painted in black which can also emphasise the visual illusion of the moving currents.
Design Challenge
As the combination with those factors is always thought to be the product only appears in utopia, Arctic is created in order to challenge the mission. Incidentally, Arctic is the second version of this project. The first version was designed with 3 types of materials, so the hardest point of this project was to reduce the material types used, at the same time to keep the dynamic outlook and to emphasise it.
Research
In nowadays market, customers always demand products to fulfil the combination on 3 aspects: high functionality, low cost and high aesthetics. On the other hand, companies are always asking for products with: high profit, high market share and economy production process.
Inspiration
The form is inspired by tidal wave hence the inspiration is conducted to mathematical sinusoidal wave with the keyword, wave. In the meantime, the functionality is inspired by park bench slats; the structure of the slats with gaps in between is considered to be highly functional. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding direction to Water element is north. Thus, it is named as the largest ocean in the north, Arctic.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2016 in Hong Kong and finished in April 2016 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow
The metal strips are responsible to in term of both aesthetics and functionality. On the top corners, the strips can be used as CD stands with the supporting frames. Moreover, the waves underneath can be used as a magazine stand. For extra, users can hang a little basket on the supporting frames beside. The dynamic waves at the bottom appear as currents in the ocean, which make the still table seems to be moving hence make the living room vigorous.
Team Members
Wai Ho Cheung

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