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Pan Rak Baju by Sapiens Design Studio

Pan Rak Baju by Sapiens Design Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Perabot Competition Category.


GangsaPerabot· 2022

Pan Rak Baju

by Sapiens Design Studio

Client: Nestart

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Perabot Category

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The Design

About Pan Rak Baju

Kuali ialah penyangkut baju yang terdiri daripada tiga elemen keluli yang disambungkan oleh sambungan tengah. Setiap komponen diperoleh dengan menggunakan semula kepingan keluli sisa yang datang daripada proses pemotongan laser industri. Setiap komponen bersaiz dengan tujuan untuk menggunakan semula bahan sebanyak mungkin. Kuali ialah objek pelbagai rupa, helaian dua dimensi mengambil estetika tiga dimensi baharu, isipadu pelbagai rupa dengan nilai arca. Setiap Kuali adalah unik kerana reka bentuknya bergantung pada cara unsur-unsur disusun secara rawak pada papak semasa proses pengeluaran yang sedang berjalan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Pan Rak Baju ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Pan Rak Baju diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Pan Rak Baju memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Pan is a coat rack entirely made of recovered steel. Its components are obtained from the design and optimization of waste materials, coming from the industrial processes of steel laser cutting. The two-dimensional sheet takes on a new three-dimensional aesthetic, a faceted volume with a sculptural value that dialogues with light and the environment. Each Pan is unique because its pattern depends on how the elements are randomly arranged in the slab during the laser cutting process.
Dimensions & Packaging
High coat racks: 506 mm, 440 mm, 1800 mm
Short coat racks: 412 mm, 444 mm, 1450 mm
Tags
coat rack, recovered steel, laser-cut, circular economy
Production Technology
Pan is made of high quality SSAB Swedish Steel to obtain a long-lasting, non-deformable product, which is also resistant to oxidation. The laser cutting process takes place on standard 1488 mm x 2990 mm sheets. Both small components intended for industry and Pan parts are extracted from a sheet. They are finished with simple folding and surface finishing operations. From 2 sheets, 3 high and 4 short Pans are extracted. The waste of material is practically zero, as are the CO2 emissions that would derive from its regeneration.
Design Challenge
The main challenges were the following:
Finding internal logistic solutions that could foster the development of the project, taking into account the company's productive cycle.
Designing the waste by optimizing the arrangement of the cuts, according to particular geometries, identifying the optimal thicknesses of the material and keeping laser cutting process smooth in order to optimize production times.
Studying a multifaceted shape capable of exceeding two-dimensionality, harmoniously enhancing the aesthetics of the pattern obtained.
Research
Pan follows a circular economy philosophy applied to the processing of laser cut steel. The desire to enhance waste material has led us to design components obtained from the same plate used to make other elements for the mechanical industry, which, once extracted, determine Pan's decorative pattern.
Pan's shape is the result of the slab's layout study, aimed at exploiting as much material as possible.
Thus, the waste is designed as well as the primary mechanical components of production: in this way, it acquires a new life and the environmental impact necessary for its regeneration is reduced almost to zero.
Inspiration
The project stems from the desire to enhance the scraps derived from the processing of laser-cut steel plates, avoid their waste and reuse them to create new products with a unique value.
Pan, the deity of the forests, is inspired by nature, large corals and shrub textures. Its organic value goes beyond the strength of metal, an inherently cold and rigid material, and reinterprets it through innovative shapes.
Project Duration
The project was conceived by the Sapiens Design studio in Milan in 2021 and put into practice by Nestart srl, based in Rolo (RE). It was first presented during the Milan Design Week in September 2021.
Operation Flow
Pan is a multifaceted object that requires an all-round interpretation. It changes with light and movement, creating an overlapping of planes, textures and shapes. Pan interacts with the surrounding space, generating changing and interesting shadows. Its organic shape is the result of simple processes: the three components, joined by a central joint, offer up to 4 hangers of different heights.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Davide Bartolai, Pan, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Davide Bartolai, Pan, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Davide Bartolai, Pan, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Davide Bartolai, Pan, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Davide Bartolai, Pan, 2021.

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