Exocet Kerusi Pelbagai Fungsi by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award Emas in Reka Bentuk Perabot Competition Category.
EmasPerabot· 2015
Exocet Kerusi Pelbagai Fungsi
Client: Exocet
A' Design Award Emas Winner in Perabot Category
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About Exocet Kerusi Pelbagai Fungsi
Exocet ialah kerusi pelbagai fungsi yang diperbuat daripada kayu birch Baltik dan aluminium. Kerusi ini dibina daripada satu siri bilah melengkung yang serupa, dipasang mengelilingi silinder tengah. Penggunaan satu bentuk bilah asas menyokong proses fabrikasi yang cekap. Exocet boleh diatur dalam beberapa konfigurasi, termasuk kerusi standard, kerusi panjang berbuai dan bentuk terlipat. Untuk menukar bentuknya, pengguna melepaskan tekanan menggunakan pemegang, menggerakkan bahagian-bahagian di sekeliling silinder dan mengetatkan semula pemegang tersebut. Hasilnya ialah sebuah kerusi dengan banyak kedudukan tetapi sangat sedikit bahagian.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Emas
Exocet Kerusi Pelbagai Fungsi ialah pemenang A' Design Award Emas, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk kelas pertama, menakjubkan dan cemerlang. Pemenang Emas ialah ciptaan yang sangat inovatif, berwawasan dan berkilau memukau yang mencerminkan kegeniusan, kebijaksanaan dan kepakaran pereka bentuknya. Exocet Kerusi Pelbagai Fungsi diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dipuji, perintis aliran dan monumental yang memberikan nilai tanpa tandingan. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Emas ini ialah projek yang menakjubkan dan disegani yang memberi manfaat besar kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Exocet Kerusi Pelbagai Fungsi mencetuskan perasaan keinginan yang kuat, membangkitkan semangat, menggalakkan kreativiti dan memukau kita.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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