Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż in Disinn tal-Arti Fini u Installazzjonijiet Artistiċi Competition Category.

BronżArti Fini· 2022

Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi

by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Client: Studio Minus

Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż Winner in Arti Fini Category

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The Design

About Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi

Stalker huwa kexxun bil-kaxxi (chest of drawers) iddisinjat biex jinżamm liberu fiċ-ċentru ta' kamra, sabiex ikun jista' jiġi avviċinat minn kull naħa. Il-biċċa hija magħmula mill-injam tal-fagu, injam tal-fraxxnu u lamber, b'elementi tal-mera, azzar galvanizzat u azzar imnaddaf bil-landa. Ħdax-il kexxun mhux identiċi huma mqiegħda b'mod mhux ugwali fuq l-erba' naħat kollha u huma moħbija wara tessitura vertikali skura, filwaqt li l-manek tal-azzar imnaddaf bil-landa jimmarkaw il-pożizzjonijiet tagħhom. Erba' mirja prismatiċi jiffurmaw riflettur tal-kantuniera li jroddi lura l-ħarsa tal-osservatur minn kull punt fejn wieħed ikun wieqaf. Stalker inbena bl-idejn u jinsab bejn l-arti u d-disinn tal-għamara.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż

Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji eċċellenti ddistingwuti mill-kreattività, l-ingenwità u l-għaqal. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Bronż huma xogħlijiet bi ħila biżżejjed u kreattivi b'mod impressjonanti li jawtentikaw l-esperjenza vasta, l-immaġinazzjoni u l-ħila ta' riżorsi tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi ikun oġġett imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub, notevolment professjonali u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Bronż jinkorporaw l-aħjar prattiki fl-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija u huwa eċċellenti fl-attenzjoni għad-dettalji. Stalker Kaxxa tal-Kaxxi jissodisfa l-ħtiġijiet b'mod eċċellenti, imiss ix-xewqat, jinċanta s-sentimenti u jattira l-kurżità.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore.
He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
Dimensions & Packaging: 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm
Tags: stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector
Production Technology: beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel
Design Challenge: The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece.
Research: The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us.
The construction is made out of solid wood.
The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture.
All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design. It is the tinned steel handles that indicate the position of the drawers.
The whole process was an experiment, as the project developed organically, the piece being built manually from the construction level to its last detail. There were also details that had to be changed along the way. The piece of furniture respects the three registers corresponding with the human body: head-body-legs. The legs were an experiment. Being made out of vertical welded steel they didn't support the wooden structure well. That is why they had to be bent.
We believe in the idea of makers, that by building manually a piece of furniture one can also create a piece of art. By working manually, the design decisions are more assumed at a detail level.
The general concept, the structure, and all the details including the finishings are also a controlled result of more tries.
The stalker remains a piece of furniture at the border between art and furniture design.
Inspiration: One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers.
Project Duration: The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania
Operation Flow: The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side.
Team Members: Milincu Octavian Camil
Tudoran Otilia Alexandra
Image Credits: Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.