UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee

UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Toltecayotl ihuan Toltecayotl Tlatlaliliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

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UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli

by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee

Client: Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Toltecayotl Category

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The Design

About UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli

UnBespoke ce tlapechtli tlaixtli tlen mochihua ica Indiana tetl. Nahui tetl tlaixmatiltin (triangulados) mochihchihuah ihuan quimpiah tlahuiltin tepitzitzin ihuan xiuhtzitzin tepitzitzin. Nin tetl huelis motecpanah quen ce nauhcampa, quen ce yexcampa cual tlaneltoc (equilátero), ihuan noso oc sequin tecpanaliztin tlen quipehpena in aquin quitequitia. In tlachihchihualiztli quisa itech in Haberdasher Puzzle, ce tlapohualiztli tlamachtiliztli tlen quinextia quenin motequi ce nauhcampa ipan tetl tlen quichihuah ce yexcampa cual tlaneltoc. Ihcuac in tetl mocuecuepah, in tlaolinqui tlahtli tzalantic itech in nauhcampa monextiah ipan in yehyecayotl in yexcampa. In tlaixtli mochihua 3D ihuan motequi ica CNC tepoztlatequiliztli.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl

UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. UnBespoke Tlaixtli Tequitl: Tlapechtli Tlaixtli quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: UnBespoke is an investigation in to the use of a natural material, Indiana limestone, in the production of a contemporary design object and a modular table accessory. There are four triangulated stone pieces that are designed to hold tea light candles and/or small-scale plants. UnBespoke can be arranged in a variety of formation - from square to equilateral triangle or in any configurations as the user experiments with them.
Dimensions & Packaging: 230 mm (width) x 230 mm (length) x 50 mm (height)
Tags: limestone, tabletop object, tabletop accessory, object design, candle holder, planter
Production Technology: Limestone has been used as a building material for thousands of years because of its beauty and durability, especially for many classical architectures. Our design goal is to produce a contemporary design objects in various scales using limestone, and UnBespoke has given limestone a renewed legitimacy as a decorative design object. Unbespoke is designed with an advanced 3D modelling and fabricated by CNC technology.
Design Challenge: The small scale of the design was challenging for fabricating limestone. The fabrication facility that we utilized for CNC is not familiar with such a small scale object product, so we had to convince the facility to fabricate with a extra care.
Research: UnBespoke is a small scale object design that continues to investigate our rigorous research utilizing a local material, Indiana limestone, in a wide array of contemporary design applications. UnBespoke brings a whimsical use of the material in a human living environment as the users have options to arrange as they intend.
Inspiration: The design stems from a famous mathematical problem, the Haberdasher Puzzle, how to dissect a square into pieces that can then be reconstituted into an equilateral triangle. When the pieces are rotated from the square to the equilateral triangle, the undulated interior edges of the initial square are revealed on the perimeter of the triangle. The design is also inspired by the previous project that utilized overlapping circles as a design language with a different metallic material.
Project Duration: The design process of UnBespoke started in April 2019, and hatiKB fabricated first prototype models in August 2019. The work has been exhibited through New and Next Exhibition in January 2020 at the Museum of Evansville in IN, USA.
Operation Flow: The basic formation is either a square or an equilateral formation of the Haberdasher Puzzle from which the design of UnBespoke was derived, but the users can arrange four stone pieces in a variety of formation as they experiment with the pieces.
Team Members: Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee
Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, Indiana University
Image Credits: Photos credit of Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee, and Anna Powell Teether Photography