Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli by Yusuke Watanabe

Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl in Caltlapechtli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

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Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl Winner in Caltlapechtli Category

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The Design

About Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli

Parachute cē tepāmitl tlapechtli in tlachīhualli īca tepoztli pēpechtic. Ihcuāc motequitiltia cē īxelōlōcān, in īhuapal inōn xelōlli temo īhuān pilcatica ōmpa. Inōn huapalli pilcatica quitzītzquia cē tilmahtli, cē āmoxtōntli ahnōzo occequi tlamantli, īhuān quimpiya inic ahmo huetzizqueh. In īxco quihuīca tlapālli huītectli in xelīuhticateh īca pitzāhuac cōyōncāyōtl, ic in tlapechtli quiyōlmachtia in īnēzca cē yancuīc parachute īhuān nō huel motta iuhqui tepāmitl tlahcuilōlli. Parachute quipiya 790 mm īpatlāhuaca, 30 mm ītilāhuaca īhuān 220 mm īhuehcapanca. In tōcāitl quicetilia in tlanemililiztli in tēmanahuiliztli īhuān in huetziliztli.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl

Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl, huel mahuiztic tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in achtopa, huel cualli ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Cozticteocuitlatl ca cenca yancuic, tlachiyani ihuan tlanextic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli ihuan toltecayotl. Ca quinequi in Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli quitlalizque yancuic tlamantli ihuan quimacazque tlazohtli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Cozticteocuitlatl ca mahuiztic tlamantli in quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Parachute Tepāmitl Tlapechtli quiyolchicahua ihuan quipaquiltia in tlacah.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Dimensions & Packaging: W:790mm D:30mm H:220mm
Tags: Wall Shelf, Furniture, WD, YusukeWatanabe, Minimal, Tokyo, Japan
Production Technology: Parachute was made by sheet metal.
With the colored stripes separated by thin spaces, the graphic design is reminiscent of a modern parachute; this theme is transformed, in a recognisable and aesthetically successful manner, into an original shelf design.
Design Challenge: Yusuke Watanabe designed a new type of wall shelf, looks like Wall Art.

Yusuke Watanabe was worried about color of gradation, Through trial and error we found best ways. looks like Wall Art.
Inspiration: When listening to Coldplay's first album, it suddenly occurred to me to look up the word "Parachute."

It seems that the name "parachute" comes combining the Italian "parare" (to protect) with the French "chute" (to fall).

I thought that was a rather fine name.
I tried to think of devices that protect against falling.
When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in Tokyo and finished in October 2018 in Tokyo, and Yusuke Watanabe was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018.
Operation Flow: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.
Team Members: Yusuke Watanabe
Image Credits: Photo / Hiroki Watanabe