Arctic Cafemēsah by Wai Ho Cheung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse in Caltlapechtli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

BronseCaltlapechtli· 2017

Arctic Cafemēsah

by Wai Ho Cheung

Client: Wai Ho Cheung

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse Winner in Caltlapechtli Category

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The Design

About Arctic Cafemēsah

In Arctic cē cafemēsah tlen quipiya mimolinih ātepōzohmeh ītzintlan, quinchīhuah cē ixnēncāitta pampa in mēsah motlālia moittah quemeh moliniah. Ītech Chinamēcatl Macuīltetl, in tlīltic tōcāitia in Ātl, yehīca nō in mēsah tlīltic huan quichicāhua in ixnēncāitta īpan ātepōzohmeh. Īpan in chiuhqui ītlachiyaliz, in cualnēmiliztli pantiuh īhuān in tequitiliztli. Nō īca, in mecazohmeh tēpalēhuiah īhuān in tetlatlamachiyōmeh, nō in ātepōzohmeh huel mochīhuah tlapohualōni: in īcuāmolco huel mochīhuah CD īmāconeh huan in ātepōzohmeh huel mochīhuah āmaquimilmāconeh.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse

Arctic Cafemēsah ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli tlachihualli in motenehua ipampa yancuic tlamantli, tlamatiliztli ihuan ixtlamatiliztli. In quicuicah Bronse ca tlachihualli in quipia toltecayotl ihuan quinextia in cenca miac nemiliztli ihuan tlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Arctic Cafemēsah ca tlazohtli tlamantli, mahuiztic ihuan cualli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Bronse quipia cualli toltecayotl ihuan quitta in tlen tepiton. Arctic Cafemēsah quipaquiltia in tlacah ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia in intlanequiliz.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Arctic is made of painted metal strips with dynamic waves at the base which make the still table appears as moving. The strips and supporting frames are interwoven useful space, as well as the waves underneath can be functional. In this coffee table, aesthetics also means functionality, which is what contemporary design should fulfil in my opinion.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width1200mm x Depth600mm x Height420mm
Tags: furniture, coffee table, waves, metal, strips
Production Technology: Arctic is a coffee table made of looped metal strips with a wave bent at the bottom of each and fixed by supporting frames. Each strip is placed inversely to others alongside that interweave dynamic waves, like currents in ocean. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding colour to Water element is black. Therefore, the table is painted in black which can also emphasise the visual illusion of the moving currents.
Design Challenge: As the combination with those factors is always thought to be the product only appears in utopia, Arctic is created in order to challenge the mission. Incidentally, Arctic is the second version of this project. The first version was designed with 3 types of materials, so the hardest point of this project was to reduce the material types used, at the same time to keep the dynamic outlook and to emphasise it.
Research: In nowadays market, customers always demand products to fulfil the combination on 3 aspects: high functionality, low cost and high aesthetics. On the other hand, companies are always asking for products with: high profit, high market share and economy production process.
Inspiration: The form is inspired by tidal wave hence the inspiration is conducted to mathematical sinusoidal wave with the keyword, wave. In the meantime, the functionality is inspired by park bench slats; the structure of the slats with gaps in between is considered to be highly functional. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding direction to Water element is north. Thus, it is named as the largest ocean in the north, Arctic.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2016 in Hong Kong and finished in April 2016 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow: The metal strips are responsible to in term of both aesthetics and functionality. On the top corners, the strips can be used as CD stands with the supporting frames. Moreover, the waves underneath can be used as a magazine stand. For extra, users can hang a little basket on the supporting frames beside. The dynamic waves at the bottom appear as currents in the ocean, which make the still table seems to be moving hence make the living room vigorous.
Team Members: Wai Ho Cheung