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The Monomorph Stol av Wouter Van Riet Paap

Designet The Monomorph Stol av Wouter Van Riet Paap er en høyt verdsatt vinner av den svært prestisjetunge 2025 A' Design Award i Jern i konkurransekategorien Møbeldesign.


JernMøbler· 2025

The Monomorph Stol

av Wouter Van Riet Paap

Klient: De Ontwerpdivisie

Vinner av A' Design Award i Jern i kategorien Møbler

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Om The Monomorph Stol

Monomorph er en stol som er konstruert av 39 identiske treelementer. Ved å arbeide med bare én form for å skape en stol oppnås et svært holdbart og modulært produkt. Disse trekantformede elementene kommer alle fra ett ark kryssfiner. De 39 elementene er forbundet med stålstenger som danner ryggstøtte, sete og ben. Stolen kan transporteres som en flatpakke og er enkel å montere. Kryssfineren er malt i forhåndsvalgte farger eller kan brukes ubehandlet i råutgaven.

Anerkjennelsen

Om A' Design Award i Jern

The Monomorph Stol er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. The Monomorph Stol forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. The Monomorph Stol respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.

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Unike egenskaper
The Monomorph is a chair that is constructed with 39 completely identical plywood elements. These elements are connected by steel rods. The plywood is painted in pre-selected colors but can also be used untreated in the RAW edition. The Monomorph is a relaxing fauteuil, intriguing from all angles.
Dimensjoner og emballasje
The chair has a total depth of 810mm, a total width of 650mm and a total height of 850mm. Materials used are painted plywood, stainless steel tubes with rifling inside and cap screw on the outside.
Stikkord
chair, fauteuil, plywood,steel, comfortable, modular
Produksjonsteknologi
The 38 elements are CNC cut after various scale models were made. There has been substantial testing of various elements resulting in different chairs with different levels of comfort. eventually this single shape turned out to be the perfect single shape to create a chair with. There are several variants with 16 identical elements instead of 39, where the seat and backrest are formed with paper cord, used trucktarp or vegan leather.
Designutfordring
The hardest part was to actually find the single shape with which to realize an actual chair that is both beautiful and comfortable. After the shape was found the challange was to make the chair stable. For this several models were build and eventually the real life prototype. First with 16 identical elements with vegan leather used for seat and backrest. Later even more pure, using only that one wooden shape.
Forskning
As an architect I am always thinking about design and how to make it buildable. In construction the standardisation of elements, or even complete houses, has become more and more important. To keep costs acceptable, to minimize failure and maximize sustainability. But standardisation also limits the architects freedom to actually make a design. That is why I try to design these standardised elements myself in order to make the design leading and the standard elements following. The Monomorph is based on this principle of design lead standardisation. It is a chair constructed with 39 identical elements, which is a wooden triangle with rounded corners. A chair is formed by connecting these 39 elements with steel rods. The same element can be seat, backrest or leg. By adding more elements the chair can even be a sofa.
Inspirasjon
In nature, an organism existing out of one shape is called a monomorph. The Monomorph chair is the result of my research to find this ideal single shape to create a chair with: One form to define the result. It makes building the chair efficient, creating less waste.
Prosjektvarighet
The chair was designed in Januari 2024 in Utrecht, The Netherlands after several models were made. The first real size prototype was build in March 2024 after which extensive testing at the designers house took place. All in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Driftsflyt
The chair can be assembled by everyone who can handle a allen wrench.
Patenter
Copyrights belong to Wouter van Riet Paap, 2024

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