Sakura Cyclone Bord by Tomoaki Kageyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award i Sølv in Møbeldesign Competition Category.
SølvMøbler· 2025
Sakura Cyclone Bord
Client: Tomoaki Kageyama
A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Møbler Category
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About Sakura Cyclone Bord
Dette er et lavt bord laget av formet kirsebærfiner, som vanligvis ser ut som et stort kirsebærtre som vokser på jorden. På den annen side, når lyset slås på, blomstrer kirsebærblomsten i en skygge og gjør rommet strålende. Det er et bord som gjør en kveld til en spesiell stund. Kirsebærblomsten er et viktig symbol i Japan. Men kirsebærblomster blomstrer bare i omtrent én uke i året. Dette bordet er designet med kirsebærtreets flyktige prakt.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Sølv
Sakura Cyclone Bord er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Sakura Cyclone Bord forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Sakura Cyclone Bord er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This design proposal is a low table made of molded cherry plywood. The unique point of this table is the design of the shadow that falls from the table. This table usually looks like a large cherry tree growing on the earth. On the other hand, when turning on the light, the cherry blossom blooms in a shadow and makes the space brilliant. It is a table that turns an evening into a special time.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The furniture was made in a workshop in the Hida region in Japan, a famous furniture production area in Japan. The size of this table is H400 mm*D400 mm, W400mm.
- Tags
- Table, Cherry blossom, Sakura, shadow
- Production Technology
- The furniture is made of Molded plywood. Detailed mating is the key to designing accurate shadows. I created a mechanism to adjust the angle of the plywood installation with wires, allowing fine adjustment of the falling shadows.
- Design Challenge
- It was difficult to consider the configuration of parts to realize that only when the pendant light is turned on at night a shadow falls and cherry blossoms bloom. I created several scale models and conducted many experiments to check the shadows by turning on the lights. Then, I realized this idea using the construction method of diagonally mating R500mm curved wood.
- Research
- I explored the essential elements of Japaneseness in order to create a table that is uniquely Japanese. In the process, I came across the famous book “In Praise of Shadows” by the famous Japanese classic writer, Junichiro Tanizaki. Through this book, Tanizaki showed that since ancient times, Japanese people have been conscious of the shadows behind light and have found a sense of beauty in these shadows. Therefore, we designed this table based on the hypothesis that we could create essentially Japanese furniture by designing the shadows that fall from the table, which modern people are usually unaware of.
- Inspiration
- This table is a conceptual design in my lab. I tried to incorporate Japanese essential aesthetics into a Western furniture table.
Cherry blossom is an important symbol in Japan. But cherry blossoms bloom for only about one week of the year. Japanese people are fascinated by the momentary brilliance of cherry blossoms. I designed it with the fleeting brilliance of the Cherry blossom tree. - Project Duration
- The project started in 2022 in Nagoya Japan and finished at the end of 2023.
- Operation Flow
- During the day, users relax with a cup of tea or a book at the table, where they can feel the warmth of the wood. At night, they can spend a special time drinking a glass of wine on the table, which becomes as brilliant as a cherry tree in full bloom thanks to the shadows cast by the room light. We envision that this table will also used in restaurants or pubs.
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