Cornnie Hoekzitmeubel by Wen-Hsin Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Goud in Meubelontwerp Competition Category.
GoudMeubels· 2021
Cornnie Hoekzitmeubel
by Wen-Hsin Tu
Client: Wen-Hsin Tu
A' Design Award in Goud Winner in Meubels Category
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About Cornnie Hoekzitmeubel
Cornnie is een zitserie ontworpen voor hoekruimtes. De serie bestaat uit drie delen die samen 1200 bij 700 bij 850 millimeter meten. Elke zitting is gemaakt van buigbaar multiplex, verlijmd en geperst op een mal die is gefreesd met een CNC-machine. Gebogen poten verbinden elke zitting met de hoek en suggereren nieuwe manieren om de ruimte te gebruiken. Cornnie laat gebruikers uitrusten in hoekruimtes en daar een relatief persoonlijke plek creëren zonder een muur tussen elkaar op te trekken. Het doel is om een rustige plek te bieden om zich terug te trekken binnen open gedeelde omgevingen.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Goud
Cornnie Hoekzitmeubel is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Goud, een immens prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan eersteklas, schitterende en uitmuntende ontwerpen. Winnaars in Goud zijn uiterst innovatieve, zeer visionaire en glamoureus verblindende creaties die het genie, de wijsheid en de bekwaamheid van hun ontwerpers weerspiegelen. Cornnie Hoekzitmeubel wordt verwacht een zeer geprezen, trendzettende en monumentale uitvinding te zijn die ongekende waarde levert. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Goud heeft gewonnen, is een spectaculair, gerespecteerd project dat enorm baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Cornnie Hoekzitmeubel wekt intense gevoelens van verlangen, roept passie op, moedigt creativiteit aan en fascineert ons.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A seating series designed for corner spaces, presenting a solitary moment that conveys the message, everyone needs space for themselves. Users can find comfortable corner spaces through the use of the seating and can create a relatively personal space there, without building a wall between each other. The furniture also shows that we don‘t always need to be proactive in seeking interaction, but can take a step back and make ourselves comfortable.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1200mm*700mm*850mm
(all three pieces putting together) - Tags
- Stool, Seating, Corner, Stair, Windowsill, Retreat, Solitary, Seclusion, Interaction, Get Along With
- Production Technology
- bendable plywoods were being glued and pressed on the mould that milled by CNC
- Design Challenge
- To figure out how to connect people and the corner spaces is the hardest part. There aremanyways that wecould sit in the corner spaces. But what’s the connection between people, object (seating) and space? And then, I come up with the ideas, the curved legs of the chairs. This relationship between object and space create dialogue between themselves, and leads to the specific characters of the objects. These characteristics also seem to hint to the user how they can use the space in a novel way. The process empowers the users to experience their environment with a new perspective.
- Research
- I tried to sit in every corner space that I could find to experience how we could see and feel a room with different perspectives. And then I made some miniatures of spaces and objects to find out which element I can extract from the spaces to connect the design strongly with the corners. After the connection between object and space is bounded, I made some 1:1 prototypes of stools with curved legs and put them in certain positions to observe how people interact with them. A clear concept of the relationship between people, objects and spaces is then developed.
- Inspiration
- The spaces between public and private are becoming more open as time goes on. The people who use these in-between spaces are diverse. The interactions in these spaces enrich our everyday lives and provides inspiration, but also lead to stressful situations due to the lack of places to retreat. CORNNIE builds on these observations. Users can feel comfortable in corner spaces through the use of the seating and create a relatively personal space there without building a wall between each other.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2018 in Berlin and finished in October 2019 in Berlin, and was exhibited in the Berlin University of the Arts Design Master Graduation Show
- Operation Flow
- The seatings play an important role, they create an interface between people and space. This interrelationship leads to the specific characters of the objects, and these characteristics also seem to hint to the user how they can use the space in a novel way. The process empowers the users to experience their environment with a new perspective.
- Patents
- Design © Wen-Hsin Tu
- Team Members
- Wen-Hsin Tu
- Image Credits
- Fotos © Shih-Hsien Chan, Wen-Hsin Tu
Video Music © Shih-Hsien Chan
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