Stalker Bokosi la Mazira by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Stalker Bokosi la Mazira by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award in Luso Lapadera ndi Mapangidwe a Zoyikidwa za Luso Competition Category.

BronzeLuso Lapadera· 2022

Stalker Bokosi la Mazira

by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Client: Studio Minus

Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award Winner in Luso Lapadera Category

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The Design

About Stalker Bokosi la Mazira

Stalker ndi bokosi la mazira lopangidwa kuti liziyima palokha pakati pa chipinda, kotero kuti lingafikidwe kuchokera mbali iliyonse. Chinthucho chapangidwa ndi mtengo wa beechwood, mtengo wa ash ndi pulaywudi, wokhala ndi galasi lowonera, chitsulo cha galvanized ndi zigawo za chitsulo chophimbidwa ndi tini. Mazira khumi ndi limodzi osiyanasiyana ayikidwa mosalingana mbali zonse zinayi ndipo abisika kumbuyo kwa thonje lakuda loyimirira, pamene zogwirira za chitsulo chophimbidwa ndi tini zikuwonetsa malo awo. Magalasi anayi a mawonekedwe a prism amapanga chowonetsera cha m'ngodya chomwe chimabweza kayang'anidwe ka woonera kuchokera paliponse pamene wayimirira. Stalker inapangidwa ndi manja ndipo imakhala pakati pa zaluso ndi kapangidwe ka mipando ndi zinthu zapanyumba.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award

Stalker Bokosi la Mazira ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino kwambiri omwe amaonekera ndi luso lolenga, kuchenjera ndi nzeru zakuthwa. Opambana a Bronze ndi zinthu zaluso kwambiri ndi zolenga modabwitsa zomwe zimatsimikizira zochitika zazikulu, kulingalira ndi kuchenjera kwa opanga awo. Stalker Bokosi la Mazira akuyembekezeka kukhala chinthu choyamikiridwa, chosirira ndi chokondedwa, chaukatswiri wapadera ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo ndipo ndi abwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamala kwawo zazing'ono. Stalker Bokosi la Mazira amakwaniritsa zosowa mokongola, kukhudza zilakolako, kukopa mitima ndi kudzutsa chidwi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore.
He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
Dimensions & Packaging: 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm
Tags: stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector
Production Technology: beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel
Design Challenge: The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece.
Research: The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us.
The construction is made out of solid wood.
The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture.
All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design. It is the tinned steel handles that indicate the position of the drawers.
The whole process was an experiment, as the project developed organically, the piece being built manually from the construction level to its last detail. There were also details that had to be changed along the way. The piece of furniture respects the three registers corresponding with the human body: head-body-legs. The legs were an experiment. Being made out of vertical welded steel they didn't support the wooden structure well. That is why they had to be bent.
We believe in the idea of makers, that by building manually a piece of furniture one can also create a piece of art. By working manually, the design decisions are more assumed at a detail level.
The general concept, the structure, and all the details including the finishings are also a controlled result of more tries.
The stalker remains a piece of furniture at the border between art and furniture design.
Inspiration: One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers.
Project Duration: The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania
Operation Flow: The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side.
Team Members: Milincu Octavian Camil
Tudoran Otilia Alexandra
Image Credits: Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.