Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica by Masahiro Kito

Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica by Masahiro Kito is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Bèlas Arts Competition Category.

BronzeBèlas Arts· 2022

Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica

by Masahiro Kito

Client: Masahiro Kito

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Bèlas Arts Category

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The Design

About Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica

Dress es una colleccion de mòbles en ceramica que se mostra tanben coma una installacion artistica. La colleccion presenta de teissuts penjants en porcellana, formant un espaci momentanèu que sembla desfisar la gravitat. Lo teissut de vèire es trempat dins una bolha d'argila e cuèch en camadas a 1150 grases Celsius pendent una jornada, çò que apòrta de fòrça tot en gardant lo material leugièr. La sabla sosten la forma pendent la cuèison. De cadièras, de taulas e d'aparelhs d'esclairatge son estats desvolopats dins la colleccion. La porcellana transmet tanben la lutz, çò que fa que las pèças son adaptadas a un usatge coma lampas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Dress Colleccion de Mòbles en Ceramica satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Dress is an interior design collection and installation, in which hanging cloth is expressed in porcelain as a "momentary space" that defies the earth's gravity.
By using pottery as a material for interior decoration, the quality of delicateness can be brought into daily life. To provide the installation strength, sheets of cloth are first soaked in clay and then baked it in layers.
Dimensions & Packaging: It has been developed as various interior decoration such as chairs, tables and lighting fixtures, and the sizes are as follows.[chair]W450,D450,H960,SH350
[desk]W400,D320,H600
Tags: Pottery, chairs, furniture, desks, lighting, interiors, installations,
Production Technology: This work is a pottery made by dipping glass cloth in slurry and baking it in layers.The firing temperature is 1150 degrees and it is baked for one day. At that time, the shape is maintained by reinforcing it with sand or the like.
Design Challenge: The cloth used as a mold was required to be water-absorbent, quick-drying, and heat-resistant. Cotton and nylon could not absorb the slurry evenly, and it took a long time dry. The strength when baked was also low.
We solved that problem with glass cloth made of glass fiber. It has water absorption and quick-drying properties, and by applying heat, it was possible to give the pottery even more strength.
Research: In this work, experiments were conducted to further expand the usage of porcelain materials.
For firing, an electric kiln that allows the temperature to be set according to time was used.
As a result of the experiment, a visually attractive pottery with spatial performance output was completed. In addition, because it has a unique light-transmitting property, it has become an eye-catching lighting fixture.
Inspiration: Aichi Prefecture is the traditional center of pottery production in Japan. Having lived in Aichi Prefecture for many years, I decided to use, lightness, and beauty of the pottery as my own way of expressing furniture. Furniture made from pottery has a problem in terms of strength and tends to be heavy. I decided to create a collection that was stronger while preserving the lightness of the material.
Project Duration: This project began research and production in May 2019.
It was exhibited at the exhibition held at Nagoya University of the Arts in February 2020.
Operation Flow: This work can be developed as interior decoration such as tables, chairs, and lighting. The organic natural shape is an accent to your life.
Image Credits: Photo/ Masahiro Kito/ 2020