Clover Assento Alto by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao

Clover Assento Alto by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Mobiliário Competition Category.

PrataMobiliário· 2022

Clover Assento Alto

by Shuangyong Jin and Yunfei Zhao

Client: Donxi

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Mobiliário Category

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The Design

About Clover Assento Alto

Clover é um banco alto feito de madeira maciça. A forma inspira-se no arco românico, e a superfície superior tem o formato de um trevo de quatro folhas. Cada folha é feita a partir de pequenas peças de madeira que sobram na fábrica, unidas num padrão de mosaico que revela o veio natural. As pernas curvas são primeiro esculpidas por uma máquina controlada por computador e depois refinadas com polimento manual. Uma junta especial de encaixe macho e fêmea no centro mantém as quatro folhas unidas e assegura a estabilidade da estrutura. Utiliza-se freixo ou nogueira-preta, com um apoio para os pés em anel de aço inoxidável na base.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Clover Assento Alto conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Clover Assento Alto seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Clover Assento Alto é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each "leaf" is made by pieces of scrap solid wood in mosaic pattern. The curvy stool legs are carved by digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The entire stool is connected by a unique mortise and tenon joint in the center to ensure a stable structure and break the traditional orthodox image of the woodwork at the same time. This piece of creature integrates modernity and heritage in terms of both design and crafts.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 445 * Depth 445 * Height 700
Tags: Stool, Clover, Wood, Roman arch, Mortise and tenon joint, Donxi
Production Technology: Using Chinese Sun Mao (mortise and tenon joint) technique to connect the four 'leaves' is highly stable. The curvy stool legs are carved by CNC digital control machine in the first step and then fine-tuned by hand polishing. The materials are nature ash or black walnut, with a ring of stainless steel at the bottom for footrest.
Design Challenge: The mortise and tenon joint in the center is specially designed and made for this product to provide its delicacy and stability. The bottom side is a three-dimensional surface, which requires careful hand polishing to ensure the proper contour. Each stool will be processed by eight times of polishing in different degree. It is also a sustainable product design as it has used leftover small wood logs in the factory.
Research: How to use pure wood to make a three-dimensional irregular shape, is one of the main issues for our designers and craftsmen. Considering the cost, without using one piece of large wood, we combine several small square pieces into a bunch and then carve the shape. In fact, most of these small pieces are the leftover materials for disposal in the factory, so we have achieved industrial waste reuse. In this way, it also enables a mosaic pattern on the surface, which discloses the beauty of natural wood.
Inspiration: The form is inspired by the classic Romanesque arch in the Western ancient architecture, showing the graceful contour and beautiful proportion. The surface is in the shape of the four-leaf clover, which symbolizes good omens for faith, hope, love and luck. Applying the adorable four-leaf clover shape and the classic Roman arch form on furniture, we hope to bring happiness and eternity to users.
Project Duration: The furniture was designed in March 2020 in Shanghai. The first sample was made in May 2020 and then continued to refine. It was final completed in Jan 2021.
Operation Flow: The petal-like surface makes it easy for people to sit on, in various direction, freely and flexibly. It is exquisite in shape but stable in structure with the mortise and tenon joint inside.
Patents: Patent No.: ZL 2020 3 0209821.2
Team Members: Shuangyong Jin
Yunfei Zhao
Image Credits: Image Credits: Donxi