Prata Mobiliário · 2023

Water Ripples Cadeira

by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo

A' Design Award de Prata 2023 in Mobiliário
CLIENT: Good Style Creative Co., Ltd
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About Water Ripples Cadeira

A obra é baseada nas ondulações da água e transforma a cena natural em uma cadeira de balanço interativa que permite sentar ou deitar na cadeira como se o corpo balançasse despreocupadamente junto com os movimentos das ondulações da água. A característica dele é a textura fluida das ondulações da água. Não importa em ambientes internos ou externos, especialmente onde há luz, suas ondulações na água mostrarão luz natural e sombra no solo. É como uma escultura ondulada com concepção artística quando está em repouso; no entanto, torna-se uma peça de mobília fascinante quando ocorre uma interação.

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Water Ripples Cadeira 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 Water Ripples Cadeira 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. Water Ripples Cadeira é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Press Kit

Unique Properties: In addition to the fully transparent texture, this work is characterized by the image of water ripples flowing. Whether indoors or outdoors, especially where there is light, its water ripples will show natural light and shadow through the ground. At rest, it looks like a water ripple sculpture, full of artistic conception; however, when interacted, it becomes a fascinating piece of furniture.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1600 mm x 600 mm x 600mm
Tags: Water Ripples,function follows form,abstract, chair, furniture, transparent, icing, nature
Production Technology: Polymethyl Methacrylate
Design Challenge: When making this work, the material has the characteristics of generating high temperature during the process of changing from liquid to solid, and there will be countless small bubbles, but the formation of these bubbles makes the whole work closer to the natural image and effect, and The state of ripples in nature is echoed.
Research: The appearance and structure of this fully transparent chair not only has practical functions, but more importantly, it enhances and satisfies the user's pleasant feeling and comfortable interactive mood during use.
The characteristic and challenge of this work is to present the texture of water.
Because it is transparent, it is easy to integrate into various environmental spaces of different styles. Whether it is indoors or outdoors, especially where there is light, its water ripples will show natural light and shadow through the ground.
Inspiration: Inspired by Ripples. It presents the image of the condensed state of ripples flowing up and down, just like the frozen water surface, bringing users an interesting and novel atmosphere. As a result of the designer's passion for research and development of new techniques, this work is not only made of fully transparent materials, but the appearance itself has a safe structure and interactive functions. This is a sculpture and a A chair that can interact with people makes users feel like sitting on water ripples, and can swing freely with their mood, adding to the fun of life.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2022 and finished with installation in Taichung,Taiwan in February 2023
Operation Flow: To make a chair requires 56 kilograms of material to meet the structural safety requirements of being solid and having an average thickness of four centimeters.

Because the material is transparent, the biggest challenge is how to keep it intact during the molding process without any cracks, because any small flaws will affect the safety and beauty of the overall structure.
Image Credits: Photos #1, #2, #3, #4, #4 photographer - Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
Video - Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang