Buronze Ubuhanzi Bwiza · 2022
Stalker Umwanya w'Ibikonjo
by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia
- Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze 2022 in Ubuhanzi Bwiza
- CLIENT: Studio Minus
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 14,415
- Verification code 19BF239557 · Verify this award
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About Stalker Umwanya w'Ibikonjo
Stalker ni umwanya w'ibikonjo washyizweho gukorera hagati mu cyumba, ku buryo ushobora kwegerwa uhereye impande zose. Icyuma cyakozwe mu giti cy'ibisi (beechwood), igiti cy'umukungugu (ash wood) n'ibiti byometse hamwe (plywood), hifashishijwe ibice by'indorerwamo, icyuma cy'ubutare bwuzuye zinc (galvanized steel) n'icyuma gifite ibara ry'ifeza (tinned steel). Ibikonjo cumi na kimwe bitandukanye ntibisa, byashyizwe ku buryo butazwi neza ku mpande zose enye, kandi byihishe inyuma y'urukuta rugaragaza ibara ryijimye rihagaze. Ibikoresho byo gufungura n'ugukinga (handles) byakozwe mu cyuma gifite ibara ry'ifeza bigaragaza aho buri gikonjo giherereye. Indorerwamo enye z'imisogongero (prismatic mirrors) zikora imwe mu miterere igaragaza ijisho ry'uwareba wese, kubera ko zisubiza indorerwamo mu buryo bugaragara uhereye ahantu hose uhagaze. Stalker yakozwe n'intoki, kandi igaragaza uruhande ruhuza ubuhanzi n'ubugeni bw'ibikoresho by'inzu.
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze
Stalker Umwanya w'Ibikonjo ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Stalker Umwanya w'Ibikonjo biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Stalker Umwanya w'Ibikonjo ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.
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- 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.
- Image Credits
- Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.
