Qwerty Sofa Ikoreshwa nk'Uburiri by Andrea Cingoli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Imitako Competition Category.
IfezaImitako· 2018
Qwerty Sofa Ikoreshwa nk'Uburiri
Client: CONCEPTICONstudio
Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Imitako Category
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The Design
About Qwerty Sofa Ikoreshwa nk'Uburiri
QWERTY ni sofa ikoreshwa nk'uburiri, ifite imiterere isa n'ikibaho cy'inyuguti cya mudasobwa (keyboard). Buri buto (key) bugize umusego woroshye ushyigikira umukoresha igihe akorera ku biro cyangwa mu rugo. Moteri ntoya z'amashanyarazi, zigenzurwa n'agapangu ka kure (remote), zihindura buri musego wa buto ukwiye, bityo ubuso bwose bushobora guhindurwa imiterere. Agapangu ka kure gatanga uburyo cumi bwiteguriwe mbere, kandi hashobora kongerwaho ubundi buryo bushya. QWERTY ishobora gukoreshwa nka sofa, nk'uburiri, cyangwa nk'umusego wihariye wagenewe ibyifuzo by'umukoresha. Iyi miterere ihindura ishusho tuzi neza mu buzima bwa buri munsi, ikayigira ibikoresho by'ubwiyubake bworoshye kandi bihindagurika, hifashishijwe agasuzuguro gato k'ubuhanga.
The Recognition
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza
Qwerty Sofa Ikoreshwa nk'Uburiri ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Qwerty Sofa Ikoreshwa nk'Uburiri biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Qwerty Sofa Ikoreshwa nk'Uburiri ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Sooner or later, we all end up by falling asleep on our computer’s keyboard. Turning the archetypal image of a keyboard into a sofa bed, QWERTY holds you on its soft keys while working in the office or at home, bringing a pinch of irony in our daily life. Anyway QWERTY is much more than a sofa bed. Thanks to micro electric motors controlled by a remote control, every single keycushion is adjustable to give total freedom. In this way, the furniture becomes a unique and comfortable support.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- W 1100mm X D 3100mm X H 1100mm
- Tags
- qwerty, vintage, flexibility, luxury, couch, sofa
- Production Technology
- stainless steel AISI 304, multi density polymer, artificial waterproof and flame retardant leather, electrical and software equipment, latest generation gel batteries.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was including such an out of the ordinary functionality in an object that is so familiar to us. The effect that comes from that is a trasfert, between man and object.
- Research
- I wanted to focus on the user experience and try to combine a functional tool and an image archetype in order to produce an innovative object that guarantees flexibility and functionality, while keeping that familiarity of the object we're used to seeing. By using these familiar images, creating a hybrid of parallel world and languages, we decontextualize these forms and give them new meaning and make our lives better. The object fulfills its task by being innovative, not technological.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for QWERTY came from the many times I have fallen asleep on my keyboard. Thus, it became natural to make the keyboard more comfortable. The natural disposition of a keyboard did the rest and made qwerty the extremely adjustable surface it is.
- Project Duration
- The project was created in 2012 in Teramo, and has won:
IDA Gold winner 2013 in the category of the professional home interior products and the subcategory of interior furniture;
Red Dot Award Design Concept 2016 in the category of furniture. - Operation Flow
- The sofa is flexible, each key is adjustable via a special remote. The remote has 10 per-programed settings, but more can be added. Qwerty can become a bed, a sofa, a completely customizeable surface.
- Patents
- Patented.
Patent No. 001339253-0001
Patent No. 001339253-0002
Patent Holder: Andrea Cingoli
Year:2012
Jurisdiction:EU - Team Members
- Andrea Cingoli
Valentino Castelli
Umberto La Sorda - Image Credits
- CONCEPTICONstudio
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