Kodama Bar Stool ᱵᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱴ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ by Marshall Wollum is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱠᱟᱥᱟᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ· 2021
Kodama Bar Stool ᱵᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱴ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ
Client: Kodama Designs
A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About Kodama Bar Stool ᱵᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱴ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ
ᱠᱳᱫᱟᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱥᱴᱩᱞ ᱢᱮᱱᱠ ᱫᱟᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱴᱷᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚᱩᱬᱴᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱱᱰᱤ (Japandi) ᱩᱯᱟᱭ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱛᱮ ᱦᱩᱭᱮᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱛᱤ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱡᱩᱲᱟᱶ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱛᱮ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱣᱟᱞᱱᱟᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱯᱞ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱵᱦᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱟᱰᱤ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱡᱳᱰᱠᱟᱹᱨᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱛᱮᱭ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣᱟᱭᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱦᱟᱛᱤᱸ ᱡᱟᱹᱦᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱯᱟᱨᱚᱶᱟᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱡᱳᱛᱚᱱ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱸᱮᱢᱮᱴᱤᱠᱤ (CNC) ᱨᱟᱩᱴᱟᱨ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱛᱮ ᱡᱳᱰᱠᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱛᱟᱨᱚᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱛᱮᱭ ᱦᱩᱭᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱥᱴᱩᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱴ ᱴᱟᱠᱚ ᱪᱟᱠᱮ ᱚᱫᱚᱠ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱠᱳᱫᱟᱢᱟ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱛ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱫᱟᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱛᱢᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱤᱣᱤ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱚᱢᱢᱟᱱ ᱮᱢᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Kodama Bar Stool ᱵᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱴ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Kodama Bar Stool ᱵᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱴ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A subtle Japandi design with a grounded and organic aesthetic. The contrasting Walnut and Applewood highlight the stool's creative and original wood joinery. The Kodama Bar Stool is a blend of ancient techniques with modern technology to create a piece that will hopefully endure for generations, in both construction and design aesthetic.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 45cm, Depth 54cm, Height 66cm
- Tags
- Wood joinery, stool, furniture, autocad, fusion 360, cnc router, cnc machine
- Production Technology
- The challenge of this project was devising a method to program the powerful CNC router to delicately manifest the design through complex coding of the toolpaths and precision workholdings of the components on the machine. This innovative process has many more exciting years of refinement ahead as we are just beginning to open the door to a new era of parametric design and manufacturing that will allow human creativity to flourish with these new capabilities.
- Design Challenge
- This is a new field of manufacturing with little education opportunities available so I'm self-taught and continually making everything up as I go. I wake up every day feeling like the luckiest guy in the world to be on this creative adventure.
- Inspiration
- The word Kodama translates to the "spirit of the tree". The intent behind the Kodama Bar Stool is to pay tribute to wood, one of our world's most renewable materials, and to honor the tree that granted us its life's work.
The goal of this project was to combine the knowledge of traditional woodworking with a CNC router to accomplish joinery that was previously unobtainable in complexity and precision. - Project Duration
- The project started in 2016 in the mountains of Colorado and was finished in Southern California in March 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Visible and honest wood joinery designed to hopefully endure through generations of daily use.
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