Layer ᱯᱤᱲᱟ by Fuma Fujiwara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ· 2023
Layer ᱯᱤᱲᱟ
Client: Fujiwara Fuma
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About Layer ᱯᱤᱲᱟ
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱝ ᱰᱟᱭᱟᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱜᱟᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱯᱷᱚᱨᱱᱤᱪᱚᱨ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ᱾ ᱚᱠᱤᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱨᱟᱠᱨᱤᱛᱤᱠ ᱟᱯᱟᱫᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱜᱚᱡ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ, ᱱᱤᱛᱚᱜ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱜᱟᱹᱦᱤᱨ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟᱛᱮ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱚᱠᱤᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱯᱷᱚᱨᱱᱤᱪᱚᱨ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱡᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱝ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱚᱱᱟᱛᱮ, ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱞᱮᱭᱚᱨ ᱯᱤᱲᱟ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱯᱥᱟᱭᱤᱠᱚᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱴᱩᱵ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱤᱱᱟᱣᱟᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱜᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱞᱚᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱜᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱥᱛᱟᱵᱽ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Layer ᱯᱤᱲᱟ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Layer ᱯᱤᱲᱟ 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
- This project used small-diameter trees and scrap wood to make furniture. Wood in Okinawa is felled due to natural disasters and road expansion. Large pieces of wood are needed to make furniture. Therefore, I made woodcuts by combining a wide variety of woods. They are made by upcycling discarded materials. This design proposes a new value for the colorful "Okinawa tree".
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 640 mm x Depth 380 mm x Height 500 mm
- Tags
- stool, furniture, Okinawa, End material
- Production Technology
- To continue making Okinawan furniture, we need a way to use materials without waste. Therefore, we collected small pieces of wood and trees with small diameters discarded at lumber shops and workshops.
Seat : Camphor tree, Melia azedarach, Magnolia compressa, Castanopsis sieboldii, Acacia confusa, Pinus luchuensis, Tetradium glabrifolium, Trema orientalis, Podocarpus macrophyllus.
Legs : Acacia confusa.
Finish: beeswax. - Design Challenge
- Layers are created by stacking trees. Those layers are usually horizontal. To show all the trees on the surface, I was inspired to express this by making the layers slanted. Creating the diagonal layers was the most challenging part. The diagonal layers created beautiful curves. I also tried to find a way to combine light and dark colors in the wood combination.
- Research
- Okinawa is Japan's southernmost archipelago and was once called the Ryukyu Kingdom. Okinawa has long had a different culture from Japan's main island, and other types of wood have been used. Twenty years ago, trees with large diameters were circulating in Okinawa, but recently the diameter of the trees in circulation is about 35 centimeters, and the material is shrinking. Finding a way to utilize small materials was necessary to sustain Okinawan furniture production, so the research began.
- Inspiration
- I live in Okinawa, an island in the south of Japan. Okinawa is known as the only subtropical region in Japan and has unique vegetation and culture. Many kinds of trees live on the island. Many types of trees are unique to the island, and I was surprised that there were many characteristic features, such as the trees color, smell, and texture. I made this furniture using nine kinds of Okinawan trees to let people know about Okinawan trees.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Okinawa in January 2023. The first deliverable was completed in March 2023 and exhibited at the Tokyo International Furniture Fair (IFFT).
- Operation Flow
- The hand-carved seat has a gentle slope. The indentation in the center of the chair gently fits your waist. The seat and legs of the chair can be disassembled. It is compact and portable and can be transported in flat-pack packaging. When assembling, it can be manufactured immediately just by inserting the legs.
- Image Credits
- [Image # 1: Photographer Fuma Fujiwara, Layer Stool, 2023]
[Image # 2: Photographer Fuma Fujiwara, Layer Stool, 2023]
[Image # 3: Photographer Fuma Fujiwara, Layer Stool, 2023]
[Image # 4: Photographer Fuma Fujiwara, Layer Stool, 2023]
[Image # 5: Photographer Fuma Fujiwara, Layer Stool, 2023]
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