Exocet ᱢᱩᱺᱟᱸᱛ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱟᱰᱣᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱥᱳᱱᱟᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ· 2015
Exocet ᱢᱩᱺᱟᱸᱛ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱟᱰᱣᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ
Client: Exocet
A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About Exocet ᱢᱩᱺᱟᱸᱛ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱟᱰᱣᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ
Exocet ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱞᱴᱤᱠ ᱵᱤᱨᱪ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱞᱩᱢᱤᱱᱤᱭᱟᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱟᱰᱣᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱮᱫᱟᱱ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱩᱠᱟᱹᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱞᱟᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱩᱲᱩᱢ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱰᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱥᱞᱟᱴ ᱨᱩᱠᱟᱹᱢ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱰᱷᱮᱨ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱱᱮᱢ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ Exocet ᱫᱚ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱨᱩᱠᱟᱹᱢᱛᱮ ᱰᱚᱦᱚ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ, ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱚᱠᱤᱝ ᱡᱤᱞᱤᱧ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱴᱟ ᱦᱩᱭᱮᱱ ᱨᱩᱠᱟᱹᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ᱾ ᱨᱩᱠᱟᱹᱢ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱤᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱮᱸᱰᱚᱞ ᱛᱮ ᱫᱟᱵ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱥᱮᱠᱥᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱤᱞᱤᱱᱰᱟᱨ ᱪᱟᱨᱩᱭᱛᱮ ᱚᱪᱚ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱦᱮᱸᱰᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱴᱟᱱ ᱠᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱮᱱᱮᱢ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱴᱤᱡ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱱ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Exocet ᱢᱩᱺᱟᱸᱛ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱟᱰᱣᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Exocet ᱢᱩᱺᱟᱸᱛ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱟᱰᱣᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ 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
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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