John G Williams ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Beke Primary Function: ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱨ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2019 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ· 2019
Beke Primary Function: ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱨ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ
John G Williams ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ
ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: John G Williams Fine Furniture
ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱱᱤᱪᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ
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Beke Primary Function: ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱨ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ
Book Text: Beke ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱛᱟᱜ-ᱟ 'ᱡᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫ' ᱟᱨ 'ᱡᱳᱲᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ'᱾ Beke ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱨ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱮᱨᱜᱳᱱᱳᱢᱤᱠ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱥᱛᱷᱮᱴᱤᱠ ᱡᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱫ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ, ᱟᱨ ᱮᱠᱮᱱ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱴᱮᱵᱩᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱡᱳᱲᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ ᱮᱢᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱮᱱᱤᱥ ᱢᱳᱰᱟᱨᱱ ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱚᱥᱚᱯᱷᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ, ᱟᱨ ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱴᱷᱚᱥ ᱦᱟᱨᱰᱣᱩᱰ ᱟᱥᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱢᱮᱥᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟᱭ; ᱫᱟᱠᱷᱤᱱ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱮᱯ ᱰᱟᱪ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱚᱴᱤᱯᱷ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱥᱩᱠᱩᱲ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱟᱭᱤᱞ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱮᱠᱴᱷᱟᱹ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ; ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱯᱟᱨᱥᱟᱞ ᱟᱥ ᱯᱷᱨᱮᱢ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱱᱛᱚᱨᱡᱟᱛᱤᱭᱚ ᱦᱟᱨᱰᱣᱩᱰ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ᱾
ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱱ
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ
Beke Primary Function: ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱨ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Beke Primary Function: ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱨ ᱪᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ
ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
- ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ
- The Beke design uses a combination of innovative components.
The seat is a unique design laminated from individually shaped profiles to yield the final solid hardwood architectural form.
The rear legs are formed in two parts: first by steam bending the graceful form, and then laminating for long term dimensional stability.
The rails are profiled in an attempt to reinforce the overall lightness and sense of peace, and to support the cantilevered seat over the front rail. - ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ
- Overall dimensions: 880mm high; 520mm wide; 600mm deep
Seat size in plan: 520mm wide x 440 mm deep
Backrest size in elevation: 540mm wide x 200mm high
Seat height from floor: 460mm. Raked back at 5 degrees
Back rest height from floor: 825mm. Raked back at 18 degrees
Weight: 5.5kg - ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ
- Beke, dining chair, south africa, hardwood, curved, danish modern, minimalist, ash, walnut, graceful
- ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ
- The chair design incorporates a number of innovative components: custom profiled hardwood seat; steam bent rear legs; coopered backrest; and shaped rails:
Custom profiled hardwood seat. The seat is constructed from over twenty individually shaped profiles that are formed from a solid hardwood, such as walnut. The laminated rough form is finished with purpose modified sanding tooling, to realize the final shape. Threaded inserts in the base of the seat provide strong engineered connection to the frame for the cantilevered seat form.
Steam bent rear legs. The rear legs are steam bent in two pieces; cooled and stabilized; and then laminated to generate the final leg forms. Regular lamination was discarded on account of the excessive glue joints implied; and steam bending alone risked dimensional instability over time. This innovative combination captures the best of both techniques.
Coopered backrest. Coopering is the ancient art of constructing curved forms as used in barrel construction. The backrest staves are cut with edges 1 degree off perpendicular so that, when glued together, they pull into the curved form. Modified power tools are used to finish shape the graceful curves.
Shaped rails. The rails incorporate forms that echo local Cape Dutch architecture. These are achieved by trimming the rails to custom templates. - ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ
- The hardest part of this design was to make sure that the end result was clean, simple and graceful. On multiple occasions unduly complicated ideas were abandoned in favour of simpler, cleaner design details
- ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ
- The Carl Hansen library of designs were carefully reviewed and analysed;
Earlier designs were critiqued, including last year's Zene design;
Various sweeping architectural forms were referenced;
Steam bending method and realisation were researched drawing on various inputs including helpful general introduction by Veritas;
Template cutting and trimming methods were researched and prototyped, to understand the boundaries and possibilities. - ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ
- Beke means 'peace' and 'to be connected to'. This design is intended to put the user at ease, for extended comfort at the dining table – to provide an ergonomic and aesthetic sense of peace. The design attempts to realize this sense of well-being, and at the same time to support a sense of connection with the space at the table, and hence engagement with the other diners.
The design: respects the simplicity of the Danish Modern, and yet incorporates a luxurious solid hardwood seat and back; integrates South African Cape Dutch architectural motifs with a sweeping architectural profile; uses a clean ash frame to showcase the richness of local and international hardwoods. - ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ
- Work started on the design in March 2018 and was completed it in May 2018.
- ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ
- The chair works well at the dining table and, when pushed back or used elsewhere, is also comfortable for extended periods of time. Moving the chair around is easy – the hand naturally finds the hand-shaped indent at the bottom edge of the backrest and the well-balanced chair is readily lifted from this point
- ᱯᱮᱴᱮᱱᱴ ᱠᱚ
- UK IP Office Registered Design: 6047911
Holder: John Griffith Williams, 2018 - ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ
- John G Williams
- ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱟ
- All photos by John G Williams
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