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Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل by Wai Ho Cheung

Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل by Wai Ho Cheung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award برونز انعام in فرنيچر ڊيزائن Competition Category.


برونزفرنيچر· 2017

Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل

by Wai Ho Cheung

Client: Wai Ho Cheung

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in فرنيچر Category

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The Design

About Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل

آرڪٽڪ هڪ ڪافي ٽيبل آهي جنهن جي تري ۾ متحرڪ لهرون آهن جيڪي هڪ بصري وهم پيدا ڪن ٿيون ته اڃا ٽيبل حرڪت وانگر ظاهر ٿئي ٿي. چيني پنجن عنصرن ۾، ڪارو پاڻي جي عنصر سان ملندو آهي، تنهنڪري ميز کي ڪارو رنگ ۾ پينٽ ڪيو ويو آهي ۽ گڏوگڏ موجن جي بصري وهم تي زور ڏنو ويو آهي. ڊزائنر جي تصور ۾، جمالياتي ڪارڪردگي جي برابر آهي. اهڙيءَ طرح، اسٽريپس سپورٽنگ فريم سان ڪارڪردگيءَ لاءِ ذميوار آهن جڏهن ته موجن به عملي طور استعمال ڪري سگھجن ٿيون: مٿين ڪنڊن کي سي ڊي اسٽينڊ طور استعمال ڪري سگهجي ٿو ۽ موج کي ميگزين اسٽينڊ طور استعمال ڪري سگهجي ٿو.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Arctic ڪافي ٽيبل ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Arctic is made of painted metal strips with dynamic waves at the base which make the still table appears as moving. The strips and supporting frames are interwoven useful space, as well as the waves underneath can be functional. In this coffee table, aesthetics also means functionality, which is what contemporary design should fulfil in my opinion.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width1200mm x Depth600mm x Height420mm
Tags
furniture, coffee table, waves, metal, strips
Production Technology
Arctic is a coffee table made of looped metal strips with a wave bent at the bottom of each and fixed by supporting frames. Each strip is placed inversely to others alongside that interweave dynamic waves, like currents in ocean. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding colour to Water element is black. Therefore, the table is painted in black which can also emphasise the visual illusion of the moving currents.
Design Challenge
As the combination with those factors is always thought to be the product only appears in utopia, Arctic is created in order to challenge the mission. Incidentally, Arctic is the second version of this project. The first version was designed with 3 types of materials, so the hardest point of this project was to reduce the material types used, at the same time to keep the dynamic outlook and to emphasise it.
Research
In nowadays market, customers always demand products to fulfil the combination on 3 aspects: high functionality, low cost and high aesthetics. On the other hand, companies are always asking for products with: high profit, high market share and economy production process.
Inspiration
The form is inspired by tidal wave hence the inspiration is conducted to mathematical sinusoidal wave with the keyword, wave. In the meantime, the functionality is inspired by park bench slats; the structure of the slats with gaps in between is considered to be highly functional. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding direction to Water element is north. Thus, it is named as the largest ocean in the north, Arctic.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2016 in Hong Kong and finished in April 2016 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow
The metal strips are responsible to in term of both aesthetics and functionality. On the top corners, the strips can be used as CD stands with the supporting frames. Moreover, the waves underneath can be used as a magazine stand. For extra, users can hang a little basket on the supporting frames beside. The dynamic waves at the bottom appear as currents in the ocean, which make the still table seems to be moving hence make the living room vigorous.
Team Members
Wai Ho Cheung

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