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Sakura Cyclone میز by Tomoaki Kageyama

Sakura Cyclone میز by Tomoaki Kageyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام in فرنیچر ڈیزائن Competition Category.


چاندیفرنیچر· 2025

Sakura Cyclone میز

by Tomoaki Kageyama

Client: Tomoaki Kageyama

A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام Winner in فرنیچر Category

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The Design

About Sakura Cyclone میز

ایہہ ڈھالی ہوئی چیری پلائی ووڈ نال بݨیا اک نیواں میز اے، جیہڑا عام طور تے زمین تے اُگدے وڈے چیری دے رُکھ ورگا لگدا اے۔ دوجے پاسے، جدوں لائٹ بالی جاندی اے تاں چیری دے فل پرچھائیں وچ کھڑدے نیں تے جگہ کوں شاندار بݨا دیندے نیں۔ ایہہ اک ایہو جیہا میز اے جیہڑا شام کوں خاص ویلا بݨا دیندا اے۔ چیری دے فل جاپان وچ اک اہم علامت نیں۔ پر چیری دے فل سال وچ صرف اک ہفتے دے لگ بھگ کھڑدے نیں۔ ایہہ میز چیری دے رُکھ دی فانی شان نال ڈیزائن کیتا گیا اے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام

Sakura Cyclone میز A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، غیر معمولی حد تئیں معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی اعلیٰ ترین درجے دے، شاندار تے متاثر کرݨ والے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے۔ چاندی دے جتݨ والے بہوں روشن تے انتہائی تخلیقی کم ہن، جیڑھے اپݨے ڈیزائنراں دی شاندار مہارت، صلاحیت تے ذہانت کوں ظاہر کریندے ہن۔ Sakura Cyclone میز کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک شاندار نمائشی کم ہوسی، قابل ذکر حد تئیں پیشہ ورانہ تے گہری جدت والا۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام جتیا ہے، ہک انتہائی قابل ذکر، سراہی ہوئی ایجاد ہے جیڑھی فائدہ ݙیندی ہے تے فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن تے ٹیکنالوجی دیاں حداں ودھیندی ہے۔ Sakura Cyclone میز ہک ایجھی تخلیق ہے جنہاں تے ڈھیر لوک حسد کریندے ہن، جیڑھی خواہشاں جگیندی ہے، مثبت جذبے آݨیندی ہے تے حیرت تے تعجب دی چنگاری بالیندی ہے۔

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This design proposal is a low table made of molded cherry plywood. The unique point of this table is the design of the shadow that falls from the table. This table usually looks like a large cherry tree growing on the earth. On the other hand, when turning on the light, the cherry blossom blooms in a shadow and makes the space brilliant. It is a table that turns an evening into a special time.
Dimensions & Packaging
The furniture was made in a workshop in the Hida region in Japan, a famous furniture production area in Japan. The size of this table is H400 mm*D400 mm, W400mm.
Tags
Table, Cherry blossom, Sakura, shadow
Production Technology
The furniture is made of Molded plywood. Detailed mating is the key to designing accurate shadows. I created a mechanism to adjust the angle of the plywood installation with wires, allowing fine adjustment of the falling shadows.
Design Challenge
It was difficult to consider the configuration of parts to realize that only when the pendant light is turned on at night a shadow falls and cherry blossoms bloom. I created several scale models and conducted many experiments to check the shadows by turning on the lights. Then, I realized this idea using the construction method of diagonally mating R500mm curved wood.
Research
I explored the essential elements of Japaneseness in order to create a table that is uniquely Japanese. In the process, I came across the famous book “In Praise of Shadows” by the famous Japanese classic writer, Junichiro Tanizaki. Through this book, Tanizaki showed that since ancient times, Japanese people have been conscious of the shadows behind light and have found a sense of beauty in these shadows. Therefore, we designed this table based on the hypothesis that we could create essentially Japanese furniture by designing the shadows that fall from the table, which modern people are usually unaware of.
Inspiration
This table is a conceptual design in my lab. I tried to incorporate Japanese essential aesthetics into a Western furniture table.
Cherry blossom is an important symbol in Japan. But cherry blossoms bloom for only about one week of the year. Japanese people are fascinated by the momentary brilliance of cherry blossoms. I designed it with the fleeting brilliance of the Cherry blossom tree.
Project Duration
The project started in 2022 in Nagoya Japan and finished at the end of 2023.
Operation Flow
During the day, users relax with a cup of tea or a book at the table, where they can feel the warmth of the wood. At night, they can spend a special time drinking a glass of wine on the table, which becomes as brilliant as a cherry tree in full bloom thanks to the shadows cast by the room light. We envision that this table will also used in restaurants or pubs.

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