Cloud Nofoa by Shota Urasaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

AuroMeafale· 2020

Cloud Nofoa

by Shota Urasaki

Client: Okinawa Products

A' Design Award Auro Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Cloud Nofoa

O le Cloud o se nofoa na fa'aosofia mai se timuga na va'aia i luga a'e o le matafaga o le Motu o Okinawa i Iapani. O le fogāfale e nofo ai e faia i le tuiina o alava polyester i totonu o le polyurethane foam i se nila, lea e maua ai se foliga vaivai e pei o se ao. O le nofoa maualuga e maua ai e le tagata o loo nofo ai se lagona o le opeopea. O vae uamea e pei o se fa'ata ma le tulaga fa'avae e faia mai i pa lapotopoto manifinifi e fa'aalia ai timuga o pa'ū ifo. Na fuafua ma le fa'aeteete le aofa'i, le umi ma le lautele o pa. O le Cloud e faia i lima mai le uamea e le mafai ona 'ele, alava polyester, laupapa ma le polyurethane foam.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Cloud Nofoa, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Cloud Nofoa e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Cloud Nofoa e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a cloud-like chair that is raining.
The seating surface enables a cloud-like expression by piercing polyester fiber into the polyurethane foam with a needle.
A high seat gives the seated person a floating.
In addition, the mirror-like stainless steel legs and pedestal made it possible to express the rain.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1000 mm x Depth 900 mm x Height 600 mm
Tags: nature, chair, cloud, okinawa, japan, organic
Production Technology: Materials: Stainless steel, Polyester fiber, Wood, Polyurethane foam
Production processes of the product: Handmade
Design Challenge: In addition, the number, length, and diameter of stainless steel round bars that express rain were carefully determined.
Research: I feel like the products in the world are now uniform.
Different regions have their own culture and nature.
Among them, I paid attention to nature.
I think of naturally inspired designs.
After that, repeat the verification of the material and structure.
I will announce the created design to the world and aim for commercialization.
I believe that doing so will enrich the uniform world.
Inspiration: The sky is connected everywhere in the world.
Many people have seen clouds.
A design inspired by nature will resonate with various people.
I live on Okinawa Island south of Japan.
One day, I saw a moving cloud while it rained on the coast.
The idea of this chair came up from the scenery at that time.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and ended in October 2019.
Operation Flow: I think there are many people who have imagined when they were children that they could sit on clouds.
I realized that imagination.
Poetic products enrich the emotions of users.
In addition, this product makes the surrounding space visually enjoyable.
Image Credits: [ Image #1: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #2: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #3: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #4: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ][ Image #5: Shota Urasaki, Cloud, 2019. ]