Pad Nofoa Gaugau by Shaohan Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2021

Pad Nofoa Gaugau

by Shaohan Yang

Client: Bruce Tao

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Pad Nofoa Gaugau

O le Pad o se nofoa gaugau ua fuafuaina e faasaoina ai le avanoa. E gaugau le nofoa i totonu o se apa mafolafola e 41 sm le umi, 4 sm le lautele ma le 86 sm le maualuga. E mafai ona faaputuputu ma teu faatasi ni apa gaugau se tele. Ina ia tatala le nofoa, e tosoina i lalo le esi i lalo ina ia mafai ona o mai le nofoaga ma vae. Ona gaugau lea o le nofoaga i luga i le 90 tikeri, ma gaugau i lalo vae i le 90 tikeri. O le Pad e faia i le laau teak, o se laau e mautu, tetee i le solo, ma puipuia mai le pala ma iniseti. O le foliga mafolafola e fetaui lelei mo fale nofoia ma nofoaga lautele.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Pad Nofoa Gaugau, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Pad Nofoa Gaugau e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Pad Nofoa Gaugau ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a folding chair design that can save a lot of space. Its most distinctive feature is its foldability. It can be folded into a flat sheet. When not in use, many chairs can be folded into a flat sheet and stacked on top of each other. This saves a lot of space. When not in use, it also unfolds easily to form a chair.
Dimensions & Packaging: Before folding: length 41cm x Width 44cm x Height 86cm; After folding: length 41cm x Width 4cm x Height 86cm;
Tags: Chair, Space-saving, Piece, Wood, Furniture, Pad
Production Technology: Material is teak, it is all a dry shrinkage is wet bilge minimum deformation of wood, after professional drying treatment, stable size very wear-resisting, the shrinkage rate from raw material to air dry to radial 2.2%, 4.0%, is the minimum deformation coefficient of the wood, good resistance to bending, wear-resisting, air dry density is 0.65 g/cm3 (dry weight about 650 kg/m3); Therefore, it has the distinctive characteristics of anticorrosive, insect-proof and so on. Suitable as a folding chair material.
Design Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research: Folding chair is a product that can be seen everywhere in our life and will bring great aspects to our life. Folding chairs are usually used at home to entertain guests or to sit on their own. Easy to fold and save space. According to research, furniture design output value had reached 210 billion euros in 2002, its development prospect is very broad.
Inspiration: The shape of the tablet inspired us to come up with this project. The size of the tablet is very space-saving and easy to store. Folding chairs are also in demand in large public places. We wanted to design a chair with the same function. So, we made the folding chair a flat panel. Usually, it's a chair. It can be folded into a flat sheet when needed.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow: Start with a tablet. First, grab the bottom beam of the tablet and pull it down. The seat and legs of the chair will snap out. Second, pull the seat and legs to the bottom and fold them up by 90 degrees to form the seat. Finally, fold the legs down 90 degrees to form a chair.
Team Members: Design leader: Jing Peng
Designer: Xinzhou Zhang
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)