UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee

UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award in Hunyanzvi Hwakaisvonaka neKuiswa kweHunyanzvi Competition Category.

SirivhaHunyanzvi· 2020

UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura

by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee

Client: Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University

Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award Winner in Hunyanzvi Category

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The Design

About UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura

Book Text: UnBespoke chinhu chepamusoro petafura chinogadziriswa mumapoka chakagadzirwa kubva mudombo reIndiana limestone. Nhengo ina dzematombo dzine mativi matatu dzakagadzirirwa kubata makenduru madiki etii kana zvirimwa zvidiki. Nhengo idzi dzinogona kurongwa sechikwere, sekaperembudzi kane mativi matatu akaenzana, kana mune dzimwe nzira dzakasarudzwa nemushandisi. Chigadzirwa ichi chinobva kuHaberdasher Puzzle, dambudziko rezvibalo rinoratidza mafambisiro ekucheka chikwere kuita zvidimbu zvinoumba kaperembudzi kane mativi matatu akaenzana. Nhengo dzikatenderedzwa, mativi emukati akakombama echikwere anooneka pamativi ekunze ekaperembudzi. Chinhu ichi chakagadzirwa mu3D uye chakachekwa nemuchina weCNC machining.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura, rukudzo rwakakwirira zvikuru runopiwa kumadhizaini epamusoro, anonaka uye anofadza. Vakunda veSirivha mabasa anopenya kwazvo uye ane kugadzira kwakasiyana anoratidza unyanzvi, hunyanzvi hwekusikwa nekungwara kwevagadziri vawo. UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura inotarisirwa kuva basa rinoshamisa, rinotangira vamwe, rine hunyanzvi hunoonekwa uye zvitsva zvakadzika. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award chigadzirwa chinoshamisa, chinokudzwa chinobatsira uye chinosundira mberi miganhu yehunyanzvi, sayenzi, dhizaini netekinoroji. UnBespoke Primary Function: Chinhu Chepamusoro peTafura chigadzirwa chinoshuvirwa nevazhinji, chinomutsa zvishuvo, chinouya nemanzwiro akanaka uye chinomutsa kushamisika.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: UnBespoke is an investigation in to the use of a natural material, Indiana limestone, in the production of a contemporary design object and a modular table accessory. There are four triangulated stone pieces that are designed to hold tea light candles and/or small-scale plants. UnBespoke can be arranged in a variety of formation - from square to equilateral triangle or in any configurations as the user experiments with them.
Dimensions & Packaging: 230 mm (width) x 230 mm (length) x 50 mm (height)
Tags: limestone, tabletop object, tabletop accessory, object design, candle holder, planter
Production Technology: Limestone has been used as a building material for thousands of years because of its beauty and durability, especially for many classical architectures. Our design goal is to produce a contemporary design objects in various scales using limestone, and UnBespoke has given limestone a renewed legitimacy as a decorative design object. Unbespoke is designed with an advanced 3D modelling and fabricated by CNC technology.
Design Challenge: The small scale of the design was challenging for fabricating limestone. The fabrication facility that we utilized for CNC is not familiar with such a small scale object product, so we had to convince the facility to fabricate with a extra care.
Research: UnBespoke is a small scale object design that continues to investigate our rigorous research utilizing a local material, Indiana limestone, in a wide array of contemporary design applications. UnBespoke brings a whimsical use of the material in a human living environment as the users have options to arrange as they intend.
Inspiration: The design stems from a famous mathematical problem, the Haberdasher Puzzle, how to dissect a square into pieces that can then be reconstituted into an equilateral triangle. When the pieces are rotated from the square to the equilateral triangle, the undulated interior edges of the initial square are revealed on the perimeter of the triangle. The design is also inspired by the previous project that utilized overlapping circles as a design language with a different metallic material.
Project Duration: The design process of UnBespoke started in April 2019, and hatiKB fabricated first prototype models in August 2019. The work has been exhibited through New and Next Exhibition in January 2020 at the Museum of Evansville in IN, USA.
Operation Flow: The basic formation is either a square or an equilateral formation of the Haberdasher Puzzle from which the design of UnBespoke was derived, but the users can arrange four stone pieces in a variety of formation as they experiment with the pieces.
Team Members: Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee
Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, Indiana University
Image Credits: Photos credit of Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee, and Anna Powell Teether Photography