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Water Ripples Chair by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo

Water Ripples Chair by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award in Dhizaini yeFenichara Competition Category.


SirivhaFenichara· 2023

Water Ripples Chair

by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo

Client: Good Style Creative Co., Ltd

Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award Winner in Fenichara Category

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The Design

About Water Ripples Chair

Basa racho rinobva pamvura inoputika, uye inoshandura mamiriro echisikigo kuita chigaro chinozunungusa chinokubvumira kuti ugare kana kurara pasi pachigaro sekunge muviri unozununguka zvisina hanya pamwe chete nekufamba kwemvura. Chimiro chayo ndiko kuyerera kwemavara emvura. Hazvina mhosva mukati kana kunze, kunyanya pane chiedza, mvura yaro inoputika icharatidza chiedza chepanyama uye mumvuri pasi. Zvakaita sechivezwa chinoputika chine pfungwa yehunyanzvi kana chazorora; zvisinei, inova chidimbu chinonakidza chefenicha apo kusangana kunoitika.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Water Ripples Chair, 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. Water Ripples Chair 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. Water Ripples Chair chigadzirwa chinoshuvirwa nevazhinji, chinomutsa zvishuvo, chinouya nemanzwiro akanaka uye chinomutsa kushamisika.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
In addition to the fully transparent texture, this work is characterized by the image of water ripples flowing. Whether indoors or outdoors, especially where there is light, its water ripples will show natural light and shadow through the ground. At rest, it looks like a water ripple sculpture, full of artistic conception; however, when interacted, it becomes a fascinating piece of furniture.
Dimensions & Packaging
1600 mm x 600 mm x 600mm
Tags
Water Ripples,function follows form,abstract, chair, furniture, transparent, icing, nature
Production Technology
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Design Challenge
When making this work, the material has the characteristics of generating high temperature during the process of changing from liquid to solid, and there will be countless small bubbles, but the formation of these bubbles makes the whole work closer to the natural image and effect, and The state of ripples in nature is echoed.
Research
The appearance and structure of this fully transparent chair not only has practical functions, but more importantly, it enhances and satisfies the user's pleasant feeling and comfortable interactive mood during use.
The characteristic and challenge of this work is to present the texture of water.
Because it is transparent, it is easy to integrate into various environmental spaces of different styles. Whether it is indoors or outdoors, especially where there is light, its water ripples will show natural light and shadow through the ground.
Inspiration
Inspired by Ripples. It presents the image of the condensed state of ripples flowing up and down, just like the frozen water surface, bringing users an interesting and novel atmosphere. As a result of the designer's passion for research and development of new techniques, this work is not only made of fully transparent materials, but the appearance itself has a safe structure and interactive functions. This is a sculpture and a A chair that can interact with people makes users feel like sitting on water ripples, and can swing freely with their mood, adding to the fun of life.
Project Duration
The project started in December 2022 and finished with installation in Taichung,Taiwan in February 2023
Operation Flow
To make a chair requires 56 kilograms of material to meet the structural safety requirements of being solid and having an average thickness of four centimeters.

Because the material is transparent, the biggest challenge is how to keep it intact during the molding process without any cracks, because any small flaws will affect the safety and beauty of the overall structure.
Image Credits
Photos #1, #2, #3, #4, #4 photographer - Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
Video - Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang

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