Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë by Wai Ho Cheung

Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë by Wai Ho Cheung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 Çmimi i Bronztë A' Design Award in Dizajni i Mobiljeve Competition Category.

BronziMobilje· 2017

Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë

by Wai Ho Cheung

Client: Wai Ho Cheung

Çmimi i Bronztë A' Design Award Winner in Mobilje Category

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The Design

About Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë

Arktiku është një tavolinë kafeje me valë dinamike në fund, të cilat krijojnë një iluzion vizual se tavolina e palëvizshme duket si lëvizëse. Në Pesë Elementet Kineze, e zeza korrespondon me elementin e ujit, prandaj tabela është e lyer me të zezë, si dhe thekson iluzionin vizual të valëve. Në konceptin e stilistit, estetika është e barabartë me funksionalitetin. Kështu, shiritat janë përgjegjës për funksionalitetin me kornizat mbështetëse, ndërsa valët mund të përdoren gjithashtu praktikisht: qoshet e sipërme mund të përdoren si stenda për CD dhe valët mund të përdoren si mbajtëse magazine.

The Recognition

About the Çmimi i Bronztë A' Design Award

Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë është fitues i Çmimit të Bronztë A' Design Award, një njohje shumë prestigjioze që u akordohet dizajneve të shquara, të dalluara për krijimtari, shpikësi dhe mprehtësi. Fituesit e Bronztë janë objekte shumë të aftë dhe goditëse në krijimtarinë e tyre, që vërtetojnë përvojën e gjerë, imagjinatën dhe shkathtësinë e dizajnerëve të tyre. Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë pritet të jetë një objekt shumë i vlerësuar, i admiruar e i dashur, jashtëzakonisht profesional dhe inovativ. Ky dizajn fitues i Çmimit të Bronztë A' Design Award përfshin praktikat më të mira në art, shkencë, dizajn dhe teknologji dhe shquhet për vëmendjen ndaj detajeve. Arctic Tavolina E Kafesë i plotëson shkëlqyeshëm nevojat, prek dëshirat, magjepson ndjenjat dhe tërheq kureshtjen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Arctic is made of painted metal strips with dynamic waves at the base which make the still table appears as moving. The strips and supporting frames are interwoven useful space, as well as the waves underneath can be functional. In this coffee table, aesthetics also means functionality, which is what contemporary design should fulfil in my opinion.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width1200mm x Depth600mm x Height420mm
Tags: furniture, coffee table, waves, metal, strips
Production Technology: Arctic is a coffee table made of looped metal strips with a wave bent at the bottom of each and fixed by supporting frames. Each strip is placed inversely to others alongside that interweave dynamic waves, like currents in ocean. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding colour to Water element is black. Therefore, the table is painted in black which can also emphasise the visual illusion of the moving currents.
Design Challenge: As the combination with those factors is always thought to be the product only appears in utopia, Arctic is created in order to challenge the mission. Incidentally, Arctic is the second version of this project. The first version was designed with 3 types of materials, so the hardest point of this project was to reduce the material types used, at the same time to keep the dynamic outlook and to emphasise it.
Research: In nowadays market, customers always demand products to fulfil the combination on 3 aspects: high functionality, low cost and high aesthetics. On the other hand, companies are always asking for products with: high profit, high market share and economy production process.
Inspiration: The form is inspired by tidal wave hence the inspiration is conducted to mathematical sinusoidal wave with the keyword, wave. In the meantime, the functionality is inspired by park bench slats; the structure of the slats with gaps in between is considered to be highly functional. In Chinese Five Elements, the corresponding direction to Water element is north. Thus, it is named as the largest ocean in the north, Arctic.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2016 in Hong Kong and finished in April 2016 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow: The metal strips are responsible to in term of both aesthetics and functionality. On the top corners, the strips can be used as CD stands with the supporting frames. Moreover, the waves underneath can be used as a magazine stand. For extra, users can hang a little basket on the supporting frames beside. The dynamic waves at the bottom appear as currents in the ocean, which make the still table seems to be moving hence make the living room vigorous.
Team Members: Wai Ho Cheung