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Gis Stolica by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Gis Stolica by Sepehr Mehrdadfar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Сребрна награда A' Design Award in Дизајн намештаја Competition Category.


СребрнаНамештај· 2022

Gis Stolica

by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Client: Hamoun

Сребрна награда A' Design Award Winner in Намештај Category

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The Design

About Gis Stolica

Gis je tronoška drvena stolica sa bronzanim stopama koja je isklesana iz dva debla oraha sa izuzetnom zanatskom veštinom tako da deluje kao skulptura. Čvorovi i ožiljci u drvetu ostavljeni su vidljivi kako bi objektu dali posebnu karakteristiku. Uprkos svom neobičnom izgledu, Gis je ergonomska zahvaljujući pažljivom oblikovanju krivina i uglova. Dizajn predstavlja istraživanje mogućnosti punog drveta, kao i hod po ivici Umetnosti i Dizajna, Lepote i Funkcije.

The Recognition

About the Сребрна награда A' Design Award

Gis Stolica је добитник Сребрне награде A' Design Award, изузетно престижног признања које се додељује врхунским, предивним и импресивним дизајнима. Добитници Сребрне награде неизмерно су бриљантна и изузетно креативна дела која илуструју изузетну стручност, таленат и оштроумност својих дизајнера. Очекује се да Gis Stolica буде дивно, узорно дело, запажено професионално и дубоко иновативно. Овај дизајн награђен Сребрном наградом A' Design Award веома је запажен, дивљен изум који користи и помера границе уметности, науке, дизајна и технологије. Gis Stolica је творевина којој многи завиде, која буди жеље, доноси позитивна осећања и изазива чуђење и дивљење.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Gis is a three-legged wooden chair with bronze feet and is carved out from two walnut logs with exquisite craftsmanship to seem as a sculpture. The wood knots and scars are remained exposed to give the objects a special characteristic. Despite its uncanny appearance, Gis is ergonomic due to the careful design of curves and angles. The design is an exploration of solid wood possibilities and also is a walk on the edge of "Art" and "Design", "Beauty" and "Function".
Dimensions & Packaging
width 600mm
depth 1000 mm
height 800 mm
Tags
Design, Chair, Furniture, Art, Persian, Contemporary
Production Technology
Materials: Walnut Solid Wood, Bronze.
Completely Handcrafted.
Design Challenge
The holy grail of this design was to reach a sculptural Persian aesthetic as the sprit for the body of “furniture design”.
Research
This chair is a part of the Konj-e-Hess collection.
This collection is an exploration through which we try to answer a question: “Unrelated to the surrounding space, can we create objects that intrinsically radiate a place of their own, and create a “Konj-e-Hess”.
Konj-e-Hess was after a new measuring unit for aesthetics in design. Quite similar to how Iran and its culture sit in the middle on the world map, Konj-e-Hess tells a centrist narrative too. Somewhere on a sharp blade, it cuts off “tenacious design assumptions”; preconceived notions of the sort that “Media” inundates our minds with.
Inspiration
Gis has odd yet familiar visual qualities. That is why it steals the spotlight and sets its own place. The main leg's dainty form is inspired by a girl's ponytail; the premise from which the chair takes its name from. In Farsi, "Gis" means the tumble of a woman’s hair.
Project Duration
The project started in March 2019 and finished in September 2019 in Tehran, Iran and was exhibited as a part of "Konj-e-Hess" exhibition.
Operation Flow
Gis has sculptural qualities in its presence in the interior space. This chair is designed with an artistic approach in design to be a "good chair" and also an elegence piece of "art".
Image Credits
Main Image: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #1: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #2: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #3: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #4: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun

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