Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota by Yusuke Watanabe

Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fenitjhara Competition Category.

KhautaFenitjhara· 2021

Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award Winner in Fenitjhara Category

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The Design

About Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota

Parachute ke shelofo ya lebota e entsweng ka lesenke la tshepe. Ha karolo e nngwe e sebediswa, palanka ya karolo eo e theohela tlase mme e leketlela sebakeng sa yona. Palanka e leketlileng e tshwara baki, makasine kapa dintho tse tshwanang le tseo mme e di thibela ho wa. Bokantle ba yona bo na le methalo e mebala e arohantsweng ke dikgeo tse tshesane, kahoo shelofo e hopotsa ponahalo ya setshwantsho ya parachute ya sejwalejwale mme e ka boela ya bonwa e le bonono ba lebota. Parachute e lekana 790 mm ka bophara, 30 mm ka botebo le 220 mm ka bophahamo. Lebitso lena le kopanya mehopolo ya ho sireletsa le ho wa.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award

Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Parachute Shelofo ya Lebota e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Dimensions & Packaging: W:790mm D:30mm H:220mm
Tags: Wall Shelf, Furniture, WD, YusukeWatanabe, Minimal, Tokyo, Japan
Production Technology: Parachute was made by sheet metal.
With the colored stripes separated by thin spaces, the graphic design is reminiscent of a modern parachute; this theme is transformed, in a recognisable and aesthetically successful manner, into an original shelf design.
Design Challenge: Yusuke Watanabe designed a new type of wall shelf, looks like Wall Art.

Yusuke Watanabe was worried about color of gradation, Through trial and error we found best ways. looks like Wall Art.
Inspiration: When listening to Coldplay's first album, it suddenly occurred to me to look up the word "Parachute."

It seems that the name "parachute" comes combining the Italian "parare" (to protect) with the French "chute" (to fall).

I thought that was a rather fine name.
I tried to think of devices that protect against falling.
When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in Tokyo and finished in October 2018 in Tokyo, and Yusuke Watanabe was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018.
Operation Flow: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.
Team Members: Yusuke Watanabe
Image Credits: Photo / Hiroki Watanabe