Emmett Kiti Kinachokunjika cha Nje by True Places is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vifaa vya Kambi na Vifaa vya Nje Competition Category.
ShabaVifaa vya Kambi· 2022
Emmett Kiti Kinachokunjika cha Nje
by True Places
Client: True Places
Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Vifaa vya Kambi Category
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About Emmett Kiti Kinachokunjika cha Nje
Emmett ni kiti kinachokunjika kilichoundwa kwa ajili ya matumizi ya nje yanayobebeka kwa urahisi. Muundo wake umetengenezwa kutokana na alumini ya mfululizo wa 6000, na kiti chake kinatumia kitambaa maalum cha nje kilichotengenezwa kwa polyester na nailoni. Muundo huu wa kukunjika hupunguza ulegevu na kubana wakati bado ukiruhusu ukubwa mdogo wa kukunjwa. Kiti hufunguka kwa mwendo mmoja hadi mikono yake ikakamatana na kuunda kiti kilichonyooka vizuri, na vitufe vilivyowekwa kwenye sehemu za kuegemeza mikono huachilia mikono hiyo ili kiweze kukunjwa. Vifungua chupa vimewekwa chini ya sehemu zote mbili za kuegemeza mikono, na kuna ndoano za kuning'iniza mifuko pamoja na miguu mipana. Mfuko wa polyester uliosindikwa upya huruhusu kiti kubebwa begani.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award
Emmett Kiti Kinachokunjika cha Nje ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Emmett Kiti Kinachokunjika cha Nje inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Emmett Kiti Kinachokunjika cha Nje hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The portable chair reimagined for the modern outdoors. Remarkable comfort, lightweight portability and thoughtful features combine to create an innovative outdoor folding chair reflecting the way people live today. New patent-pending folding design eliminates sagging and pinching from the seat while still folding compactly. Custom TrueFlexTM outdoor fabric and aerospace-grade aluminum frame. Accessories for right or left, bottle-openers under both arms, bag hooks and large feet for stability.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Folded dimensions: 229mm(w) x 203mm(d) x 914mm(h)
Ready to sit dimensions: 610mm(w) x 508mm(d) x 914mm(h) - Tags
- Outdoor, furniture, chair, portable, comfort, lightweight
- Production Technology
- Aluminum 6000 series
TrueFlexTM fabric (polyester, nylon)
Glass-filled nylon components
Recycled polyester (carrying bag) - Design Challenge
- There has historically been significant tension between comfort and portability in outdoor furniture design. Creating a piece of furniture that includes a comfortable, taut seat while still also folding compactly was a difficult design and engineering challenge. Furthermore, portable outdoor chair development in recent decades has focused on cutting costs at the expense of quality. Creating real portable comfort that can be affordably produced at scale was also a considerable challenge.
- Research
- Extensive qualitative and quantitative research across hundreds of consumers informed the design of the Emmett. The research identified significant dissatisfaction with current outdoor portable chair options, particularly in terms of comfort and design. With more people spending quality time with family and friends outdoors, the Emmett fills an important need for well-designed comfort for the modern outdoors.
- Inspiration
- The modern outdoors - relaxing with neighbors, concerts in the park, watching children playing sports - is meaningful time with family and friends, but is often not matched by the quality of products people use. Why are portable chairs so uncomfortable, and comfortable chairs immovable? True Places began by asking "What if beautifully-designed and comfortable outdoor furniture can also be portable? What if modern design and engineering can create a folding chair of quality that matches the rest of people’s lives?"
- Project Duration
- The project started in August 2019 in Philadelphia and New York City and was completed in July 2021 in Shanghai.
- Operation Flow
- The Emmett features a new folding design: the chair can be folded out in one motion until the arms lock to create a remarkably comfortable, taut seat. The chair is easily folded by unlocking the arms using the armrest buttons and folding the arms upward and inward to a compact folded position. The chair can then be stowed in the custom designed sustainable carrying bag. Each chair can be carried over the shoulder or two chairs can be connected to be carried backpack-style.
- Patents
- Patent pending 63032869
- Team Members
- Bart Ruijpers
Jonathan Albert
Bre Stchowski
Nelson Warley
Ben Knepler - Image Credits
- True Places, Inc.
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