Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani by Joakim Ryden

Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani by Joakim Ryden is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Bidhaa na Vifaa vya Mwangaza Competition Category.

ChumaMwangaza· 2023

Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani

by Joakim Ryden

Client: Joakim Ryden

Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Mwangaza Category

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The Design

About Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani

Maandishi ya Kitabu: Shwood ni taa ya mezani iliyotengenezwa kwa mbao za beech. Taa hii inafanya kazi kwa kugusa uso wa mbao na kuteleza nguzo ya ndani kupitia muundo wa nje. Mwendo huu huzalisha sauti laini ya vipande vya mbao ngumu vinavyosuguana. Kuinua nguzo huwasha mwanga, na ndoana ndogo iliyopo nyuma huishikilia nguzo mahali pake. Taa ina urefu wa sentimeta 25 ikiwa imefungwa, na sentimeta 40 ikiwa imeinuliwa kikamilifu, huku upana na kina vikiwa sentimeta 7. Sehemu za umeme za chanzo cha mwanga wa LED zimefichwa ndani. Lengo ni kuonyesha ustadi wa ufundi wa mbao pamoja na hisia ya utulivu.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award

Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima unaotolewa kwa miundo mizuri inayokidhi mahitaji ya kitaalamu na ya kiviwanda yanayotarajiwa kutoka kwa kazi zilizobuniwa vizuri. Washindi wa Chuma huonyesha ustadi mkubwa, utaalamu wa hali ya juu, uelewa wa kitaalamu na uwezo wa kibunifu wa waumbaji wao. Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani inatarajiwa kuwa kazi inayothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambayo ni ya vitendo na bunifu. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora za tasnia na una sifa za kiufundi zenye uwezo zilizounganishwa na ujuzi na kipaji. Shwood Kazi Kuu: Taa ya Mezani inaheshimiwa kwa uangalifu wake na imebuniwa kutoa maboresho ya ubora wa maisha yanayosaidia kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Shwood desk lamp is a concept that wants to elevate wood craftsmanship and help the user reduce their stress levels. Operating the lamp requires touching the wooden surface, sliding the center pillar through the outer structure, emitting the sound of solid wood pieces sliding with ever so little friction alongside each other. This is also how the luminaire got its name, combining the sound with the material resulting in Shwood. It's a piece of nature that stands alongside you to present you with light and a calming sensation.
Dimensions & Packaging: The luminaire is 25 cm in height when closed and 40 cm when it is all the way up. Width and depth are equally 7 cm. Beech wood is used for its ease of use, light color and environment friendly growing and harvest. Wooden pieces are mostly whole pieces without the need for screws or glue. The electrical parts for the LED light sources are hidden within the pillar and the bottom of the outer structure.
Tags: wood, nature, light, touch, interactive, warm, memories, relaxed
Production Technology: This concept was entirely made in Sketchup using Vray for renders. During the concept stage, hand sketches was used before a 3D printed mock-up were used for defining scale of the product and testing the operational element.
Design Challenge: The challenge for me was to portrait this feeling of nature and simpler life within in a digital concept. Having mediocre skill in 3D-modelling I began learning more about it until I completed a model I was happy with.

Playing around with the 3D printed mock-ups was also a challenge for me but not because of design technicalities rather because of my one and a half year old son who took a strong liking to them. After a few broken ones I did decide on the perfect model and size that I needed.
Research: The idea of this lamp came to me rather quickly. It came from an urge to go back in time to a simpler life. A time where hand craftsmanship and natural materials was more commonplace and used more. I wanted to bring a piece of that into the high tech modern world. The connection with the wood when operating the lamp and hearing the wood slide and clunk is a manifestation to this urge. Much time was spent on researching wood types and objects that we interact with in everyday life.
Inspiration: How does light sound? How does craftsmanship and care for details sound? Light and sound provide us with emotions from our memories. Inspiration for Shwood came from an urge to surround myself with nature and materials that you can feel and relate to.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2021 in Stockholm and the concept was completed in august 2022 in Stockholm.
Operation Flow: Sliding the inner pillar up into position softly turns on the light. It's held into position by a small hook on the backside. By slightly dropping the inner pillar down and backwards the hook will connect with the ledge integrated on the inside of the outer wooden structure.