Exocet Kiti chenye Matumizi Mengi by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Samani Competition Category.
DhahabuSamani· 2015
Exocet Kiti chenye Matumizi Mengi
Client: Exocet
Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Samani Category
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About Exocet Kiti chenye Matumizi Mengi
Exocet ni kiti chenye matumizi mengi kilichotengenezwa kwa mbao ya birch ya Baltic na alumini. Kiti hiki kimeundwa kutoka kwa mfululizo wa vipande vilivyopindwa vinavyofanana vilivyokusanywa kuzunguka silinda ya kati. Matumizi ya umbo moja la msingi la kipande husaidia mchakato bora wa utengenezaji. Exocet inaweza kuwekwa katika mipangilio kadhaa, ikiwemo kiti cha kawaida, kiti kirefu cha kubembea na umbo lililokunjwa. Ili kubadilisha umbo, mtumiaji hupunguza mkazo kwa kutumia kishikizo, husogeza sehemu kuzunguka silinda na kukaza kishikizo tena. Matokeo yake ni kiti chenye nafasi nyingi na sehemu chache sana.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award
Exocet Kiti chenye Matumizi Mengi ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Exocet Kiti chenye Matumizi Mengi inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Exocet Kiti chenye Matumizi Mengi huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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