Qwerty Kitanda cha Sofa by Andrea Cingoli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Samani Competition Category.
FedhaSamani· 2018
Qwerty Kitanda cha Sofa
Client: CONCEPTICONstudio
Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award Winner in Samani Category
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About Qwerty Kitanda cha Sofa
Maandishi ya Kitabu: QWERTY ni kitanda cha sofa chenye umbo la kibodi ya kompyuta. Kila kitufe huunda mto laini unaomsaidia mtumiaji wakati wa kufanya kazi ofisini au nyumbani. Motaa ndogo za umeme, zinazodhibitiwa na kifaa cha kudhibiti mbali (remote), hurekebisha mto wa kila kitufe kivyake, hivyo uso mzima unaweza kubadilishwa umbo. Kifaa cha kudhibiti mbali kinatoa mipangilio kumi iliyowekwa tayari, na mipangilio zaidi inaweza kuongezwa. QWERTY inaweza kutumika kama sofa, kama kitanda, au kama msaada uliobinafsishwa kikamilifu. Ubunifu huu unabadilisha picha ya kawaida ya kila siku kuwa samani inayonyumbulika, ikiwa na mguso mwepesi wa kejeli.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award
Qwerty Kitanda cha Sofa ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa ya ajabu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya hali ya juu kabisa, ya kupendeza na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Fedha ni kazi zinazong'aa mno na bunifu kupita kiasi zinazoonyesha utaalamu bora, kipaji na busara ya wabunifu wao. Qwerty Kitanda cha Sofa inatarajiwa kuwa kazi nzuri ya kuigwa ambayo ni ya kitaalamu kwa kiasi kikubwa na yenye ubunifu wa kina. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award ni uvumbuzi unaojulikana sana na kupendwa, unaonufaisha na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Qwerty Kitanda cha Sofa ni kazi inayotamaniwa mno inayochochea hamu, huleta hisia chanya na huzua mshangao na mastaajabu.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Sooner or later, we all end up by falling asleep on our computer’s keyboard. Turning the archetypal image of a keyboard into a sofa bed, QWERTY holds you on its soft keys while working in the office or at home, bringing a pinch of irony in our daily life. Anyway QWERTY is much more than a sofa bed. Thanks to micro electric motors controlled by a remote control, every single keycushion is adjustable to give total freedom. In this way, the furniture becomes a unique and comfortable support.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- W 1100mm X D 3100mm X H 1100mm
- Tags
- qwerty, vintage, flexibility, luxury, couch, sofa
- Production Technology
- stainless steel AISI 304, multi density polymer, artificial waterproof and flame retardant leather, electrical and software equipment, latest generation gel batteries.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was including such an out of the ordinary functionality in an object that is so familiar to us. The effect that comes from that is a trasfert, between man and object.
- Research
- I wanted to focus on the user experience and try to combine a functional tool and an image archetype in order to produce an innovative object that guarantees flexibility and functionality, while keeping that familiarity of the object we're used to seeing. By using these familiar images, creating a hybrid of parallel world and languages, we decontextualize these forms and give them new meaning and make our lives better. The object fulfills its task by being innovative, not technological.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for QWERTY came from the many times I have fallen asleep on my keyboard. Thus, it became natural to make the keyboard more comfortable. The natural disposition of a keyboard did the rest and made qwerty the extremely adjustable surface it is.
- Project Duration
- The project was created in 2012 in Teramo, and has won:
IDA Gold winner 2013 in the category of the professional home interior products and the subcategory of interior furniture;
Red Dot Award Design Concept 2016 in the category of furniture. - Operation Flow
- The sofa is flexible, each key is adjustable via a special remote. The remote has 10 per-programed settings, but more can be added. Qwerty can become a bed, a sofa, a completely customizeable surface.
- Patents
- Patented.
Patent No. 001339253-0001
Patent No. 001339253-0002
Patent Holder: Andrea Cingoli
Year:2012
Jurisdiction:EU - Team Members
- Andrea Cingoli
Valentino Castelli
Umberto La Sorda - Image Credits
- CONCEPTICONstudio
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