Dress Your Chair ተላጋባይ ክዳን መንበር by Yumeng Gai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኣቕሑ Competition Category.
ሓጺንኣቕሑ· 2021
Dress Your Chair ተላጋባይ ክዳን መንበር
by Yumeng Gai
Client: Yumeng Gai
ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ኣቕሑ Category
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About Dress Your Chair ተላጋባይ ክዳን መንበር
ክዳንካ ኽደኒ ናይ ተላጋባይ ክዳውንቲ ስብስብ ኮይኑ፡ ንልሙድን ብቐሊሉ ዝእከብን መንበር ዝተሰርሐ እዩ። እዚ ስብስብ ሓደ ጋቢ ውሽጣዊ ክዳን ካብ ስፖንጅን ሰለስተ ካልኦት ብወቕትታት እተመስጠዉ ክዳውንትን ዝሓቖፈ እዩ፦ ናይ ጽድያ ቀሚሽ፡ ናይ ቀውዒ ጃምፕሱት፡ ከምኡውን ናይ ክረምቲ ናይ ተዲ ካፖርት። እቲ ካብ ስፖንጅ ዝተሰርሐ ውሽጣዊ ክዳን ብዝተፈላለየ ውፍረት ተዳሊዩ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ኮፍ ምባል ደገፍን ምቾትን ይህብ። እቲ ጃምፕሱትን ናይ ተዲ ካፖርትን ብዘይክርአይ ዚፐር ኣብ ዙርያ ኮፍ መበሊ ቦታ ይዕጾ፡ እቲ ቀሚሽ ግና ብምትእትታውን ምውጻእን ይግጠም። ነፍስወከፍ ክፋል ብቐሊሉ ንምቕያር፡ ንምሕጻብን ንምጓዓዝን ዝጥዕም ኮይኑ፡ ስለዚ ዘሎ መንበር ኣብ ክንዲ ምትካእ ክሕደስ ይኽእል።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award
Dress Your Chair ተላጋባይ ክዳን መንበር ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Dress Your Chair ተላጋባይ ክዳን መንበር ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Dress Your Chair ተላጋባይ ክዳን መንበር ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- What is the reason for throwing away a chair? The style does not fit in the room anymore? Or the upholstery is broken? The idea of the Dress Your Chair project is to design a series of upholstery works for a single common chair, like the IKEA ADDE Chair, which is accessible and easy to assemble. The upholstery can be put on and taken off as easily as apparel for humans. During the process of changing apparel for our furniture, we build closer relationships with the things we already have.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimension for ADDE frame: Width 390 mm x Depth 470 mm x Height 772 mm
- Tags
- Upholstery work, furniture upholstery, dress for furniture, removable upholstery, cushion
- Production Technology
- This upholstery series includes a set of foam undergarments and three coverings.
For undergarment production, laser cut the foam first, cover with batting with the same shape, then put the foam into sewed fabric then hemming.
Once the foam is developed, it is applied to the chair as the model for pattern making. The muslin is draped from here to get the measurement for the final pattern for all apparel designs. Then the fabrics are cut according to the pattern. - Design Challenge
- Challenges mainly come from the structures and patterns of apparel.
- Research
- The research was focused on three parts: style, structure, and pattern. Research on fashion apparel and study how fashion styling applies to furniture upholstery design. Test on different undergarments and apparel structures, and find the best form that provides the easiest way to put on and take off. Various methods of pattern making are used during the process.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the fashion industry seasons, the Dress Your Chair upholstery series includes three seasonal clothes for the IKEA ADDE chair. The spring dress is inspired by blooming flowers in spring. This piece adds a romantic feeling to the chair and space. For the autumn jumpsuit, with the classic houndstooth pattern fabric, the suit gives the chair and space an elegant formal look. For winter, the Teddy coat designed for the chair provides a cozy and comfortable seating experience.
- Project Duration
- The project started in December 2019 in Providence and finished in December 2020 in Providence.
- Operation Flow
- The Dress Your Chair upholstery series includes one set of foam undergarments with various densities and three sets of apparel inspired by three different seasons: spring dress, autumn jumpsuit, and winter Teddy coat. Undergarments are mainly made up of foam, providing enough support and comfort for an enjoyable seating experience. The Jumpsuit and the Teddy coat have invisible zippers around the seat, while the dress slides on and off. They are easy to change, wash, and ship.
- Team Members
- Yumeng Gai
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020. Image #2 : Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020. Image #3 : Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020. Image #4 : Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020. Image #5 : Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020.
Video #1 : Creator Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020.
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