Zene መቐመጢ መብልዒ ወንበር by John G Williams is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኣቕሑ Competition Category.
ሓጺንኣቕሑ· 2018
Zene መቐመጢ መብልዒ ወንበር
Client: John G Williams
ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ኣቕሑ Category
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About Zene መቐመጢ መብልዒ ወንበር
ናይ ዜነ መብልዒ ወንበር መንቀሊኡ ካብ ናይ ከባቢ ዕንጨይትን ዳኒሽ ሞደርን ዲዛይንን እዩ። እቶም ፈኮስቲ ናይ ኣሽ ፍሬማት ቀሊላትን ጽኑዓትን ኮይኖም፡ ንዅሎም ኣብቲ ፍሬም ዘንሳፍፉ ዝመስሉ ናይ ድልዱል ዕንጨይቲ መቐመጢታትን መደገፊ ዝባንን ይድግፉ። እቶም ዝተጠውዩ ቅርጺታት ናይቲ መቐመጢ/መደገፊ ዝባን ዕንጨይቲ ብምጥዋይ ዘይኮነስ ደልዱል ዕንጨይቲ ብምጽማድን ብምቕራጽን እዮም ዝፍጠሩ። ከም ተኸታታሊ ስርሒት፡ እቶም ፈኮስቲ ናይ ኣሽ ፍሬማት ሓድነት የቕርቡ፡ ንመቐመጢ/መደገፊ ዝባን ዝተመርጹ እተፈላለዩ ናይ ከባቢ ጥረ ነገራት ከኣ ተገዳስነትን ኣገዳስነትን ይፈጥሩ።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award
Zene መቐመጢ መብልዒ ወንበር 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። Zene መቐመጢ መብልዒ ወንበር 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። Zene መቐመጢ መብልዒ ወንበር 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
- This series of dining chairs have American ash frames and showcase different hardwood timbers for the seat/backrest combinations.
The chairs draw on the ancient art of 'coopering' or how oak barrels are made for fermentation purposes. The curved forms of the seat/backrest are not formed by bending but rather by joining and shaping solid hardwood timber.
The chair strives to be very strong and beautiful. In short: Zene -
elegant, comfortable and dependable. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 515mm wide x 570mm deep x 890mm high
seat: 515mm wide x 390mm deep
back:515mm wide x 200mm high - Tags
- zene, dining chair, south africa, hardwood, curved, cooper, danish modern, minimalist
- Production Technology
- The Zene design evolved over a number of years. The starting point was probably a fascination with the art of coopering and how this has been applied to furniture design. Building the segmented seat and backrests took some practice to perfect, as did the development of custom modifications to standard workshop tools to shape and finish the smoothly shaped forms.
- Design Challenge
- Building the coopered seat/backrests was challenging as it required careful attention to the compression forces on the material and how best to achieve high compression without causing the seats to 'implode'.
Shaping the rough seats into finely finished and smooth curves required considerable re-working of the custom tooling to achieve the desired results - Research
- Danish modern designs were studied and absorbed to consider different ways of rendering the frame, and its relationship to the seat, and to think through the spatial relationship of the seat to the backrest.
Web search was used to think about typical dimensions for the seat but in the end prototyping proved most fun. - Inspiration
- The beauty grain and colour of indigenous African timber was a key aesthetic inspiration for this project. The more technical inspiration for the overall work, including the frame design came from iconic designers such as Hans J Wegner (for example the CH20 Elbow Chair). The coopering technique was inspired by Ontario furniture designer Adrian Ferrazzutti.
- Project Duration
- The first prototype was conceived in Johannesburg in 2007. It was slowly refined as background task over 10 years, and the first set of 6 chairs was produced in 2017
- Operation Flow
- Zene is designed mainly for use at the dining table and is designed for extended dining comfort.
- Patents
- no patents pending
- Team Members
- John G Williams: designer, craftsman
- Image Credits
- all images by the designer: John G Williams
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