Iron Furniture Design · 2020
Cotton Spate Console
by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan
- A' Design Award 2020 Iron Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: MisoSoupDesign
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 16,394
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About Cotton Spate Console
Cotton Spate is a display console designed for a pop-up store. The console presents a small number of products so that attention stays on each item. Its form is inspired by fields of organic Pima cotton flowers, which grow beside a lake in Peru. A white three-dimensional wavy surface holds thin circular metal plates that carry the items. The wavy part is high-density foam shaped by hand from a computer model, and the plates are white painted metal. The counter and the outer enclosure are made of wood. Storage space is placed under the wavy surface.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The typical pop-up store console place too many products that the customer loses their interest in those products immediately when they see the messy condition. However, the Cotton Spate minimizes the amount to emphasize the importance of products by the purity.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Length: 375 cm
Width: 90 cm
Height: 100 cm - Tags
- MisoSoupDesign, Daisuke Nagatomo, Minnie Jan, Olivia Yves
- Production Technology
- The wavy material is high-density foam and crafted by hand by referencing a three-dimensional computer model. The circular surface is white painted metal inserted into the high-density foam. The counter and outside enclosure of the console is crafted by the carpenter with wood.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this project is to compose the right material and tools for archiving a three-dimensional surface portion due to the budget limitation. Usually, the best ways to compose such a design, it is best to utilize CNC digital fabrication, however, it costs too much for this pop-up shelf. In the end, the attentive solution is to incorporate other industry master craftsmen to cut the high-density foam by hand by referencing the computer model.
- Project Duration
- The design phase started in July, finished construction in September and opened to the public on October 2019.
- Operation Flow
- The customer accesses from the front side to the items, while the store operator stands behind the counter. There is also storage space underneath of wavy surface console to keep their stock for sales.
- Research
- The main objective of this project is to find the most efficient ways to craft a three-dimensional surface by choosing the right material and crafting tools. By incorporating other industry skills, the design archive the minimum expanse to assemble the shelf.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the design is the filed of organic Pima cotton flower which the brand exclusively used for its product. The Pima cotton flower grows by the lake in Peru and it creates a strong impression of purity. The shelf incorporates the identity of the brand by creating a white three-dimensional wavy surface and host circular thin metal plates to present their items.