Bronze Furniture Design · 2013
Desire Chair
- A' Design Award 2013 Bronze Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2013
- CLIENT: MAGMA graphics
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 24,164
- Verification code A55065A233 · Verify this award
About Desire Chair
Desire is a chair which have the purpose to increase your passion and lust with its smooth shape and soft color. It is not for people looking for relax, its a chair for naughty people searching for pleasure for all senses. The original idea was inspired by the shape of a tear, but during the modeling it was distorted in order to receive this gentle and graceful figure, to provoke a feeling of wanting to be touched, to be used, to be your possession.
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- Unique Properties
- Every creation is unique, every thought and vision in designer's head is unique and the ability to show this to the world ... i cannot describe it. I do not claim that my design wil change the world, it is just a chair, but if i can make someone feel joy of seeing and using it i will be happy :-)
- Tags
- desire, chair, purple, shiny, plastic
- Production Technology
- When i close my eyes i see the chair made of solid shiny plastic, but maybe it could be manufactured using patent leather and soft material inside
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was the balance between design and ergonomics.
- Project Duration
- Project started january 2013 and finished march 2013 but i think it could be more optimized
- Research
- The original idea was to create a 'liquified' form similar to a tear, later i decided to change the shape in order to be more comfortable
- Inspiration
- Desire is a chair which have the purpose to increase your passion and lust with its smooth shape and soft color. It is not for people looking for relax, its a chair for naughty people searching pleasure for all senses. The original color which will be dedicated to this product is pink, but variations are possible
Colors of Desire Chair
Design Interview about Desire Chair
The original idea was inspired by the shape of a tear, but during the modeling the shape was changed.
A chair with smooth shape, nice color, to bring pleasure for all senses.
I will be very happy to see this project alive, hope that there will be a manufacturer who will be interested in producing it.
About 2 months.
No, it was not commissioned. I had it in my head and this design competition was a very good reason to force myself to bring the idea to live :-)
I have plan to sell or lease the production rights to a reliable manufacturer.
Ideas comes to my mind randomly, so there is no special reason.
This chair is suitable for both public places (like clubs, cafeterias ...) and private customers.
I think that the only thing is the shape.
The name 'Desire' was inspired by the shape and the color, by the passion of using this product. Also i wanted this chair to have a woman's name.
If you are talking about software - ProEngneer and KeyShot.
Every design is unique, in my case probably the shape.
No, i was working alone.
The only role of technology in this particular design is the ability to be manufactured
It was just an inspiration, not influenced by analysis and research
Balance between design and ergonomy, which i still have doubts that is 100% achieved
I had a lot of hesitations and doubts if my work is good enough to be shown in a worldwide competition like this but sometimes you should have to believe in your self and try
Every step forward is a good experience
No, thanks for the interview
Grand Interview about Desire Chair
Tear droplet sliding down on a car windshield was the starting point of this interesting journey of creating the chair. Fuhrer shape experiments and metamorphosis made the whole process more like a pleasant game.
Well, it sounds a bit weird, i know, but by pleasure for all senses i meant not just to be comfy for the body but also for the eyes.
Ergonomics is alway the leading requirement because if it's not comfortable then its useless. The big challenge here was to find the balance between unusual shape and convenience.
For this particular project, the material obviously cannot be anything else but a shiny and glossy acrylic plastic or similar. Some projects are just coming with the right material from the beginning.
My electrical engineering degree was not helped me here much but the graphic design experience brought more artistic approach. Study the ergonomics was the field where ptobably the enigneering was usefull.
Color play in communicating the chair's intended personality is crucial. Bright and vivid color is something that is a must in this case.
The philosophy behind Magma design is continuous transformation and improvement. If i have to return to this project right now, i can still proceed in direction of searcing for more and more options to imporove it.
I am happy that i have the freedom to express myself in the way i see things, because this chair was not made on request but by inspiration.
Successful project is one that finds balance between all these important parameters like ergonomics, functionality, overal impression.
Well, i don't return very often to projects which are closed. If i have to make lets say ver 2.0 of this chair, it would be new challenge, new experience, new adventure.