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Colored Finch Isihlalo by Wingstone Casa

Colored Finch Isihlalo by Wingstone Casa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweFanitshala Competition Category.


IsilivereIfanitshala· 2021

Colored Finch Isihlalo

by Wingstone Casa

Client: Wingstone Casa

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Ifanitshala Category

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The Design

About Colored Finch Isihlalo

I-Colored Finch sisihlalo esiphefumlelwe yimo yentaka ekuthiwa yi-finch. Umqolo ubonakala uthe tye xa ujongwe phambili kwaye ugoba emacaleni, udibanisa imo nokutofoza. Umqolo nendawo yokuhlala kwenziwa ngomthi omaleko maninzi owenziwe ngezandla, obunjwe njengomthi ogobileyo onamaleko amabini. Imilenze yimibhobho yentsimbi egqunywe ngamaleko elaphu elenziwe ngezandla. Ukusetyenziswa okumfutshane kwezinto ezingavuselelekiyo kwimilenze kuxhasa ukhathalelo lwendalo. Kwakhiwe iiprototype ezilishumi elinesithandathu, kwaye kwasetyenziswa unopopi wovavanyo ukufunda iindawo zokuhlala nokumisela ubungakanani bokugqibela. Isihlalo sinobubanzi obungama-490 mm, ubunzulu obungama-550 mm nobude obungama-810 mm.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Colored Finch Isihlalo ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Colored Finch Isihlalo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Colored Finch Isihlalo yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Colored Finch Chair, the artistic furniture created altogether by Professor Chang KeFei and Wing Stones that was finalized as a design project in May 2020.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 490mm x Depth 550mm x Height 810mm
Tags
Chair, Furniture, Product, Homeware, Design
Production Technology
To make the chair both stylish and comfortable, the designer made the backrest look straight upfront and curved on the side. Given these considerations, the designer asked the factory to use the double-layer curved wood according to the Rhino model of product. To make entire chair thin and light, the production team needed to develop the suitable metal parts so to manufacture the finished product.
Design Challenge
We had changed some suppliers before finding the ideal manufacture to impeccably embody the furniture. It required a challenging craftmanship to complete Colored Finch Chair, which demanded extraordinary expertise for manufacturing. During the process, the brand owner and the designer endured diverse pressures. They had to confirmed repeatedly with the cooperative manufacture. It was the hardship of creation.
Research
Colored Finch Chair is a piece of composite furniture whose backrest and chair seat were made of the handmade multi-layer woods. The chair legs were made of metal tubes uniformly laminated by handmade fabrics. The minimized usage of non-renewable materials for chair legs exemplifies the creation based on environmental protection.
Inspiration
The design idea of Colored Finch Chair was inspired from the fairy in nature—finches.
The bird observes all things in nature in trees. It looks proud and free, and its splendid wings covering the round body figuratively exemplify the fairy painting on the green canvas of nature.
The designer thoroughly observing the postures of bird discovered the most general bird’s shapes artistically converted into the design of furniture, thus adding a touch of spiritual atmosphere of nature in the space.
Project Duration
Proposal confirmation in May 2020.
Market launch in October 2020.
Operation Flow
There were 16 prototypes of Colored Finch Chair, which means that the model of Colored Finch Chair was modified for 16 times in the phase of modeling. The scenarios were simulated by applying the medical dummy to the different usages of chair so to determine the size of chair and the final project. After finalizing the shape of chair, the designer generated the rendering. In this phase, the product in rendering was simulated so to discover the best materials, and its scale was examined in the final run.
Team Members
Designer: Ke-Fei Zhang
Designer: Hui-Zi Zhang
Image Credits
Image #1-5: Photographer WINGSTONE CASA, Colored Finch, 2020.

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