Florencia Isitulo Segumbi Lokuphumla by Camila Lerena is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweFanitshala Competition Category.
IsilivereIfanitshala· 2023
Florencia Isitulo Segumbi Lokuphumla
Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Ifanitshala Category
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About Florencia Isitulo Segumbi Lokuphumla
I-Florencia Lounge Chair inesakhelo esigudileyo esiqhubekayo esinamalungu angenamthungo ehardware. Ukwenza isitulo silula ukwakha kunciphisa imfuno yezixhobo ezongezelelweyo, i-hardware, kunye nemiyalelo. Isikhumba esikhonjiweyo okanye ikotoni inika indawo ekhululekile kunye nenhle yokuphumla. Ilaphu elihukiweyo lixhomekeke kumxhuzulane ukuze libambe i-sitter, idala i-hammock ivakale eqhelana necontour yomsebenzisi. Ukulula kwayo kwenza ukuba ubomi besihlalo buhlale ixesha elide kuninzi, ukulungelelanisa ngokulula kulo naliphi na igumbi kwaye licocwe.
The Recognition
About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award
Florencia Isitulo Segumbi Lokuphumla 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. Florencia Isitulo Segumbi Lokuphumla 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. Florencia Isitulo Segumbi Lokuphumla yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Florencia Lounge Chair features a smooth continuous frame with seamless zero hardware joints. Making the chair simple to construct reduces the need for extra tools, hardware, and instructions. The hooked leather or cotton offers a comfortable and beautiful spot to unwind. The hooked cloth relies on gravity to hold the sitter,creating a hammock feel that adapts to the user's contour.Its simplicity makes the lifespan of the chair last longer than most,easily adapting into any room and cleaned.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 939.8 mm x 889 mm x 1016 mm
Height of seat pan to ground : 431.8 mm
Height of arm rest to ground : 660.4 mm - Tags
- Interchangeable, Hammock Chair, Lounge Chair, Seamless, Organic, Simple Design
- Production Technology
- Casted Aluminium Frame
- Design Challenge
- The hardest of designing the Florencia chair was deciding how the chair would allow for the fabric to hang downward to provide a slouchy hammock feel and still providing structural support in a seemingly thin and delicate design.
- Research
- The research process began with a mood board, where I researched interior design and orchids that would encase the sensation I wanted to demonstrate. Along with the overall aesthetic, there were points I wanted to raise regarding the lifespan of furniture and having furniture that adapts to a home with an easily interchangeable fabric that requires zero hardware.
- Inspiration
- The Ghost Orchid, native to South Florida is characterized by its lack of leaves, making it seem like it floats in mid-air. Latching onto tree bark with its roots and swing outward. With its swinging sepals and petals and the feeling of suspension of the levitating flower, the Florencia lounge chair encases this enchanting sensation. The seemingly seamless frame imitated the petals and their direction.
- Project Duration
- February 2022 and finished in May 2022 College for Creative Studies. Was exhibited at the College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition and Industry Day in May 2022.
- Operation Flow
- The user simply hooks their chosen fabric over the backrest and slits in the armrest and sinks into the hammock chair. Being able to easily remove the fabric means one can switch out or clean the fabric at ease as well as clean the casted aluminum frame to maintain its luminosity.
- Team Members
- Designer: Camila Lerena
- Image Credits
- All images: Camila Lerena
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