Walky Alaga by Armando Mora Medina is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.
IdẹOhun-èlò Ilé· 2021
Walky Alaga
Client: Viviane & Armando Design
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category
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About Walky Alaga
Walky jẹ́ alága tí a ṣe àpẹrẹ rẹ̀ láti mú ìmọ̀lára ìṣíṣí wọ inú àyè ilé. Àpẹrẹ náà mú àkókò tí ènìyàn ń rìn, tí a sì bá gbé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn alága papọ̀, wọ́n a máa dá ìmọ̀lára ìṣíṣí àti ìṣesí àwùjọ sílẹ̀. Àwọn ẹsẹ̀ ẹ̀yìn parí sí bàtà onígi tí a ṣe ní àpẹrẹ pàtàkì, tí ó mú ìhùwàsí eré-ìdárayá wá sí alága náà. Walky jẹ́ èyí tí a fi igi ash àti walnut líle ṣe. Ìjọ àárín náà jẹ́ igi tí a rọ tí a sì fi ìpele-ìpele ṣe (bent-laminated wood), tí a fín tí a sì fi ọwọ́ ṣe àpẹrẹ rẹ̀. A gé ìjókòó náà pẹ̀lú ẹ̀rọ CNC, nígbà tí a fi ọwọ́ ṣe àpẹrẹ àti yí ẹ̀yìn-ìtẹ́, àwọn ẹsẹ̀, ìṣètò àti àwọn bàtà náà. Alága náà ní ìwọ̀n 500 mm ní fífẹ̀, 590 mm ní ìjìnlẹ̀ àti 790 mm ní gíga.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Walky Alaga jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Walky Alaga yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Walky Alaga ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Walky is a chair that challenges the rigidity and monotony existing in design by adding movement and energy over conventional motionless designs. This chair re-defines today's models with three main drivers: Curiosity, Interaction, and Personality.
Walky expresses itself uniquely to every user and evokes emotional memories and connections through its playful walking shoes, transforming the personal interaction with its users into a unique dialogue and memorable moments. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Width: 500mm
Depth: 590mm
Height: 790mm - Tags
- Chair, Bistro, Moving, Walking, Playful, Character, Shoes
- Production Technology
- Solid ash and walnut.
Bent-laminated wood routered and hand-shaped to make the central connector of the chair.
Hand-shaped backrest.
CNC Seat
Hand-turned legs, structure, and shoes. - Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this project was bringing the idea to life. The design has no flat surfaces or edges, so the construction of the prototype required of previous study mock-ups and high precision craftsmanship to make it possible.
It was a challenge to make the central bent piece that connects the chair parts and to make it look like a dowel. Also, it was tricky to find the right woods and type of joints for the back legs resistant enough to support the weights required. - Research
- A thorough secondary and comparative research, of what the market offered and why the chair design world is where it is, indicated a void in motion and personality in chair design. Most of the chair designs only vary through shape and materials and does not address the personal dialogue with the user psyche. Sitting is a personal and dynamic activity, and it makes no sense why the chair design is so static and lacks interaction and dialogue between user and product.
- Inspiration
- The human has forgotten how to build community, he designs and produces individualistic objects continuously, not focusing on the importance of social and human connections in today's world. Additionally, movement is an essential component of life, and today's pandemic situation has exposed it as a critical void that design must incorporate into interiors. Walky Chair captures the moment of a person walking, and multiplied within a space, provides a sense of dynamism and social activity.
- Project Duration
- This project started in September 2019 and finished in November 2019 in Savannah, GA. It got the 2020 NYCxDesign Award in the student category and will be part of the SaloneSatellite 2021 Exhibition.
- Operation Flow
- Walky is a comfortable ergonomic chair made for personal and social activity. The experience the user has when sitting on it is unique, and it varies from person to person. The chair brings back infinite memories, connects with people because of its human attributes, and brings an energetic, playful character to any place it touches. The back legs, combined with the shoes, and their position, make the chair feel light and moving. Walky is a chair that evokes movement without moving.
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