Stalker Apoti Awọn Dirọwa by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ọnà Dídára àti Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Ìgbékalẹ̀ Competition Category.
IdẹIṣẹ́ Ọnà Dídára· 2022
Stalker Apoti Awọn Dirọwa
by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia
Client: Studio Minus
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Dídára Category
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About Stalker Apoti Awọn Dirọwa
Stalker jẹ́ apoti awọn dirọwa tí a ṣe apẹrẹ láti dúró ní òfìfo ní àárín gbùngbùn yàrá kan, kí a bàa lè súnmọ́ ọ láti gbogbo ẹ̀gbẹ́. A fi igi beech, igi ash àti plywood ṣe ohun-èlò náà, pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹ̀yà dígí, irin galvanized àti irin tinned. Dirọwa mọ́kànlá tí kò jọra ni a gbé ní ọ̀nà tí kò dọ́gba sí gbogbo ẹ̀gbẹ́ mẹ́rẹ̀ẹ̀rin, tí wọ́n sì fara sin lẹ́yìn àwọ̀ dúdú tí ó dìde sókè, nígbà tí àwọn ìdìmú irin tinned ń fi ààyè wọn hàn. Dígí mẹ́rin oníhàmọ́ra ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ atúnpadà igun kan tí ó ń dá ìwòye olùwòran padà láti ibi tí wọ́n bá dúró sí. A fi ọwọ́ kọ́ Stalker, ó sì dúró láàrin iṣẹ́ ọnà àti apẹrẹ ohun-èlò yàrá.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Stalker Apoti Awọn Dirọwa 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 Stalker Apoti Awọn Dirọwa 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. Stalker Apoti Awọn Dirọwa 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
- The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore.
He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm
- Tags
- stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector
- Production Technology
- beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece.
- Research
- The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us.
The construction is made out of solid wood.
The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture.
All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design. It is the tinned steel handles that indicate the position of the drawers.
The whole process was an experiment, as the project developed organically, the piece being built manually from the construction level to its last detail. There were also details that had to be changed along the way. The piece of furniture respects the three registers corresponding with the human body: head-body-legs. The legs were an experiment. Being made out of vertical welded steel they didn't support the wooden structure well. That is why they had to be bent.
We believe in the idea of makers, that by building manually a piece of furniture one can also create a piece of art. By working manually, the design decisions are more assumed at a detail level.
The general concept, the structure, and all the details including the finishings are also a controlled result of more tries.
The stalker remains a piece of furniture at the border between art and furniture design. - Inspiration
- One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers. - Project Duration
- The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania
- Operation Flow
- The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side.
- Team Members
- Milincu Octavian Camil
Tudoran Otilia Alexandra - Image Credits
- Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.
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