Exocet Àga Oníṣẹ́ Púpọ̀ by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.
WúràOhun-èlò Ilé· 2015
Exocet Àga Oníṣẹ́ Púpọ̀
Client: Exocet
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category
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About Exocet Àga Oníṣẹ́ Púpọ̀
Exocet jẹ́ àga oníṣẹ́ púpọ̀ tí a fi igi birch Baltic àti aluminium ṣe. Àga náà ni a kọ́ láti ọ̀wọ́ àwọn pákó tí wọ́n rọ̀ tí wọ́n jọra tí a kójọ yí àwọn kànnàkànnà àárín gbùngbùn ká. Lílo ọ̀nà pákó ìpìlẹ̀ kan ń ṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún ètò ìṣẹ̀dá tí ó gún régé. Exocet lè wà ní ọ̀pọ̀ ìṣètò, títí kan àga tí ó ṣe déédéé, àga gígùn tí ó ń mì, àti ìrísí tí a ká. Láti yí ìrísí padà, olùmúlò á tú ìfúnpá pẹ̀lú ọwọ́mú, á sún àwọn apá náà yí kànnàkànnà náà ká, á sì tún ọwọ́mú náà mú lílẹ̀. Àbájáde rẹ̀ jẹ́ àga tí ó ní ọ̀pọ̀ ìdúró àti àwọn apá díẹ̀ gan-an.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
Exocet Àga Oníṣẹ́ Púpọ̀ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Exocet Àga Oníṣẹ́ Púpọ̀ yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Exocet Àga Oníṣẹ́ Púpọ̀ ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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