Qwerty Ìṣesẹ Ibùsùn Sofa by Andrea Cingoli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.
FàdákàOhun-èlò Ilé· 2018
Qwerty Ìṣesẹ Ibùsùn Sofa
Client: CONCEPTICONstudio
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category
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The Design
About Qwerty Ìṣesẹ Ibùsùn Sofa
Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: QWERTY jẹ́ ibùsùn sofa tí a ṣe ní àwòrán bọ́ọ̀dì ìtẹ̀wé kọ̀ǹpútà (keyboard). Bọ́tìnnì kọ̀ọ̀kan ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ rọ̀ rọ̀ tí ó máa ń ṣètìlẹ́yìn fún olùlò nígbà tí ó bá ń ṣiṣẹ́ ní ọ́fíìsì tàbí ní ilé. Àwọn ẹ́ńjìnnì oníná kékeré, tí a ń darí pẹ̀lú ohun èlò jíjìnnà, ń ṣàtúnṣe bọ́tìnnì rọ̀ rọ̀ kọ̀ọ̀kan lọ́tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀, nítorí náà gbogbo ojú-ilẹ̀ náà lè yí padà ní àwòrán. Ohun èlò jíjìnnà náà ní ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ mẹ́wàá tí a ti ṣètò tẹ́lẹ̀, a sì tún lè fi àwọn ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ mìíràn kún un. A lè lo QWERTY gẹ́gẹ́ bí sofa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ibùsùn, tàbí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìtìlẹ́yìn tí a ti ṣàtúnṣe rẹ̀ ní kíkún gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ olùlò. Àpẹrẹ yìí yí àwòrán ojoojúmọ́ tí a mọ̀ dáadáa padà sí ohun èlò ilé tí ó rọ̀ mọ́ra, pẹ̀lú ìtẹ̀wọ́n èrín-áyédèrú kékeré kan.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Qwerty Ìṣesẹ Ibùsùn Sofa jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Qwerty Ìṣesẹ Ibùsùn Sofa yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Qwerty Ìṣesẹ Ibùsùn Sofa jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Sooner or later, we all end up by falling asleep on our computer’s keyboard. Turning the archetypal image of a keyboard into a sofa bed, QWERTY holds you on its soft keys while working in the office or at home, bringing a pinch of irony in our daily life. Anyway QWERTY is much more than a sofa bed. Thanks to micro electric motors controlled by a remote control, every single keycushion is adjustable to give total freedom. In this way, the furniture becomes a unique and comfortable support.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- W 1100mm X D 3100mm X H 1100mm
- Tags
- qwerty, vintage, flexibility, luxury, couch, sofa
- Production Technology
- stainless steel AISI 304, multi density polymer, artificial waterproof and flame retardant leather, electrical and software equipment, latest generation gel batteries.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was including such an out of the ordinary functionality in an object that is so familiar to us. The effect that comes from that is a trasfert, between man and object.
- Research
- I wanted to focus on the user experience and try to combine a functional tool and an image archetype in order to produce an innovative object that guarantees flexibility and functionality, while keeping that familiarity of the object we're used to seeing. By using these familiar images, creating a hybrid of parallel world and languages, we decontextualize these forms and give them new meaning and make our lives better. The object fulfills its task by being innovative, not technological.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for QWERTY came from the many times I have fallen asleep on my keyboard. Thus, it became natural to make the keyboard more comfortable. The natural disposition of a keyboard did the rest and made qwerty the extremely adjustable surface it is.
- Project Duration
- The project was created in 2012 in Teramo, and has won:
IDA Gold winner 2013 in the category of the professional home interior products and the subcategory of interior furniture;
Red Dot Award Design Concept 2016 in the category of furniture. - Operation Flow
- The sofa is flexible, each key is adjustable via a special remote. The remote has 10 per-programed settings, but more can be added. Qwerty can become a bed, a sofa, a completely customizeable surface.
- Patents
- Patented.
Patent No. 001339253-0001
Patent No. 001339253-0002
Patent Holder: Andrea Cingoli
Year:2012
Jurisdiction:EU - Team Members
- Andrea Cingoli
Valentino Castelli
Umberto La Sorda - Image Credits
- CONCEPTICONstudio
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