银 美术 · 2020
UnBespoke 桌面摆件
by Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee
- A' Design Award 银奖 2020 in 美术
- CLIENT: Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 29,732
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About UnBespoke 桌面摆件
UnBespoke 是一件由印第安纳石灰岩制成的模块化桌面摆件。四块三角形石件可用于放置茶蜡烛或小型植物。使用者可将这些石件拼组成正方形、等边三角形,或按个人喜好排列成其他形态。该设计源自"裁缝谜题"(Haberdasher Puzzle)——一道展示如何将正方形分割并重组为等边三角形的数学难题。当石件旋转重组时,原本位于正方形内部的起伏边缘便显现于三角形的外轮廓之上。该作品以三维建模设计,并通过数控(CNC)加工切割而成。
About the A' Design Award 银奖
UnBespoke 桌面摆件是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计UnBespoke 桌面摆件将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。UnBespoke 桌面摆件是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。
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- Unique Properties
- UnBespoke is an investigation in to the use of a natural material, Indiana limestone, in the production of a contemporary design object and a modular table accessory. There are four triangulated stone pieces that are designed to hold tea light candles and/or small-scale plants. UnBespoke can be arranged in a variety of formation - from square to equilateral triangle or in any configurations as the user experiments with them.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 230 mm (width) x 230 mm (length) x 50 mm (height)
- Tags
- limestone, tabletop object, tabletop accessory, object design, candle holder, planter
- Production Technology
- Limestone has been used as a building material for thousands of years because of its beauty and durability, especially for many classical architectures. Our design goal is to produce a contemporary design objects in various scales using limestone, and UnBespoke has given limestone a renewed legitimacy as a decorative design object. Unbespoke is designed with an advanced 3D modelling and fabricated by CNC technology.
- Design Challenge
- The small scale of the design was challenging for fabricating limestone. The fabrication facility that we utilized for CNC is not familiar with such a small scale object product, so we had to convince the facility to fabricate with a extra care.
- Research
- UnBespoke is a small scale object design that continues to investigate our rigorous research utilizing a local material, Indiana limestone, in a wide array of contemporary design applications. UnBespoke brings a whimsical use of the material in a human living environment as the users have options to arrange as they intend.
- Inspiration
- The design stems from a famous mathematical problem, the Haberdasher Puzzle, how to dissect a square into pieces that can then be reconstituted into an equilateral triangle. When the pieces are rotated from the square to the equilateral triangle, the undulated interior edges of the initial square are revealed on the perimeter of the triangle. The design is also inspired by the previous project that utilized overlapping circles as a design language with a different metallic material.
- Project Duration
- The design process of UnBespoke started in April 2019, and hatiKB fabricated first prototype models in August 2019. The work has been exhibited through New and Next Exhibition in January 2020 at the Museum of Evansville in IN, USA.
- Operation Flow
- The basic formation is either a square or an equilateral formation of the Haberdasher Puzzle from which the design of UnBespoke was derived, but the users can arrange four stone pieces in a variety of formation as they experiment with the pieces.
- Image Credits
- Photos credit of Jeeyea Kim and Dorian Bybee, and Anna Powell Teether Photography
