The Bevel 沙发 by Sara Hayat is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铜家具· 2022

The Bevel 沙发

by Sara Hayat

Client: Sara Hayat Design

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About The Bevel 沙发

Bevel 沙发融合了简约时尚与休闲优雅的风格，将时尚风格与丰富的天鹅绒或绒面革内饰相结合，为您的生活空间营造出温馨宜人的氛围。这种时尚、低调的设计有多种颜色和纹理可供选择，可满足您的需求，强调简约风格和大胆的几何形状。该作品设计精美、独特且实用。从坐垫的宽度到靠背的角度，一切都经过精心设计，让客户在使用这款产品时感到温暖、放松和有把握。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

The Bevel 沙发是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计The Bevel 沙发将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。The Bevel 沙发出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The sofa is made from several cushions linked together and placed on a wooden platform. The cushions are made from special gel foam and high density foam, along with wooden frames and spring to give the pillows their one of a kind shape. The details added to the sofa like the belt and the legs supporting the platform, adds a unique flair to the design. From the angles of the backrest to the width of each cushion, the piece is intentionally designed to make anyone using the piece to feel warm, relaxed and to feel like they're being held.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions (mm) of the Sofa:
W3352.8 x D1016 x H685.8
Cushion size: W558.8 x D558.8
Seat: H406.4
Tags: Sofa, comfort, accent sofa, modern furniture, art
Production Technology: After sketching several iterations on paper, with a help of an architect, we made a 3D model of the item. We iterated further several times before finalizing the design. This saved us a lot of material, time and money if we were physically making all the iterations. Using CAD, we fashioned the cushions such so it was provide maximum comfort. We then added the accents like the wooden mahogany frame and the leather belts. By visualizing it on the computer, we could make sure that it would be physically possible to achieve the look we wanted. After that it was sent to the fabricators to bring it to life.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was trying to come up with a way for the bevel aspect of it to take shape and be functional at the same time. The other challenge was to link all the cushions together seamlessly.
Research: We played around with multiple different combination of foams like high density foams, gel foams, foams infused with gel, feathered down cushions, silicon layers on top of high density foams, before coming up with the most comfortable and functional combination. After that, we had to experiment and figure out how to get the perfect beveled edges and overall roundedness of the shape. After several different experiments, we lined the cushions with some rubber to keep it from losing shape.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this piece was actually from another piece of furniture i had designs. We wanted a tetris type sofa where different pieces come together to make a warm and comfortable sofa. While working with different shapes and figuring out how we wanted to present this idea, we settled on the beveled edges for each cushion, which inspired the rest of the piece too.
Project Duration: Started in Feb 2021 in Denver and Lahore and Finished in Nov 2021 in Denver and Lahore.
Operation Flow: It is a sofa used to rest and sit.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Sara Hayat, 2021