Ydin Stool 凳子 by Franck Divay is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2014 A' Design Award 银奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

银家具· 2014

Ydin Stool 凳子

by Franck Divay

Client: Inoow Design

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Ydin Stool 凳子

得益于简单的互锁系统，Ydin凳子可以自己安装，而无需使用特殊工具。相同的4个支脚没有特别顺序放置，而作为基石的混凝土座椅则将一切固定在适当的位置。脚由楼梯制造商的废木头制成，可使用传统的木工技术轻松加工，最后上油。座椅仅用耐久的纤维增强UHP混凝土模制而成。可持续发展的另一个论点是，只有5个可分离部件可以扁平包装并准备好交付给最终客户。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Ydin Stool 凳子是 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Ydin Stool 凳子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。Ydin Stool 凳子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。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Ydin stool can be mounted without using special tools, thanks to a simple interlocking system. The 4 identical feet are placed in no particular order and the concrete seat, acting as the keystone, keeps everything in place. Easily machined feet are made with scrap wood coming from a stairs manufacturer and finally oiled. The seat is moulded in a lasting fiber-reinforced concrete. Only 5 dissociable parts to be flat packed and ready to be shipped, is another sustainability argument.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product dimension : 310 x 310 x 440 mm
Product weight : 5,3 kg
Tags: stool, furniture, wood, concrete, scandinavian, moulding, flatpack, interlocking, sustainable, seating,
Production Technology: For a good fitting assembly, the hole dimensions in the center of the seat had to be extremely precise. So the mould has been made by using a 3D printed model. Then, the concrete seat remains raw from mold release. Feet are made with traditional woodworking technique by using several jigs or machining setups. With only 1 kind of piece to be shaped, it gives a very good process optimization when you start to manufacture several units. Scrap wood is the only raw material used for making them.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge has been the technical and formal assembly development. The positioning of the 4 wooden feet one to each other, first. And secondly, the base interlocking into the seat. While having to meet the production capacities of a craft workshop.
Research: Project started with the desire to work with Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC), without knowing what kind of product was going to be obtained in the end. Soon, the choice to combine concrete with wood seemed to be the way not to get a single monobloc object that could just have been in molded plastic. Technical characteristics offered by this concrete, have allowed to develop an assembly principle that would not be possible to achieve with other materials, in a craftsmanship context.
Inspiration: The idea of a stool comes by experimenting with Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) moulding possibilities. The final drawing of the furniture has been inspired by Scandinavian design culture.
Project Duration: The stool development was spread over two years, but not as a full-time job. This is an internal project that came to life between the requests performed to several customers.
Operation Flow: With the fitting mounting system of the Ydin stool, the disadvantages of a furniture kit are deleted. No hardware need that requires the use of tools. Feet nesting is carried in an instinctive way without the need for a manual. The assembly principle is idealized in the middle of the seat and participates in the overall aesthetics of the piece of furniture.