Mix and Match 长凳座椅 by Joao Faria is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铁家具· 2020

Mix and Match 长凳座椅

by Joao Faria

Client: Emotional Objects

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Mix and Match 长凳座椅

Mix and Match 是一款专为酒店、门厅及商业建筑设计的长凳座椅系列。每张长凳表面采用橡木、胡桃木或提内奥木饰面，凳面开孔用于固定座椅。座椅拆除原有椅腿后，加装专用机构，将其牢固连接于长凳之上，并可自由旋转。长凳提供三种尺寸，分别可容纳两把、三把或四把座椅，同时提供六款座椅型号可供选择。此外还可加配小桌板与USB充电插座，从而实现丰富多样的组合可能。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Mix and Match 长凳座椅是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Mix and Match 长凳座椅将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Mix and Match 长凳座椅因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Mix and Match is a fun and original way to sit and wait.
This is another Emotional Object that makes us smile every time we look at it. Designed mostly for hotels, entrances and commercial buildings, there are three sizes of wooden benches available and six different chairs to choose from. A small table and USB sockets for charging phones and tablets are also available. The customization options are almost unlimited.
Dimensions & Packaging: There are three sizes on the Mix and Match collection, for two, three or four chairs.
Large bench: 3050 x 300 x 200; medium bench: 2350 x 300 x 200; small bench: 1650 x 300 x 200.
This product is delivered in several packages, depending on the parts selected.
The wood veneers available for the benches are oak, walnut and tineo.
The chairs are made of fabric, synthetic leather, polycarbonate or polypropylene, depending on the model.
Tags: Emotional Objects, Mix and Match, Fun seat, Seat, Wood benches
Production Technology: This piece is produced in two distinct stages: first, the creation of a wooden bench, in which there are holes for fitting chairs. This part has a very simple and discreet design so that the chairs can shine. Second, selection of the chairs for placement on the wooden benches. All the different models are adapted, their legs are removed and a mechanism developed for this object is placed in each one. This will allow them to be secured embedded in the wooden bench. The main materials are three different wood veneers, lacquer and chair's materials.
Design Challenge: As this object is intended for commercial uses, the main challenge was the choice of chairs with all the certifications required by hospitality and contract projects.
Research: The inspiration for our objects comes from the most unusual ways. But we are passionate about our work and every time we have an idea we give it a name and a number and explore it until its last consequences. If it is original, we will find a way to make it. Designed mostly for hotels, entrances and commercial buildings, Mix and Match is a fun way to sit and wait, that makes us smile every time we look at it. This object was designed in 2019, in Portugal. The first prototype was presented at Valencia fair, last September, just to see the acceptance. It was a success and we decided to go forward.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this object was born of all the magnificent chairs that exist in the market and we all love. If we go back to the middle of the 20th century, we realize that the chairs that make us sigh today were (magnificently) drawn at that time.
There is nothing left to invent ... just reinvent and pay tribute.
Following this concept, Mix and Match revisits some of these classics in a funny way, decontextualizes them, removes some elements and presents them with a twist.
Project Duration: This object was designed in the 1st semester of 2019, in Portugal.
Operation Flow: The use of this object is as basic and natural as breathing. People sit on the chairs and can rotate them freely on the bench. As an option, there is the possibility of placing a usb charging plug to charge mobile phones and even small tables to use a laptop.
Patents: Copyrights belong to João Faria, 2019.
Image Credits: Images: creator (João Faria/Founder/CEO).