Coastline 海岸線 by Yu-Han Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

鐵傢俱· 2020

Coastline 海岸線

by Yu-Han Wu

Client: National Taiwan Normal University

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Coastline 海岸線

書本內容：海岸線係一張受全球暖化導致海平面上升所啟發嘅桌子。桌面採用壓克力（又稱PMMA）製成，經高溫加熱塑形，呈現出清澈海水嘅意象。支撐結構則以烏心石木同松木製作，木材代表山嶺嘅高度。之所以選用硬木，係為咗確保結構喺加熱過程中唔會變形。凹凸不平嘅邊緣令人聯想到被海水侵蝕嘅海岸線，而材質嘅組合亦令光線得以分層穿透。呢張桌子闊350毫米、深650毫米、高500毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Coastline 海岸線是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Coastline 海岸線將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Coastline 海岸線因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The clearness of the sea is represented by liquid acrylic, and the height of the mountain is mainly wood, creating a combination of different materials that echoes the light of the layers.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 350 mm x Depth 650 mm x Height 500 mm
Tags: A Global warming, B Sea-level rise, C Art, D Table
Production Technology: The table top is mainly made of PMMA, and the table is mainly made of michelia compressa and Pine.
Design Challenge: Liquid acrylic material is selected as the table top. Liquid acrylic shaping requires high-temperature heating. Therefore, hard wood is selected so that it will not deform during heating.
Considering the above, in the end, the desktop wood is chosen to use the hard texture Michelia compressa wood.
Liquid acrylic color grading is also one of the big challenges. It takes a lot of time for each test to get the best color and transmittance.
Inspiration: Taking the rising sea level caused by global warming as the starting point, the coastline was eroded by the seawater and showed an uneven appearance, making the table more layered.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2017 in Taiwan. And finished in June 2017 in Taiwan. And was exhibited in Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in June 2017. For the second time in Taipei Pavilion of fashion in November 2019.
Operation Flow: This is a table with good light transmission and beauty.