Parachute 牆架 by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

金傢俱· 2021

Parachute 牆架

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Parachute 牆架

Parachute係一款用金屬板製成嘅牆架。當某一格使用嘅時候，嗰一格嘅板會向下降落並懸吊定位。垂吊嘅板可以承托外套、雜誌或者類似物品，防止佢哋跌落。表面帶有以幼細間隔分開嘅彩色條紋，令個架令人聯想起現代降落傘嘅圖案外觀，亦可以視為牆上藝術品。Parachute闊790毫米、深30毫米、高220毫米。個名字結合咗保護同下降兩個概念。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Parachute 牆架是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Parachute 牆架將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Parachute 牆架激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Dimensions & Packaging: W:790mm D:30mm H:220mm
Tags: Wall Shelf, Furniture, WD, YusukeWatanabe, Minimal, Tokyo, Japan
Production Technology: Parachute was made by sheet metal.
With the colored stripes separated by thin spaces, the graphic design is reminiscent of a modern parachute; this theme is transformed, in a recognisable and aesthetically successful manner, into an original shelf design.
Design Challenge: Yusuke Watanabe designed a new type of wall shelf, looks like Wall Art.

Yusuke Watanabe was worried about color of gradation, Through trial and error we found best ways. looks like Wall Art.
Inspiration: When listening to Coldplay's first album, it suddenly occurred to me to look up the word "Parachute."

It seems that the name "parachute" comes combining the Italian "parare" (to protect) with the French "chute" (to fall).

I thought that was a rather fine name.
I tried to think of devices that protect against falling.
When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in Tokyo and finished in October 2018 in Tokyo, and Yusuke Watanabe was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018.
Operation Flow: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.
Team Members: Yusuke Watanabe
Image Credits: Photo / Hiroki Watanabe