2024 //
PRODUCT DESIGN //
ARMCHAIR //
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NUCLEO STUDIO //
2024 //
PRODUCT DESIGN //
ARMCHAIR //
COLLECTIBLE DESIGN //
COLLECTIBLE DESIGN //
The Armchair
The Armchair
WHILST WORKING WITH A TORINO BASED NUCLEO STUDIO, LED BY THE RENOWN DESIGNER PIERGIORGIO ROBINO, WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH ELEVATING AN EXISTING PIECE OF COLLECTIBLE DESIGN WITHOUT LOOSING ITS ORIGINAL SPIRIT AND FORM.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL WE ALTERED THE FINISH OF THE WOOD AND DESIGNED A NEW SEAT SOLUTION GIVING IT A MODERN TWIST.
WHILST WORKING WITH A TORINO BASED NUCLEO STUDIO, LED BY THE RENOWN DESIGNER PIERGIORGIO ROBINO, WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH ELEVATING AN EXISTING PIECE OF COLLECTIBLE DESIGN WITHOUT LOOSING ITS ORIGINAL SPIRIT AND FORM.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL WE ALTERED THE FINISH OF THE WOOD AND DESIGNED A NEW SEAT SOLUTION GIVING IT A MODERN TWIST.
THE PROCESS STARTED OF EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE SEAT VARIATIONS IN ORDER TO ENTIRELY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF AN ORIGINAL DESIGN.
THE PROCESS STARTED OF EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE SEAT VARIATIONS IN ORDER TO ENTIRELY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF AN ORIGINAL DESIGN.
PROPOSAL NO.2
SECOND PROPOSAL INTRODUCES A BLACKED OUT WOODEN FINISH REMINISCENT OF BURNT WOOD TECHNIQUES USED TO CONSERVE MATERIAL. DARK PAINT PAIRED WITH BRASS UNDER ACCENTS COMPLETES THE NEW LOOK CURATING AN ELEGANT PIECE OF FURNITURE.
THE SEAT THIS TIME IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A PLAIN PIECE OF NATURAL LEATHER, STRETCHED INTO A SIGNATURE ANGLE UISNG THE SAME WEIGHTED PRINCIPLE. USING HEAVY BRASS "STITCHES" WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIVE THE ANGLE WE IMAGINED.
PROPOSAL NO.1
WE ARE STRIPPING THE ORIGINAL LAYER OF BROWN PAINT AND INTRODUCE A NEW COATING REMINISCENT OF JAPANESE REDWOOD. ELEGANT PAINT HUE PAIRED WITH SIMPLE ROPE SEAT IN THE BRIGHT CREAM COLOUR FULLY TRANSFORMS THE OBJECT.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE SEAT ANGLE WE USED A PRECISELY WEIGHTED STAINLESS STEEL DETAIL PULLING THE ROPES CREATING THE SIGNATURE ANGLE.
PROPOSAL NO.1
WE ARE STRIPPING THE ORIGINAL LAYER OF BROWN PAINT AND INTRODUCE A NEW COATING REMINISCENT OF JAPANESE REDWOOD. ELEGANT PAINT HUE PAIRED WITH SIMPLE ROPE SEAT IN THE BRIGHT CREAM COLOUR FULLY TRANSFORMS THE OBJECT.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE SEAT ANGLE WE USED A PRECISELY WEIGHTED STAINLESS STEEL DETAIL PULLING THE ROPES CREATING THE SIGNATURE ANGLE.
PROPOSAL NO.2
SECOND PROPOSAL INTRODUCES A BLACKED OUT WOODEN FINISH REMINISCENT OF BURNT WOOD TECHNIQUES USED TO CONSERVE MATERIAL. DARK PAINT PAIRED WITH BRASS UNDER ACCENTS COMPLETES THE NEW LOOK CURATING AN ELEGANT PIECE OF FURNITURE.
THE SEAT THIS TIME IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A PLAIN PIECE OF NATURAL LEATHER, STRETCHED INTO A SIGNATURE ANGLE UISNG THE SAME WEIGHTED PRINCIPLE. USING HEAVY BRASS "STITCHES" WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIVE THE ANGLE WE IMAGINED.
Details
CONCEPT AND DESIGN// PARFINIEWICZ KUBA
DEV TIME// 1MO
MATERIALS// SOLID WOOD, ROPE+LEATHER, BRASS+STAINLESS STEEL
COUNTRY// ITALY
YEAR// 2024