Stalker Chest of Drawers by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia |
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| DESIGN NAME: Stalker PRIMARY FUNCTION: Chest of Drawers INSPIRATION: One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it. The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore. He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm TAGS: stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us. The construction is made out of solid wood. The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture. All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design. It is the tinned steel handles that indicate the position of the drawers. The whole process was an experiment, as the project developed organically, the piece being built manually from the construction level to its last detail. There were also details that had to be changed along the way. The piece of furniture respects the three registers corresponding with the human body: head-body-legs. The legs were an experiment. Being made out of vertical welded steel they didn't support the wooden structure well. That is why they had to be bent. We believe in the idea of makers, that by building manually a piece of furniture one can also create a piece of art. By working manually, the design decisions are more assumed at a detail level. The general concept, the structure, and all the details including the finishings are also a controlled result of more tries. The stalker remains a piece of furniture at the border between art and furniture design. CHALLENGE: The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece. ADDED DATE: 2022-03-11 12:58:19 TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Milincu Octavian Camil and Tudoran Otilia Alexandra IMAGE CREDITS: Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022. |
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NAME: Studio Minus PROFILE: Studio Minus was established in 2007, as an architecture, interior design and bespoke woodworking (furniture and sculpture) studio. During the activity the accent shifted from one domain to another, but several characteristics remained as a constant in all the projects: coding of a meaning, sincere use of materials, taking into acount the way that these change over time, addressing all the sensory elements in user interaction and using durable construction. On a theoretical point of view, the aim is to blur the gap between art and design. The place where the most interesting things happen is the furniture design, as the architecture and sculpture are in well established areas. Any technology was used in order to achineve the best possible result, using naturally and combining traditional handtools with the digital world |
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Stalker Chest of Drawers by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia is Winner in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category, 2021 - 2022.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia. |
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