Waterfall Chair and armchair by Jorge Prieto |
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| DESIGN NAME: Waterfall PRIMARY FUNCTION: Chair and armchair INSPIRATION: In our days mass production and consume is affecting our environment. We thought there had to be a better way to take profit of the waste we produce and create sustainable and stylish products. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Waterfall is a new line of chairs and armchairs created from the combination of different used plywood planks that have been bent with just one mold and joined together, creating a unique design. This design can be stacked for an easy storage and the productions are fast and cheap. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The interaction is quite simple. We wanted to make people aware of the huge consume we are experimenting in our days. Just by sitting on the Waterfall chair you can feel it in the different textures of the plywood layers used to create it. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started on September 2009 at Yecla, Murcia and was finished on June 2011 at Valencia. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The production starts with the selection of different plywood layers some companies just throw away. This layer is cut to different sizes and glued together while they take shape by vacuum-bag molding using just one mold. After the chair is built, a transparent ecologic water varnish is applied which protects the wood but allows you to see the color and texture of the plank. The chair and armchair can also be upholstered with natural wool or waterproof fabric for outdoors if desired. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 494 x 660 x 860 mm TAGS: Chair, Armchair, Waterfall, Sustainable, Pile, Plywood RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The research started with a comparison of the different furniture designs producing in our days. What kind of materials were more likely to use and which were usually discarded. This included also the process used in each case to create one single piece of furniture. We searched through the Internet but we also went to furniture shops and furniture companies to ask in person. At the end we found out most of the process and materials were not sustainable at all such as fiber glass products which have a negative impact on our environment. CHALLENGE: After the research we looked for better sustainable solutions. A way to recycle materials would be perfect in this case and the product could have a better design than many others. We thought of molding plywood through a vacuum-bag process which is the cheapest and easiest way to produce today. The only difference is that we would be molding a new line of furniture products with used plywood layers instead of using new ones. This also makes each chair unique as there aren't two chairs with the same color, textures, or plank length. You can also choose to upholster it in any color you prefer. ADDED DATE: 2012-09-20 02:39:28 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Jorge Juan Prieto Campos IMAGE CREDITS: Jorge Prieto, 2012. |
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NAME: Prieto Studio PROFILE: Jorge Juan Prieto Campos, born the 25th of December in 1987 studied at the Cardenal Herrera - CEU University of Valencia to acquire the Technical Industrial Design Engineer degree in 2008. After that, he made a master's degree in Industrial Design at the same university in 2009 where he met the students who he would join later to co-found the studio "Que Maten al Diseñador" for 3 years. He specialized in furniture, lighting and product design being able to develop an idea from the basic concept to the very end. He worked with designers like Hector Serrano, Carlos Tiscar, Borja Garcia or Culdesac among others and for companies like Mobilfresno, Pau, Ascension Latorre or Vandidoo. Today, he works in his own studio designing products for different companies and clients all over the world. |
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Waterfall Chair and Armchair by Jorge Prieto is Winner in Furniture Design Category, 2012 - 2013.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Jorge Prieto. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Jorge Prieto. |
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