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Warm copper-toned metal rods converge and diverge with organic fluidity in Rodrigo Erthal's Vague Stool, a sculptural seating form that commands attention through its rhythmic linear composition set…
Rodrigo Erthal's Vague Stool manifests as a sculptural furniture composition dominated by warm copper or rose-gold metallic linear elements that radiate from a central volumetric core, establishing a…
Rodrigo Erthal's Vague Stool presents a sculptural seating form composed of sinuous tubular metal elements arranged in a rhythmic, wave-like configuration that simultaneously reads as functional…
Rodrigo Erthal's Vague Stool presents a sculptural seating form constructed from continuous linear elements in warm copper or rose-gold metallic finish, photographed against a pristine white backdrop…

Gold Furniture · 2021

Vague Stool

by Rodrigo Erthal

  • Golden A' Design Award 2021 in Furniture
  • CLIENT: Movetto
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 43,383
  • Verification code 4CE3706EAC · Verify this award
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About Vague Stool

Vague is a backless chair formed by continuous structural curves. Each viewing angle reveals a different harmonious composition. Vague is made of steel tubes with a diameter of 5/16 inch, shaped by bending and joined by welding. The surface receives an electrostatic paint or a copper coating finish. The dimensions are 400 mm in width, 390 mm in depth and 420 mm in height. The curves were inspired by the ripples of a water droplet falling into a river and by the structure of leaves. Vague can be used as a seat or as a decorative object.

About the Golden A' Design Award

Vague Stool is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Vague Stool is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Vague Stool creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.

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Unique Properties
Vague is a de-constructed stool with structural curves which form its shape. An astonishing piece of furniture, for every different angle from which it is seen reveals a harmonious composition.

The metal-cast stools bring out the poetry of what was the sketch inception; lines previously drawn morph into tubes and highlight the environment as a ready-to-enjoy object of art.
Dimensions & Packaging
400mm x 390mm x 420mm (Width x Depth x Height)
Tags
Stool, Design art, Contemporary, Timeless, Wave, Vague, Copper
Production Technology
Vague uses as material steel tubes with 5/16 inch diameter and the production is made by bending and welding (TIG type).
After that, it receives an electrostatic paint or a copper coating finish.
Design Challenge
The hardest part of creating Vague was the cad 3d modeling.
Several studies have been done to achieve the perfect shape.
Research
Vague was inspired by nature, combining the structure of the leaves with the rising curves of a water droplet falling into a river, where a perfect, vibrant and continuous ripple takes shape.
Inspiration
Vague is French for wave - a name inspired by the rising curves of a water droplet falling into a river, where a perfect, vibrant and continuous ripple takes shape. The piece’s visual lightness embraces only the bare essential for its purpose, and that inspiration stemmed from carefully observing nature’s wisdom.
Project Duration
Vague was designed in São Paulo on April 2020 and has been produced in southern Brazil since August.
Operation Flow
Vague can be used as a simple stool but also as a piece of art, as its beauty creates a great highlight on environments.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Tanner Vote
Image #2: Illustrator Rodrigo Erthal
Image #3: Illustrator Rodrigo Erthal
Image #4: Illustrator Rodrigo Erthal

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