ʻO Sempoa Noho Ho'omaha na New Elegant Co., Ltd. he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2025 A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Lako Hale.
KalaLako Hale· 2025
Sempoa Noho Ho'omaha
Mea Kūʻai: New Elegant Co., Ltd.
Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Lako Hale
Mea Lanakila i Hōʻoia ʻIa
Hōʻoia i ke Kūlana Makana no #164649Ka Hoʻolālā
E Pili Ana iā Sempoa Noho Ho'omaha
Ka noho Sempoa, he hui pū ana o ka ho'oulu kahiko me ka hana hou. Ho'oulu 'ia e ka hebela helu Soroban Kepani, he kua noho me nā momi ne'e e ha'awi ana i ka hāpai lima a me ka hopena 'ōmi'omi malie. Nā momi, i kau 'ia ma nā 'ō kila 'ole-wai a paa 'ia e nā poepoe lā'au pelu pakalana, ne'e pū me ke kino o ka mea ho'ohana. Hana 'ia mai nā papa lā'au pa'a e kū pono ana, ho'ohālike ka ho'olālā i ka nani ho'onohonoho me ka pa'a, e ho'opa'a ana i ka kū pa'a, ke kaila, a me ke kāhea i ka launa o ka mea ho'ohana.
Ka Hoʻomaikai
E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Sempoa Noho Ho'omaha i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Sempoa Noho Ho'omaha he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Sempoa Noho Ho'omaha e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Ma Hope o ka Hoʻolālā
ʻEke Nūhou
Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.
- Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa
- For a long period of time, Abacus has been an important part of life of businessman, employees, even students. This simple yet useful hand operated tool becomes a symbol of hardworking people. In modern days, where digital calculator has been embedded inside our most important tool-smartphone, an abacus is slowly being forgotten. An idea emerges repurposing an abacus in our daily life as a reminder of our hard works while still physically functional giving relaxation massage sensation for the user.
- Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili
- Width: 720 mm
Depth: 820 mm
Height: 800 mm
Seat Height: 440 mm
Seat Depth: 510 mm - Nā Lepili
- Chair, Life, Work, Massage, Abacus, Wood, Joinery
- ʻEnehana Hana
- The expectation to create the most favorite piece of furniture in our living room, build quality is the priority allowing the user to rely on it for decades. With that mindset, straight solid rubberwood is decided for its well-known balance between strength, lightweight and cost. The curved shapes are realized from a bentwood forming the backrest and seat frames that wraps around the user’s body. The large area of the seat allows the user to sit cross-legged, thus velvet fabric is chosen to give a gentle touch to the skin, maximizing comforts.
- Pilikia Hoʻolālā
- From the beginning of research, blending an abacus in a piece of furniture, the inorganic shape of the abacus reduces the possibility of the chair shape exploration. As ergonomic is a crucial part in designing a chair, the shape cannot be too rigid but on the other hand it becomes irrelevant to the abacus if the chair is too organic. Second hurdle is finding the balance thickness of the bentwood rails of the abacus. It must be thin enough to flex, yet strong enough to support the user’s body while holding all the stainless-steel rods. The frame also required to have spaces for the rails to slide smoothly without affecting the overall rigidity.
- Noiʻi
- Creating a product that will be cherished by the user is the wish of all designers and producers. Providing a solution in the product that also connects to the user’s heart, the research focused on blending the historical elements of abacus as an aesthetic feature and a concrete function of the whole product. Thus, by reinventing abacus as a flexible backrest, not only it acts as a piece of art in the living room, but also provides a soothing massage effect for the user. It combines a cultural element with practical benefits, creating a chair that feels both familiar and innovative.
- Hoʻoulu Manaʻo
- In this era, most of our daily activity is sitting. Either it is working, meeting, eating or even relaxing. Twelve hours on average sitting on the same spot happened to many people especially those who works from their home. Inspired by wooden massage lumbar support used by many taxi drivers in Vietnam, the idea is to implement wooden massage beads built into a lounge chair for people who works tirelessly and relax infinitely in front of screens all day long.
- Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana
- The project was designed and developed in Ho Chi Minh from August 2023 until August 2024.
- Kaʻina Hana
- Crafting Sempoa chair focused on touches between users’ body and the edges of the beads. Knowing the fact that responses to sharp edges are different for every person, the rails of the abacus are made of flexible thin bentwood to be able to adapt to the user’s rear body shape. The stainless-steel rods act as the bones of the bentwood rails giving strength to support the user’s weight. Not only that, the abacus horizontal direction combined with the stainless steel rods, permit the beads to slide and spin freely, allowing the user to move around unbound while sitting.
- Nā Lālā Hui
- Director: Wei-Liang Chou
Designer: Aditya Cipta Sugandha - Nā Kuleana Kiʻi
- Aditya Cipta Sugandha, 2024.
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