Opus Repose Cathedra Requietis a designatore John G Williams est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2019 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Certaminis Designatio Supellectilis.
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Repose Cathedra Requietis
Cliens: John G Williams Fine Furniture
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De Repose Cathedra Requietis
Repose cathedra requietis est ex ligno duro solido confecta. Compages ex fraxino Americano constat, sedes vero et dorsum ex nuce Americana facta sunt. Sedes profunde curvata efficitur particulis ligni sagittatis, marginibus angulatis inter se laminatis, ratione extrema methodi doliorum fabricandorum quae "coopering" vocatur derivata. Curvaturae interiores instrumentis propriis ad levitatem perfectam elaboratae sunt, dum summae partes brachiorum texturam segmentatam retinent. Pedes posteriores vapore flexi sunt et ad brachia stabilienda conferunt. Iuncturae linguae generis "draw-bore" dictae, cuneis transversis adactis, firmitatem addunt. Propositum erat commoditatem cathedrae pannis vestitae solo ligno solido, nulla alia materia adhibita, consequi.
Agnitio
De Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum
Repose Cathedra Requietis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Repose Cathedra Requietis creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Repose Cathedra Requietis ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.
Post Designum
Fasciculus Nuntii
Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.
- Proprietates Singulares
- The Repose lounge chair is constructed from solid timber. The curved form is realized by an extreme form of the 'coopering' process - similar to the process used to construct round barrels from staves of timber.
- Dimensiones et Involucrum
- W 800, D 800, H 830 mm
Constructed from solid hardwood timber. Frame: American Ash. Seat and Back: American Walnut.
Joints use draw bore tenon joints for extra strength - Notulae
- Lounge, chair, wooden, artisanal, Danish, timber, art
- Technologia Productionis
- This chair is not moulded, as some might expect, but is formed from solid timber. The deep sweeping form of the seat is made by laminating various pieces of timber, with angled edges, to form the desired curves. The inside curves are machined into smooth curves with custom made tooling; but the arm uppers retain some of the segmented feel - smooth enough and yet conveying a sense of where the piece came from. The rear legs are steam bent, to retain the overall simplicity, and to attenuate and stabilize the top part of the chair arms. The backrest is also a curved laminated, solid-wood form. It would also be possible to add a thin seat cushion, or perhaps to re-conceive the entire backrest as a custom moulded leather cushion
- Provocatio Designandi
- The major unknown was how strong the seat section would be in bending - in other words if someone sat on the arms, would they break? It became apparent that the arms would need additional support given the depth of the form, and the inevitable flexibility (despite steps taken to add strength in the manufacturing process). It was found that the support pins at the rear of the arms were sufficient to stabilize the entire form - which was confirmed through trial and error.
Overall the challenge was to create a lounge chair that, despite being solid timber, would be as comfortable as an upholstered equivalent - Investigatio
- The method drew heavily on the methods used in earlier designs (eg Zene submitted last year), but took these to extremes to experiment with the art of the possible.
New tooling was developed, in the form of a type of drum sander run between centres on a woodworking lathe, to machine the large concave curves - Inspiratio
- The inspirational question behind Repose was: if the design language at the core of the Beke and Zene dining ranges were extended to lounge furniture, what would that look like? Could a form be created out of beautiful solid hardwood timber that was profoundly comfortable even though it may be challenging to manufacture? Could some sort of modern shell design be crafted out of solid timber to yield a beautiful striking new design ?
- Duratio Operis
- The project was designed and the first prototype built in 4 weeks, starting Dec 2018 and completing in Jan 2019 in Johannesburg South Africa. The design was refined and built in finished materials (Ash and Walnut) over the following 4 weeks.
- Cursus Operationis
- The user settles comfortably down into the seat using the armrests.
Various postures are supported sitting comfortably down in the seat.
Getting back out of the seat is very easy, and facilitated by the arms. - Patentes
- UK IPO design registration: 6053688
- Membra Turmae
- John G Williams
- Agnitiones Imaginum
- All images: John G Williams
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