O le mamanu Palette Laulau Kofe e Rita Kettaneh o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2020 A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Meafale.

UʻameaMeafale· 2020

Palette Laulau Kofe

na mamanuina e Rita Kettaneh

Tagata Fa'atau: KRAY Studio

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Meafale

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Lanu

Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Palette Laulau Kofe

'O le Palette o se laulau kofe fa'a-modula ua mamanuina mo le fa'afefiloi'ina o lanu. O le mamanu ua fa'aosofia mai le fa'asologa Homage to the Square a Josef Albers, ma e fa'aliliuina sikuea fa'apipi'i i totonu o le va fa'atolu-itulagi. O laulau ta'itasi e uso ai ni ipu palasitika (acrylic) se lua e fefa'atatauia'i e fai ai le fefiloia'i o lanu. O le se'e mai o le laupapa pito i luga mai le tasi laulau i le isi laulau e maua ai se tuufaatasiga fou. E loka le vaega pito i luga i le fa'avae uamea 'ele'ele (stainless steel), ma o lea e mafai ai ona si'i laulau ta'itasi e pei o se iunite e tasi. E mafai fo'i ona fa'atulaga fa'atasi ni laulau se tele i le itu ma le isi itu e fai ai se fogaea lapoa tele atu.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Palette Laulau Kofe, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Palette Laulau Kofe e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Palette Laulau Kofe ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: The Palette is a table for mixing colors inspired by Josef Albers' "Homage to the Square". It invites the users to engage in color experiments to suit their interior and state of mind. In simple sliding motions, the top layers are interchanged among tables like Albers' "platters to serve color" and the colors are mixed through overlapping sheets. The Palette is a coffee table that is modular and dynamic: multiple tables may be arranged side by side in one's layout of choice.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: Width x Depth x Height: 500 mm x 500 mm x 435 mm
Weight: 13.6 Kg
Fa'ailoga: palette, palette table, coffee table, rita kettaneh, kray studio, josef albers, hommage to the square, geometric table, colorful coffee table, color mix table
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: The top section of the table is made up of steel sheets that are CNC laser-cut and bent with a press break. Welding is used to assemble the parts. The base is made up of stainless steel and is produced through a similar process. The top is powder-coated and includes two acrylic sheets, while the base has a brushed finish.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: The design of the base had to embody the concept of the square while complementing the top's planar form and silhouette. Multiple designs were assessed through cardboard mockups and 3D modeling software.
Moreover, experiments were done to identify the best performing mechanisms. In terms of locking the top to the base, bolts provided smoother locking and unlocking than rods. As to the sliding mechanism, it was reduced to sliding bars so the top sheet is easy to carry and slide into place.
Su'esu'ega: The color experiments were carried out in three stages: the first developed color schemes through overlapping sequences of acrylic samples. Next, a constraint was added which is that the scheme would be made up of three pairs of overlapping samples to correspond to three tables made up of two layers each. Thirdly, the color mixes had to go into Albers' configuration. Layers of foam core and acrylic samples were used to model the nested squares and colored paper was added to finetune the colors.
Fa'aosofia: This design was inspired by the works of the Bauhaus icon Josef Albers, namely his "Homage to the Square" where nested squares demonstrate how color interacts. The Palette deconstructs the squares into three dimensional space while preserving the play on transparency. It encourages users to create different moods by participating in color experiments as Albers advocated. Moreover, Palette answers a need to offer users the flexibility to tailor and refresh their space based on their preferences.
Umi o le Poloketi: The project started in December 2018 in Kornet Chehwan, Lebanon and was completed a year and three months later in Mazraat Yachouh, Lebanon in February 2020 when the final prototype was produced.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: The user can experiment with colors by sliding the top layer off a table and unto another where the overlapping sheets result in a new color mix.
The entire top section of the table locks into the base to facilitate moving the table around as a single unit. This is done by fitting the pins of the top into their respective holes in the base and then sliding the top section sideways until the pins reach their stops and the top locks into place. The reverse motion is done to unlock the two parts.