DESIGN NAME: Afra
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Chair
INSPIRATION: The interpretation of "simplicity" has been the designer's main and inspiring concern to create this chair. The designer has fully tried to provide a simple and direct answer to performance and functionality. As mentioned before, Simplicity is the main concern of designer in modern time. Afra is simple, because: it explicitly responds to performance. While avoiding any exaggeration, it benefits from a clear affordance and can softly communicates with his surrounding and context.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Afra is designed for daily routines, such as eating, studying and other regular activities that require a seat. The form architecture stays far from any type of exaggeration and complexity while the designer has fully tried to address the functionality explicitly and clearly. Not in appearance, "Simplicity" is the core element. it has the possibility of production with low level technology. This chair is Suitable in different spaces with various uses like cafes, restaurants and small and local libraries, home studios well as home use. it Can be stored and Easily transport, install and repair.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: It is aesthetically pleasing and introduces itself to the audience in an instant, as a lightweight and comfortable chair. Simplicity has given Afra a unique and distinctive beauty and look.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in february 2021 and finished in april 2021 in Tehran, Iran.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Afra is designed to be simply made and does not require any special technician or technology. A structure of metal pipe with a curved backrest, a seat, a mattress and armrests wooden cover shape the Afra altogether. It is in complete harmony with its surroundings. It’s delightful, alluring, mysteriously attractive, stable and pleasurable and could be effortlessly transported, distributed, installed and repaired.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: width 540 mm
depth 400 mm
height 720 mm
TAGS: Femininity, Strength, Logic, Simplicity, Honesty
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The interpretation of "simplicity" has been the designer's main and inspiring concern to create this chair. The designer has fully tried to provide a simple and direct answer to performance and functionality.According to the former explanation, "simplicity" is the core of Afra's design. It can be realized at three levels: aesthetics, function and issues related to manufacturing and production
CHALLENGE: According to the former explanation, "simplicity" is the core of Afra's design. It can be realized at three levels: aesthetics, function and issues related to manufacturing and production. In the configuration of this chair, the main challenge has been the path of energy transfer (weight of the chair or user) to the ground and correct placement while maintaining the simplicity of the form. The important thing about Afra's design is that the entire body of the design is simply defined in a closed loop with a square geometry, and other parts including the seat plate, armrests (which also form the rear legs), front legs and even the wooden backrest, They all connect to the same loop and form an integrated whole. In another angle, this square both makes the integrity of the structure possible and is also recognized as the form distinguished icon at first glance.
ADDED DATE: 2022-04-06 07:52:36
TEAM MEMBERS (5) : saeed mirtahmasb, hossein khorasani, mahya hoseini, aida norouzi and niusha michani
IMAGE CREDITS: image #1: sepehr mehrdadfar
image #2: sepehr mehrdadfar
image #3: sepehr mehrdadfar
image #4: sepehr mehrdadfar
image #5: sepehr mehrdadfar
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