Stalker Ladenkast door Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Het ontwerp Stalker Ladenkast door Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia is een hoog aangeschreven winnaar van de zeer prestigieuze 2022 A' Design Award in Brons in de competitiecategorie Beeldende Kunst en Kunstinstallatie Ontwerp.

BronsBeeldende Kunst· 2022

Stalker Ladenkast

door Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia

Opdrachtgever: Studio Minus

Winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons in de categorie Beeldende Kunst

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Het Ontwerp

Over Stalker Ladenkast

Stalker is een ladenkast die vrijstaand in het midden van een ruimte is ontworpen, zodat hij van elke kant benaderd kan worden. Het object is vervaardigd uit beukenhout, essenhout en multiplex, met elementen van spiegel, gegalvaniseerd staal en vertind staal. Elf onderling verschillende laden zijn ongelijkmatig verdeeld over alle vier de zijden en gaan schuil achter een verticale, donkere textuur, terwijl handgrepen van vertind staal hun posities markeren. Vier prismatische spiegels vormen een hoekreflector die de blik van de toeschouwer vanuit elk standpunt terugkaatst. Stalker is met de hand gemaakt en beweegt zich tussen kunst en meubelontwerp.

De Erkenning

Over de A' Design Award in Brons

Stalker Ladenkast is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Stalker Ladenkast wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Stalker Ladenkast bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

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Credits, teamleden en technische details verstrekt door de ontwerper.

Unieke Eigenschappen: The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore.
He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
Afmetingen & Verpakking: 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm
Tags: stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector
Productietechnologie: beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel
Ontwerpuitdaging: The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece.
Onderzoek: The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us.
The construction is made out of solid wood.
The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture.
All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design. It is the tinned steel handles that indicate the position of the drawers.
The whole process was an experiment, as the project developed organically, the piece being built manually from the construction level to its last detail. There were also details that had to be changed along the way. The piece of furniture respects the three registers corresponding with the human body: head-body-legs. The legs were an experiment. Being made out of vertical welded steel they didn't support the wooden structure well. That is why they had to be bent.
We believe in the idea of makers, that by building manually a piece of furniture one can also create a piece of art. By working manually, the design decisions are more assumed at a detail level.
The general concept, the structure, and all the details including the finishings are also a controlled result of more tries.
The stalker remains a piece of furniture at the border between art and furniture design.
Inspiratie: One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers.
Projectduur: The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania
Werkproces: The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side.
Teamleden: Milincu Octavian Camil
Tudoran Otilia Alexandra
Beeldcredits: Image 1-5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.