O le mamanu Repose Nofoa Malolo e John G Williams o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2019 A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Meafale.

UʻameaMeafale· 2019

Repose Nofoa Malolo

na mamanuina e John G Williams

Tagata Fa'atau: John G Williams Fine Furniture

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

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Lanu

Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Repose Nofoa Malolo

O le Repose o se nofoa malolo e faia mai laupapa malo maoae. O le fa'avaa e American ash, ae o le nofoaga e nofo ai ma le tua e American walnut. O le nofoaga loloto ma piʻo e fausia e ala i le fa'apipi'iina o vaega laupapa ua fa'afoliga i pito fa'aagiagi, o se ituaiga faateleina o le auala coopering e faaaogaina e fau ai paelo. O piʻo i totonu ua faʻamamā lelei i meafaigaluega faapitoa, a'o luga o lima e tumau ai se faiga vaeluaga. O vae pito i tua ua fa'apipi'i i le ausa ma fesoasoani e faʻamautu ai lima. O sootaga tenon draw bore e faaopoopo ai le malosi. O le sini o le agaʻoina o le mautonu o se nofoa ua ufiufia e faaaoga na o laupapa malo.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Repose Nofoa Malolo, 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 Repose Nofoa Malolo 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 Repose Nofoa Malolo 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 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 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
Fa'ailoga: Lounge, chair, wooden, artisanal, Danish, timber, art
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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
Su'esu'ega: 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
Fa'aosofia: 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 ?
Umi o le Poloketi: 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.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: 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.
Pateni: UK IPO design registration: 6053688
Sui o le 'Au: John G Williams
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: All images: John G Williams