阿尔托大学学生设计的让人放空自己的12张椅子
Aalto University students unveil 12 chairs designed to help you reach nirvana

由专筑网王帅，李韧编译

来自赫尔辛基（芬兰首都）阿尔托大学室内设计专业的学生设计了一系列五颜六色的椅子，旨在让使用者坐上去之后可以彻底地放空自己。

在斯德哥尔摩家具展上，学生们在万众瞩目下展示了他们的作品。

Interior architecture students from Aalto University in Helsinki have designed a range of colourful chairs, intended to help a sitter reach a mediative state of mind.
The students presented their 12 Nirvana chairs against a bright white backdrop, in an installation at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week.

椅子由钢和铝板制成，除了外形不同，椅子颜色也不尽相同，从明亮的黄色到深红色一应俱全。

教授Martin Relander说：“为了鼓励学生专注于设计的本质和核心，我们决定让他们使用限定的材料和尺寸，来展现个人能力。”

Although the chairs differ completely in both look and colour – ranging from bright yellow to deep red – they all had to be made from steel and aluminium sheeting.
"The idea behind using a limited number of materials and restricted dimensions, is to encourage students to concentrate on the essential and on what really matters in design, that is, their personal artistic expression," said tutor Martin Relander.

学生们必须以“懒惰”为核心概念，这个理念经过一个学期的反复研究而得出，同时必须考虑椅子对建筑和室内空间可能产生的影响。

学生Mindele Grant说：“我们开始抓住‘放松和懒散’这一理念来设计椅子，它意味着一种精神状态。我们很自然地发挥这个理念，当你放松时候，彻底地清空头脑，从而达到涅槃的状态。”

They also had to be based around the idea of "idleness" – a topic studied by the students for a semester, where they had to consider the consequences it could have for interior architecture and design.
"We started planning chairs for relaxation and idleness, and above all what it means as a state of mind," said student Mindele Grant. "We were playing with the idea if, when relaxing, it is possible to clear one's mind and reach nirvana."

在大学的工作室里，学生们与工作人员一起尝试将铝板弯成不同的形状。

一些人设计了圆形椅子，让使用椅子的人完全沉入其中，而另一些人设计了一种更有棱角的椅子。

Grant说：“我相信我可以代表整个团队发言，我们的项目是最具挑战性且最有价值的家具之一，这个设计项目是展览中的首例。”

Working alongside staff in the university's workshops, the students experimented with curving the aluminium into different reclining shapes.
Some created rounded chairs designed for the sitter to sink into, while others created a more angular rigid form to support the posture.
"I believe that I can speak for our entire group when I say that this has been one of the most challenging but most rewarding furniture projects," said Grant. "For many of us, the exhibition is the first design project on this scale."

这种限制学生使用特定材料的项目，并不是阿尔托大学第一次提出。

在去年的斯德哥尔摩家具博览会上，学校展示了一系列只用三层镀锌钢棒制成的椅子。

This isn't the first time that Aalto University has presented this kind of project, where students are required to only use certain materials.
During last year's Stockholm Furniture Fair, the school presented a range of chairs made using only three thicknesses of galvanised steel rods.

该家具博览会恰逢2018年斯德哥尔摩设计周，因此进行了全市范围内的设计展览。他们的作品将在博览会的温室区域展出，该区域专门为新兴设计师和学生准备，展览截止至2018年2月10日。

在展会上也会展出与贝克曼斯设计学院的合作项目，即12个学生团队与6大瑞典品牌设计的家具原型。

The furniture fair coincides with Stockholm Design Week 2018, a city-wide exhibition of design. Nirvana will be on show inside the fair's Greenhouse area, a space dedicated to emerging designers and students, until 10 February 2018.
Also on show in the space is a collaborative project by Beckmans College of Design, which saw 12 students team up with six established Swedish brands to create prototype pieces of furniture.

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