SUSPENSE
TRI-VERSION
CLIENT - MARINA BAY SANDS, SINGAPORE
In a sleek building overlooking Haitang Bay, this high end resort is 47 km from Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Bringing the ancient legend of Atlantis to life, Atlantis Sanya is located on picturesque Hainan Island, on the shores of the South China Sea.
In a sleek building overlooking Haitang Bay, this high end resort is 47 km from Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Bringing the ancient legend of Atlantis to life, Atlantis Sanya is located on picturesque Hainan Island, on the shores of the South China Sea.
INSPIRATION
Singapore is well known for a lot of reasons among them, Being super clean, Greenery amidst the city, That ban on chewing gum, The Marina Bay Skyline, Inventing the Singapore Sling, The land of shopping malls. Singapore has some of the most futuristic architecture around the world and plans underway to build futuristic cities and a general focus on the future. Looking at these images, other than having a futuristic vibe, the common trait is that each image has something suspended in the air from entire buildings to bridges. This futuristic suspended vibe informed my creative design direction.
Singapore is well known for a lot of reasons among them, Being super clean, Greenery amidst the city, That ban on chewing gum, The Marina Bay Skyline, Inventing the Singapore Sling, The land of shopping malls. Singapore has some of the most futuristic architecture around the world and plans underway to build futuristic cities and a general focus on the future. Looking at these images, other than having a futuristic vibe, the common trait is that each image has something suspended in the air from entire buildings to bridges. This futuristic suspended vibe informed my creative design direction.
SUSPENSE DESIGN
The design is spread out like an outdoor beach bed but shaped like a stretched out chair which gives you the experience of a bed on a seat. This design falls in between the two like a tablet does between a phone and a laptop.
The design is spread out like an outdoor beach bed but shaped like a stretched out chair which gives you the experience of a bed on a seat. This design falls in between the two like a tablet does between a phone and a laptop.
The design constitutes of two main parts, the metallic frame, the woven section in between and the cushion top part. The corners are smooth but combined with the straight lines, one gets that striking resemblance to a high performance supercar like a Lamborghini with all the aerodynamics and angled body. From the front, the bottom part looks like a futuristic car or spaceship bumper with the arm rests giving off the vibe you would get from wings. Having been designed mostly for outdoor use like a beach for example, the frame has been dialed down to a point where one gets the most breeze the possibly can or sunlight without anything blocking them or forming shadows.
The design itself is simple, the execution is futuristic in appearance but maintains the basic elements such as; unique style, ergonomics, minimalism, as well as simple lines, in this case curves, to bring out the final form.
CONCLUSION
First principles thinking is one of the best ways to reverse engineer complicated problems and unleash creative possibility. Sometimes called “reasoning from first principles,” the idea is to break down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up. As a Creative Industrial Designer, my first approach to any project is to solve a problem or set of problems. The second approach is to break down each component and build it from the ground up to address the stated problems and only retain what is important. The third is to push the limit of what's possible and come up with some of the most impactful design solutions.
With this design, available materials, comfort, ergonomics and aesthetics were the primary drivers. I started by looking at the reference images and researching on more designs just to familiarize with the processes involved in creating them. With this in mind, the next step was to challenge the norm by asking myself, 'Does the design have to look a certain way?' given most of them are very similar. To answer that question, I decided to go for a completely different approach, where instead of doing a regular box sort of design, I focused more on comfort, ergonomics and style using the human anatomy to drive the lines, shapes and material allocation, to come up with a design which in my opinion, 'You can't miss in a room full of furniture.’
First principles thinking is one of the best ways to reverse engineer complicated problems and unleash creative possibility. Sometimes called “reasoning from first principles,” the idea is to break down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up. As a Creative Industrial Designer, my first approach to any project is to solve a problem or set of problems. The second approach is to break down each component and build it from the ground up to address the stated problems and only retain what is important. The third is to push the limit of what's possible and come up with some of the most impactful design solutions.
With this design, available materials, comfort, ergonomics and aesthetics were the primary drivers. I started by looking at the reference images and researching on more designs just to familiarize with the processes involved in creating them. With this in mind, the next step was to challenge the norm by asking myself, 'Does the design have to look a certain way?' given most of them are very similar. To answer that question, I decided to go for a completely different approach, where instead of doing a regular box sort of design, I focused more on comfort, ergonomics and style using the human anatomy to drive the lines, shapes and material allocation, to come up with a design which in my opinion, 'You can't miss in a room full of furniture.’
