草字头是一个由建筑设计事务所八荒所创立的家具品牌，专注于探索研究材料工艺，以及家具给人们带来的文化连接。

八荒相信家具应该与空间产生共鸣，提供给人们简单且不乏趣味性的体验，并肩负一定的环保与文化的使命。

CAOZITOU is a furniture brand founded by STUDIO8, focusing on research of materiality and cultural connection. It’s deeply rooted in their belief that furniture shall strike for a fun, yet simple experience resonating with the space, carrying some responsibility to the environment and culture.

△ CAOZITOU SYMBOL

草字头

草字头长凳

作为品牌的标志性产品，与八荒设计事务所同时成立，取“荒”偏旁“艹”为视觉灵感，除了作为长凳的造型以外，也定义了草字头品牌的空间逻辑。

偏旁是中文字的图像“书签”，定义了汉字的意义范畴，与定义谐音的字根一同构成汉字。

CAOZITOU bench

As the signature product, it was born together with the brand, visually inspired by the radical “

艹

(CAOZITOU)” of Chinese character, literally meaning “the upper radical of grass”.

A radical is an indexing graphical component for Chinese character, which sets a domain for the definition of the character as well as changes its pronunciation

:

早

(meaning morning that pronounces “zao“ )

+

艹

(CAOZITOU) =

草

( becomes “cao” meaning grass)

△ USE OFCAOZITOURADICAL

草字头偏旁构字

“艹”用于与植物、自然相关的汉字，象征了品牌对自然的热爱。

偏旁有趣的地方就在于独立开来或许毫无意义，但当被加载在不同的字根上，却能够赋予每个汉字明确的意义。

The radical of

“艹

(CAOZITOU)” is used mostly in characters related with nature or vegetation, showing love as a brand to nature.

It is this little icon, which alone is undefined, but affixed to other characters it becomes an identity giving symbol.

△ CHARACTERS WITHCAOZITOU RADICAL

带草字头的汉字

如同偏旁与汉字的关系，草字头家具就像空间中的偏旁，给所处的空间提供独特而和谐的调性，这种调性氛围是由家具和空间共同创造的，两者不可缺一。

为了使款式更为简洁，长凳的用多层板结合金属加固结构勾勒出粗细完全相同的三笔笔画，看似不费吹灰之力，实则是比例与承重之间的精密平衡，一笔长“横”给予长凳天然的坐具与社交属性，而两笔短“竖”则既起到坐具的支撑作用，又将长“横”分割为两个层次的空间，在环境与座位之间构成了一个可用来放不同的物件“灰色地带”，这个“灰色地带”既属于家具，也属于环境。

As how radical works for Chinese characters, CAOZITOU furniture is also designed to be an attachment to a given space, supplying it with a unique harmonic ambient, which can only exist by the union of space and furniture piece.CAOZITOU bench is made by plywood with metal reinforcing structure, aiming to create an effortless shape formed by three simple strokes of even thickness – a long horizontal and two short vertical ones. The proportion of the horizontal stroke has naturally given the bench a sharing character as a seat, and the two vertical ones serve as support for the bench as well as dividers that create an in-between space to the users place something. This in-between space belongs to the furniture as well as the environment.

△ CAOZITOUBENCHSPATIAL LOGIC

草字头长凳空间逻辑

作为一个主要从事建筑与室内设计的多学科事务所，对于八荒来说，时间是他们设计的关注点，来连接项目的两个核心要素：人和场地。

人如何在空间中度过时光，空间如何通过岁月与场地形成互动，是八荒所有设计项目的两个重要命题，通过对这两个命题的解答来找出空间的最佳形态。而形态本身从来不是他们的设计的起始点。

相反的，在家具设计中，形态作为物件的重要属性之一，成为了举足轻重的焦点。家具通过自身的形态为其周边的空间制定规则，与空间形成“共生”关系。这就是草字头家具简单的空间逻辑。

除了以形态为空间制定秩序以外，可灵活增减的功能性，以及风格的可变性，是草字头家具的另两个重要基因。八荒为长凳设计了小桌子插件以及高度调节脚来为使用者提供更多的功能性和舒适度，同时这些配件与长凳主体之间的材质搭配又为整件家具提供了变换风格的可能。人们对空间的感受与材质表达息息相关。“我们在想为什么我们不能像设计时装一样设计家具呢？这样能让人们像更换服装一样根据场合不同来变化家具的风格”，八荒设计创始人 Shirley 问道。

在八荒工作室中，一直把长凳的高度调节脚称为“靴子”，它由四片数码切割的板材互相插接而成，金属小圆桌则被称为“帽子”。“为什么长凳不能拥有一件以上的大衣、靴子和帽子呢？”

△ CAOZITOUBASIC- LIGHT

草字头长凳基本款-浅色

As a multidisciplinary studio mainly focusing on architecture and interior design, for STUDIO8, time is always the key for their projects, which connects the two central elements: people and place. How people spend time in the space, and how the space interacts with the place through time are the only two guides for them to form an architecture. Form itself is never the starting point in STUDIO8’s design.

While when it comes to product design, the form, as one of the dominant properties of an object, has taken a much more important role. It sets a “rule” to the space around it, uncovering a symbiosis between the space and the object itself. This is the simple spatial logic of CAOZITOU furniture.

Besides the form that gives order to the space, attached function and changeable style are the other two fundamental characters of CAOZITOU’s DNA. A small table and extension legs are designed to be attached to the basic form for more comfort and engagement as well as possibility of changing styles with different material combinations. Material is strictly correlated to people’s perception for a space. “We were thinking why can’t us design the furniture like fashion garments that can let people change their style according to different occasions?” asked Shirley, the founder of STUDIO8. The extension legs of the bench is always called “the boots” in STUDIO8, which is made by a group of four CNC-cut pieces that can be easily installed together. And the small round table is called the hat. “Why can’t a bench have more than one coat, pair of boots and hat?”

△ CAOZITOU BENCH

APPENDIX

草字头长凳配件

△ CAOZITOUBASIC-LIGHT

草字头长凳基本款-浅色

△ CAOZITOUBASIC- DARK

草字头长凳基本款-深色

CH28 系列

这个系列由五款用材、风格各异的草字头长凳组成，灵感来自于五种自然现象：熔岩、地热、彩虹桉树、极光和蓝焰。

他们通过各配件不同的质地肌理、通透度、图案等材料表达的不同搭配，展现了五种截然不同的气质、审美和风格。

同时也希望以这个自然现象系列提醒人们关注地球的变化。

CH28 Collection

It is a collection of five benches inspired by different natural phenomenon: Magma, Fumarole, Eucalypt, Aurora and Blue flame. They unfold and reveal different material expressions of textures, shades, patterns to take shape in interesting compositions, styles and aesthetics, recalling some awareness to the changes of our earth.

△ CAOZITOU BENCH - CH28 COLLECTION

草字头长凳-CH28 系列

△ CAOZITOU CH28-MAGMA

草字头长凳 CH28-熔岩

△ CAOZITOU CH28-FUMAROLE

草字头长凳 CH28-地热

△ CAOZITOU CH28-EUCALIPTO

草字头长凳 CH28- 彩虹桉树

△ CAOZITOU CH28-AURORA

草字头长凳 CH28-极光

△ CAOZITOU CH28-BLUEFLAME

草字头长凳 CH28-蓝焰

草字头宝塔

草字头宝塔项目是八荒设计 2021 年开始的研究项目，它既是一个兼具功能性的艺术装置，为类似讲堂、工作坊的多功能公共空间而设计，由多个草字头长凳和小板凳组成。受中国传统建筑宝塔的启发，由简单的榫卯结构连接堆叠。使用者可以依据空间的功能需要，局部或整体地拆分宝塔上的各部件作为坐具。

CAOZITOU Pagoda

It is a research project that STUDIO8 has started in 2021. It is a functional installation designed for multi-functional public space like lecture hall or workshop, made by a group of stacked CAOZITOU benches and some stools. Inspired by traditional Chinese pagoda, the installation can be assembled and unassembled partially or completely with simple tenon structure, meeting the needs of the space.

△ CAOZITOU PAGODA

草字头宝塔

当不需要座位的时候，所有部件组成一个独立的书架，小板凳等部件可以自由地安插在书架上，用来作为坐垫的再生海绵和调节脚也都自由零散地放置于装置上。隐约组合成各种汉字。

“我们想尝试将本无明确意义的偏旁组合成这个可变换的空间图腾，来反映人、空间和家具三者之间的关系”。

When the seats are not needed, the pagoda itself is composed as a free-standing bookshelf with components (stools, recomposed recycle foam seat cushions, and height extension) placed freely on it, forming shapes occurring different Chinese characters. “We would like to try, for the first time, putting multiple ‘immaterial radical’ together to create a changing spetial totem that reflects the interaction between people, space and furniture”, said STUDIO8.

△ CAOZITOU PAGODA

草字头宝塔

作为研究项目，八荒设计对使用者与宝塔装置的互动做了持续的记录和数据收集，用于未来家具产品的优化与开发。

同时未被赋予材质的宝塔也作为未来材质研究、工作坊的载体和平台，希望能够引起更多年轻人对新兴材料工艺与传统手工艺的兴趣与关注。

People’s interaction with the installation are recorded for studio’s further product improvement and development. The pagoda installation without finishing material acts also as a research and workshop base for different material studies and application to generate more interests of young people in new materiality and craftmanship.

△ CAOZITOU PAGODA INDIFFERENTUSES

草字头宝塔的空间互动

△ CAOZITOU PAGODA IN USE

草字头宝塔在空间中的使用

△ CAOZITOUBASIC-LIGHT

草字头长凳基本款-浅色

△ CAOZITOU CH28-MAGMA

草字头长凳 CH28-熔岩

△ CAOZITOU CH28-FUMAROLE

草字头长凳 CH28-地热

△ CAOZITOU CH28-EUCALIPTO

草字头长凳 CH28- 彩虹桉树

△ CAOZITOU CH28-AURORA

草字头长凳 CH28-极光

△ CAOZITOU CH28-BLUEFLAME

草字头长凳 CH28-蓝焰

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