Pudu Pet House by Gabriel Antunes Henke Carrano is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Silver A' Design Award in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Competition Category.
SilverPet Care· 2022
Pudu Pet House
by Gabriel Antunes Henke Carrano
Client: Proa
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Pet Care Category
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About Pudu Pet House
The Pudu pet house is a piece of furniture that pleases owners and their domestic animals at the same time. The design is composed of a canvas and a steel structure fixed together by pressure buttons. The set draws a fluid shape of a classic and minimalist pet house creating a roof, and a hanging bed with a pillow. The project has the goal to improve animals' well-being during resting moments giving them their own spot inside de house. Customizable with different options of colors and easy to clean, Pudu is also planned to reflect the owner's interior design style.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Pudu Pet House is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Pudu Pet House is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Pudu Pet House is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The principle behind the Pudu Pet House is simplicity and comfort. I wanted to create a pet-friendly space that combines functionality with a clean, minimalist aesthetic, inspired by Scandinavian design principles and the cozy needs of pets.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
The main focus was to design a space where pets feel secure and comfortable while ensuring it complements the owner's home decor. Achieving a balance between pet-centric functionality and modern design was the goal.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I’d love to expand the design range, perhaps introducing modular or outdoor versions. Collaboration with premium pet care brands for broader distribution is also on the table.
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to the Pudu Pet House seamlessly merges pet comfort with minimalist furniture design - could you share the journey that led to this harmonious blend of functionality and aesthetics?
The Pudu Pet House was born from my desire to bridge pet comfort with modern interior design. I wanted to create a piece that didn't feel like a typical pet accessory but rather a seamless part of the home. My goal was to achieve a design that pets would love and owners would feel proud to display. The minimalist approach came naturally, as I’ve always been drawn to clean lines and simple, elegant solutions. This balance of aesthetics and functionality became the driving force throughout the project.
The canvas and steel structure of the Pudu Pet House creates an intriguing hammock-like effect - what inspired this unique architectural solution for pet comfort, and how did you determine the optimal balance between flexibility and stability?
The hammock-like effect of the Pudu Pet House is rooted in the Brazilian way I approach design—prioritizing warmth, comfort, and resourcefulness while blending function with a natural aesthetic. I wanted to create a space that felt inviting and instinctively cozy for pets, much like the laid-back, welcoming environments we value in Brazilian culture.Balancing flexibility and stability was a thoughtful process. Canvas was a natural choice—it’s durable, adaptable, and has a certain simplicity that aligns with the effortless elegance I aim for in my work. To achieve structural integrity without losing visual lightness, I paired the canvas with a tubular steel frame, carefully engineering the tension to ensure the right amount of flexibility for comfort without compromising stability. The pressure button system was another practical solution, inspired by the Brazilian knack for solving challenges with creativity and simplicity. This combination of materials and methods reflects my approach to design—functional, approachable, and with an understated sophistication.
Having won the Silver A' Design Award for the Pudu Pet House, how do you envision this recognition influencing the future of pet furniture design, particularly in terms of integrating pet products with contemporary home aesthetics?
Winning the Silver A' Design Award was a significant milestone. It reinforced the idea that pet furniture can be more than functional—it can also be beautiful. This recognition motivates me to continue exploring ways to integrate pet products seamlessly into contemporary home aesthetics. I hope this accomplishment inspires others in the design community to view pet furniture as an opportunity for innovation and creativity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Pudu is a pet house that the main goal is to be comfortable for pets and a functional piece of furniture for owners. The minimalist style of Pudu makes it possible to be placed in more diverse types of rooms, including outside once its materials are durable and waterproof. The canvas is braided through structure and forms a hammock, so your pet can have a smooth balance while resting.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 520 mm x 720 mm x 620 mm
Tubular steel powder coated and welded and Canvas with pressure buttons. - Tags
- pet, house, furniture, wellbeing, comfort, minamlist, shape
- Production Technology
- The main structure of the design was made by bending tubular steel in the shape of a standard yard-like dog house. To reinforce the structure some metal rods were welded to the structure. All the metal parts were powder coated in black kiln drying at 200 degrees. The rods allow the canvas to go through and form the roof and the bed of the pet house after that the canvas can be button up to the two ends of the structure and then a pillow is added to extra comfort.
- Design Challenge
- For this project, the hardest part was to choose the correct thickness of the structure so the pet house can be stable but not visually heavy. And also choose the fabric was a hard process until ended up with the canvas. It is not the first fabric that people think of when they want comfort, but it fits really nicely with the concept of this pet house.
- Research
- The research started observing how users prefer a more minimalist aesthetic to merge with their houses. After that, some research about the most popular dogs and cats races was performed to determine the average size of domestic pets, so the design could offer comfort to a wide range of them. The decision about the form was to create a visual connection with the buyers, so they could be more inclined to pick this product. A final version of the product will be included wooden feet to guarantee more stability.
- Inspiration
- Talking to my friends I found them having the same problem as a great number of people: Their pet houses were a little uncomfortable for domestic animals and did not match with the rest of their places. So I decided to create not a homeware item for pets, but a nice furniture item that can be used to compose the room. The design is inspired by a common-sense idea of a house with a roof and a rectangular base, but with an easier way to be clean and customizable.
- Project Duration
- August 2020 in Sao Miguel Arcanjo and Ponta Grossa, Brazil, and was exibited in Novos Talentos Brasileiros in Rio de Janeiro in November 2020
- Operation Flow
- The canvas is easily removable from the structure by the user, so it can be cleaned and changed. After that, the user just needs to go around the structure and button up again. This is a great way to combine different colors of the canvas and structures. The canvas works to pet users as a nice bed/hammock to relax, and also protects them from the weather.
- Image Credits
- Image #No 1: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 2: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 3: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 4: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 5: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Video: Designer Gabriel Antunes Henke Carrano, 2021
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