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Stalk Side Table by Diogo Pinelli

Stalk Side Table by Diogo Pinelli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.


BronzeFurniture· 2020

Stalk Side Table

by Diogo Pinelli

Client: StudioMakuko

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category

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Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #86385

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The Design

About Stalk Side Table

Stalk is a side table made from a single metal plate. The iron plate is three millimetres thick, laser cut with precision, then bent and powder coated. Symmetrical lines and angled folds give the table a minimalist appearance and a stable structure. Stalk is offered in two sizes, measuring 420 by 600 by 420 millimetres and 400 by 600 by 380 millimetres. The side table can be used as a single piece or combined with other units in modular arrangements. The design aims to unite simple form, durability and daily function.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Stalk Side Table is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Stalk Side Table is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Stalk Side Table splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Interviews

Design Interview

What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?

The stalk of plants

What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?

Watching the plants I learned how the pieces can expand in a stable way.

What are your future plans for this award winning design?

Develop my work as a designer and create beautiful and functional pieces

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Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
At the first glance the Stalk side table convinces with its simplicity and hidden sophistication. The symmetrical design of laser-cut metal fascinates with an equally simple, convenient and unique design. Clean lines, clean forms, minimalist aesthetics.
Whether as a single piece or as a modular part of a very individual arrangement of side tables.
Dimensions & Packaging
Table Dimensions, big 420 x 600 x 420 mm, small 400 x 600 x 380 mm
Material, iron plate 3mm powder coated.
Tags
Side table, Metal Plate, Geometrical, Minimalist, Perspective Lines, Modulor
Production Technology
The metal plate is precision cut using a laser, and is then bent and powder coated.
Design Challenge
The hardest part was to find precise stability and harmony between lines, angles ans perspectives.
Research
We experiment with our hands, playing with forms, angles and perspectives until we reach the ideal shape.
Inspiration
We are inspired by nature, animals, architecture and cultures from all over the world. But our development process begins on the smallest scale. We experiment with our hands, playing with forms, angles and perspectives until we reach the ideal shape.
With aesthetics given equal importance to functionality and stability. Our purpose is to create pieces that challenge existing shapes, transforming them into simple but durable new designs.
Project Duration
The project started july 2018 and end august 2018
Operation Flow
Our designs are creative and interactive. Use them to mount, combine, organize and reorganize. They will always match your mood, and can be re-thought to match your unique decorative and functional vision. With our modular design concept and geometrical shape, our products can be customized to match any living.
Image Credits
Photographer DiogoPinelli, Stalk Sidetable, 2018

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