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Kotiso Eetkamertafel by Ascanio Zocchi

Kotiso Eetkamertafel by Ascanio Zocchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award in Brons in Meubelontwerp Competition Category.


BronsMeubels· 2025

Kotiso Eetkamertafel

by Ascanio Zocchi

Client: Vetreria Malagoli

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Meubels Category

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The Design

About Kotiso Eetkamertafel

Hierdie voorwerp verteenwoordig die twee protagonisstede van die internasionale jaar van glas. Milaan en Venesië Milaan verteenwoordig deur die geometrie en deursigtigheid van die bokant en basis, sy stadshorison wat in die afgelope jare hierdie transformasie beleef het met glas as die protagonis in die geboue van verskillende vorms wat na die lug reik soos in Piazza Gae Aulenti en City Life

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Kotiso Eetkamertafel is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat Kotiso Eetkamertafel 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. Kotiso Eetkamertafel bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This object represents the two protagonist cities of the international year of glass. Milan and Venice
Milan represented with the geometry and transparency of the top and base, its skyline which in recent years has seen this transformation with glass as the protagonist in the buildings of various shapes thrown towards the sky such as in Piazza Gae Aulenti and City Life.
the object was included in the precious ADI DESIGN INDEX 2023 and used as a symbol for the International Year of Glass 2022 in Milan and Venice
Dimensions & Packaging
dimensions 100 L 180 P cm with a height of 75 cm slabs thickness of 8 mm
Tags
table, dinning, glass, Venezia, Milano, MIlano Glass Week, Italian Glass Week,
Production Technology
The glass blocks are subjected to a heating treatment, and are immersed in water, causing them to shatter into small pieces.
With the recovered pieces, small agglomerates of glass are created which are placed in a melting furnace.
The table top and the base are produced in extra-clear Float glass 8 mm thick thermally tempered and subsequently worked on the edges with a polished edge grinding.
Design Challenge
the challenge was to combine two similar materials, colored glass and float glass, achieving a union that generates an effect of color and transparency, inspired by the colors of the Venice lagoon and the landscape of Milan at dawn
Research
the research carried out for this project was to represent with glass a symbolic object for the Italian capitals of design in the international year of glass. create a bridge that combines design, art and technology in a single object. combine artistic glass with Float technical glass with new technologies.
Inspiration
Milan with transparency and geometry Venice with plays of color that here become drops of the lagoon fused on the tempered glass float plate, every shape, gesture and color has its own meaning.
The transparency of flat glass and the transparency of colored glass with colors inspired by the play of light at dawn on the sea of the Venice lagoon.
Project Duration
the project started in Milan in April 2022, carried out in Modena at the headquarters and finished in August 2022 at the company headquarters
Operation Flow
it is a table and can be used as a dining table or a desk
Patents
ADI DESIGN INDEX 2023
Image Credits
image 1 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 2 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 3 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 4 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 5 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022

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