Vortex مدفأة by Dario Sousa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 جائزة A' Design Award الذهبية in تصميم الأثاث Competition Category.
ذهبالأثاث· 2021
Vortex مدفأة
by Dario Sousa
Client: Vortex
جائزة A' Design Award الذهبية Winner in الأثاث Category
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The Design
About Vortex مدفأة
"فورتكس" مدفأة معلّقة صُممت للفضاءات العامة والخاصة. يشير الشكل غير المتماثل لـ"فورتكس" إلى تشوّه الفضاء ويمنح المدفأة حضورًا قويًا. تتيح "فورتكس" خيارين للاحتراق: الحطب التقليدي أو موقد أوتوماتيكي يعمل بالإيثانول الحيوي. ويوفّر إصدار الإيثانول الحيوي لهبًا حقيقيًا من دون دخان أو رماد أو روائح. صُنعت "فورتكس" من الفولاذ الكربوني، وشُكّلت بالقطع بالليزر واللحام، وأُنهيت بطلاء بودرة مقاوم للحرارة. ويتراوح إنتاجها الحراري بين 5.9 و10.6 كيلوواط.
The Recognition
About the جائزة A' Design Award الذهبية
Vortex مدفأة هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award الذهبية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة للغاية يُمنح للتصاميم من الدرجة الأولى والرائعة والمتميزة. والفائزون بالذهبية هم إبداعات شديدة الابتكار وعالية الرؤية ومبهرة ببريقها، تعكس نبوغ مصمميها وحكمتهم وبراعتهم. ويُتوقع أن يكون Vortex مدفأة اختراعًا عظيم الإشادة ورائدًا وضخم الأثر يقدم قيمة غير مسبوقة. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award الذهبية مشروع مذهل ومحترم يعود بالنفع الكبير ويوسّع حدود الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا. ويخلق Vortex مدفأة مشاعر رغبة قوية، ويثير الشغف، ويشجع الإبداع، ويفتننا.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Breaking with any definite convention of beauty, Vortex assumes itself as Shelter's brand image, establishing a new paradigm of fire harmony.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions: 1620 mm x 595 mm x 600 mm
Package: 1800 mm x 700 mm x 700 mm
Heat Output: 5,9 - 10,6 KW - Tags
- Fireplace, Bioethanol, Assimetric, Metal, Suspended
- Production Technology
- This design was created by hand drawing followed by CAD tech drawing.
Its realization consist in laser cutting and welding technology, and finished by thermo resistent powder coating paintingover its main material, carbon steel. - Design Challenge
- The biggest challenges in the Vortex design process are related to the need to develop a fireplace that at the same time fulfills its main function, heating, but without ever neglecting its aesthetic and sustainable aspect, fulfilling all the legal requirements for integration in public and private spaces.
- Research
- Most of the research carried out in the conception of Vortex, concerns the legal aspects and certification of fireplaces to be integrated in public and private places.
As for the research related to design, it was carried out in order to develop a wood combustion product, in which it is possible to insert an automatic Bioethanol burner. With regard to its visual aspect, Vortex is inspired by the strength of a black hole to suck all the material within reach, resulting in its asymmetrical shape. - Inspiration
- The Vortex by Shelter is customized by the lightness of its asymmetrical form, referring to an imagery of space deformation, resulting in its striking image and dominant presence.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2018 in Porto and finished in March 2019 in Porto, and was exhibited in Shelter - New Showroom Presentation in March 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Voetx presents two different combustion solutions:
Traditional Wood and with a Bioethanol Automatic Burner.
Bioethanol Vortex are a equipment that combine design with the comfort created by the real flame, with the added value of not emitting smoke, they do not create ash or smells. - Team Members
- Diana Castro
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #2: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #3: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #4: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #5: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
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