Tonk Mint Les Rajoles De Formigó by Serhan Ertan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Materials de Construcció i Components d'Edificació Competition Category.
FerroComponents d'Edificació· 2020
Tonk Mint Les Rajoles De Formigó
by Serhan Ertan
Client: Tonk Project
A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Components d'Edificació Category
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About Tonk Mint Les Rajoles De Formigó
El formigó és un material molt tradicional, que no ha canviat gaire des de la seva invenció a mitjans del segle XIX. Amb Tonk, Concrete té una interpretació creativa i contemporània. Cada disseny Tonk té una estructura modular que es pot personalitzar jugant al voltant dels angles. Aquesta propietat ofereix a les persones l’oportunitat de dissenyar les seves pròpies parets segons el seu propi gust, preferència i imaginació. El disseny de Tonk Mint es va inspirar en les fulles de menta a la natura. Aquest model també es pot utilitzar amb variacions per obtenir diferents motius, cosa que és una característica diferenciadora de tots els dissenys de Tonk.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Ferro
Tonk Mint Les Rajoles De Formigó és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Tonk Mint Les Rajoles De Formigó sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Tonk Mint Les Rajoles De Formigó és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- We add new features and configurations to 170 years old concrete.
We end up with a contemporary, creative, sincere product. Thanks to the strong 3D design, one mint model give us an opportunity to create more than ten different motives on the wall - Dimensions & Packaging
- h: 10.5 cm
w: 24.2 cm
thk: 1.8 cm - Tags
- GFRC, concrete, wall tile, nature-inspired, 3D
- Production Technology
- We use GRFC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) for our products. We use steel moulding techniques to bring our models to perfection.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge in Mint's design was to stylize the nature-inspired mint motive to match the distinguishing factor of all Tonk designs: to stylize the motive to enable the designer to create different motives when used with different angles and patterns.
- Research
- Architectural design has been changing from traditional to contemporary, from complicated to lean. The new-old materials become in demand. Architects and interior designers are looking for new features and configurations of old-timers, such as concrete, glass, steel and wood. Mint is a reflection of this trend. Additionally, its design is inspired by nature. We have analyzed patterns in nature, chosen the motives of mint and stylized them to finalize our design.
- Inspiration
- Nature is at the heart of design, as it is at the heart of everything. Tonk has adopted the basic principle of using forms in nature by abstracting them in accordance with its own design philosophy, rather than simply imitating nature. This year the new series focuses on this understanding and reflects directly to the wall tile models. A form study was performed inspired by mint leaves in the "Mint" model.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2019 and finalized in January 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Operation Flow
- Mint is a very playful product, which enables designers to show their creativity and in this way which gives them high satisfaction in the design process. The designers can get different motives by playing around with the angles and the positions of the product. Moreover, Mint is very easy to install; it is just glued to the wall with ceramic adhesives.
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