Or Mobiliari · 2021
Vortex Llar de foc
by Dario Sousa
- A' Design Award d'Or 2021 in Mobiliari
- CLIENT: Vortex
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 47,472
- Verification code 2A76399AFB · Verify this award
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About Vortex Llar de foc
Vortex és una llar de foc suspesa dissenyada per a espais públics i privats. La forma asimètrica de Vortex fa referència a la deformació de l'espai i confereix a la llar de foc una forta presència. Vortex ofereix dues opcions de combustió: llenya tradicional o un cremador automàtic de bioetanol. La versió de bioetanol proporciona una flama real sense fum, cendres ni olors. Vortex està fabricada en acer al carboni, conformada mitjançant tall làser i soldadura, i acabada amb un recobriment en pols resistent a la calor. La potència calorífica oscil·la entre 5,9 i 10,6 quilowatts.
About the A' Design Award d'Or
Vortex Llar de foc és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Or, un reconeixement immensament prestigiós concedit a dissenys de primera categoria, meravellosos i extraordinaris. Els guanyadors d'Or són creacions summament innovadores, molt visionàries i gloriosament enlluernadores que reflecteixen el prodigi, la saviesa i la destresa dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Vortex Llar de foc sigui un invent molt elogiat, pioner en tendències i monumental, que aporta un valor sense precedents. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Or és un projecte espectacular i respectat que beneficia molt i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Vortex Llar de foc crea sentiments intensos de desig, evoca passió, fomenta la creativitat i ens fascina.
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- 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. - 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
