Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu by Radhika Dhumal

Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu by Radhika Dhumal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu di Mubilia Competition Category.

ArgentuMubilia· 2021

Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu

by Radhika Dhumal

Client: Radhika Dhumal

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Mubilia Category

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The Design

About Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu

Elytra hè cuncepitu in una manera chì permette à l'utilizatori un accessu faciule per aumentà a superficia di a tavola per via di a so natura non statica. A superficia biomimetica è dinamica di a tavola hè divisa in quattru parti larghe, cumprese una "testa" di legnu. è "corpu" è ancu duie ali intarsiate di vetru chì ponu esse aperte simultaneamente per allargà a superficia di a tavola per almacenà uni pochi di tazzi di tè in più, una piantatrice o duie, è forse un taccuino per doodle e vostre idee.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Elytra A Tavola Di Caffè Salvatore Di Spaziu hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Elytra is designed in a way that allows the user easy access to increase the table top surface because of its non-static nature. The biomimetic, dynamic table’s surfaces are split into four broad parts, including a wooden ‘head’ and ‘body’ as well as two glass-inlay wings that can be opened out simultaneously to expand the table’s surface to store an extra few cups of tea, a planter or two, and perhaps a notebook to doodle your ideas on!
Dimensions & Packaging: 450mm x 750mm x 475mm
(Width increases to 1180mm on opening the wings)
Tags: Elytra, Winged Table, MadLadRad, Coffee Table, Space saver, Beetle
Production Technology: A concept driven design started off with intense doodling and sketching. Once it was finalised on paper, scaled down mockups , with the help of 3mm thk laser cut mdf parts, were made to figure out the kinetic mechanism. It was followed by cnc cutting teak wood and getting an absolute precise and finished product.
Inspiration: In an unusually beautiful case of nature-inspired design, the Elytra table expands in size by spreading its wings! This coffee table is inspired from the kinesis and anatomy of the wings (elytra) of the beetle. Elytra’s design is dominated by rounded forms that give it a friendly, pet-like demeanor, and feature four legs that are positioned in a way that gives the Elytra its unique, animalistic stance.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and finished in May 2019 in Ahmedabad, India. It was first displayed in the Aquarium (Display Gallery) of the National Institute of Design in July 2019.
Operation Flow: The winged table, in closed postion, has 2 prominent surfaces for use (the head and the wings). When the table top space isn't sufficient, the edge of the wing can be pulled apart. This movement causes the other winged top to open up simultaneously giving the table a grander feel and more usable space to keep your extra cups or newspapers etc. Now there are four useable table tops , the head, two wings and the body, as inspired by the anatomy of the beetle. As and when this extra space is not required, one side of the wing can be pushed back inside to allign parallelly with the table top below the wings, or the body of the table. This smooth beetle like transformation of opening and closing wings is the key characteristic of this winged table: Elytra.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #3: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #5: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019