Flowerblock Scaffale by Mizuki Chinen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu di Mubilia Competition Category.

ArgentuMubilia· 2026

Flowerblock Scaffale

by Mizuki Chinen

Client: Chinen Mizuki

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Mubilia Category

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The Design

About Flowerblock Scaffale

Flowerblock hè un scaffale cuncipitu per serve à tempu da mobile di almacenamentu è da divisore di stanza. U disegnu s'ispira à i flower blocks, unità di calcestruzzu cù motivi geometrichi traforati aduprati in l'architettura d'Okinawa, chì filtranu a luce forte di u sole lascendu passà l'aria. I spazii trà e scatule danu à u scaffale un aspettu legeru è apertu. Barre d'acciaiu inossidabile cunnettanu e scatule per a stabilità, u frassinu biancu massicciu sustene i punti purtanti, è u cumpensatu riduce u pesu tutale. U scaffale ùn hà micca pannellu di daretu, cusì pò esse piazzatu contru à un muru o à u centru di una stanza.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Flowerblock Scaffale 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 Flowerblock Scaffale 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. Flowerblock Scaffale hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This shelf deliberately leaves space between boxes, creating an overall cool and light impression. Light and air pass through the gaps, reducing visual pressure and creating a pleasant sense of openness in the space. Its open, airy presence, reminiscent of Okinawa's climate, evokes a refreshing feel even in hot seasons, bringing a gentle rhythm to the room it occupies. It is a design that considers not only functionality but also visual coolness.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2000mm x 400mm x 1020mm
Tags: Shelf, Design, Furniture, Furniture design,
Production Technology: Stainless steel rods connect the boxes, ensuring durability and stability. The surfaces where these rods are inserted utilize solid white ash wood for its superior strength, providing robust support to load-bearing areas. Meanwhile, plywood is used for other sections to achieve overall weight reduction.
Design Challenge: To make the structure viable, we went through numerous trials and errors. Ensuring sufficient strength and stability proved particularly challenging. However, increasing strength inevitably added weight, so we also struggled to balance robustness with lightness.
Research: We conducted a durability test to verify how much weight the two stainless steel rods can withstand.
Inspiration: This shelf was designed inspired by Flower Blocks widely used in the architecture of my hometown, Okinawa. Flower Blocks are concrete blocks featuring geometric openwork patterns. They possess the characteristic of blocking strong sunlight while allowing pleasant breezes to pass through, combining practicality and decorative appeal. I focused on this functional beauty and incorporated a structure conscious of pathways for light and wind into the shelf's design.
Project Duration: The project commenced in Okinawa in April 2025.
Operation Flow: This shelving unit is intentionally designed without a back panel, allowing it to serve not only as storage furniture but also as a partition that gently divides a room. By not completely blocking sightlines or light, it maintains an open feel while enabling zoning according to purpose. Another key feature is its flexibility in placement it can be installed not only against walls but also in the center of a room or near windows. It adapts flexibly to changes in lifestyle and spatial usage.