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Nikao Odkládací stolek by Pablo Vidiella

Nikao Odkládací stolek by Pablo Vidiella is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Stříbrná cena A' Design Award in Design nábytku Competition Category.


StříbroNábytek· 2023

Nikao Odkládací stolek

by Pablo Vidiella

Client: HenkaLab

Stříbrná cena A' Design Award Winner in Nábytek Category

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The Design

About Nikao Odkládací stolek

Odkládací stolek Nikao je elegantní kus nábytku založený na evolučním konceptu kruhových a válcových geometrií. Ty jsou transformovány s cílem přizpůsobit se určitému prostředí a určité funkci. Tímto způsobem jsou vyřešeny jak užitnost, tak struktura při zachování původní geometrické podstaty díla, přičemž se stává organičtějším a komplexnějším objektem. Odkládací stolek Nikao interaguje s pozorovatelem přirozeným způsobem. Jeho magnetický tvar spolu s teplem materiálu láká uživatele přiblížit se, dotknout se ho a sednout si vedle něj.

The Recognition

About the Stříbrná cena A' Design Award

Nikao Odkládací stolek je vítězem Stříbrné ceny A' Design Award, mimořádně prestižního uznání udělovaného designům nejvyšší kvality, nádherným a působivým. Stříbrní vítězové jsou nesmírně brilantní a mimořádně kreativní díla, která dokládají vynikající odbornost, talent a bystrost svých designérů. Očekává se, že Nikao Odkládací stolek bude nádherným, reprezentativním dílem, pozoruhodně profesionálním a hluboce inovativním. Tento design, který získal Stříbrnou cenu A' Design Award, je vysoce pozoruhodný, obdivovaný vynález, který prospívá a posouvá hranice umění, vědy, designu a technologií. Nikao Odkládací stolek je výtvor, kterému mnozí závidí, který vyvolává touhy, přináší pozitivní pocity a vzněcuje úžas a údiv.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Nikao Side Table is an elegant, daring and cutting edge piece of furniture based on an evolutionary concept or circular and cylindrical geometries, which are transformed in order to adapt to a certain environment and function. By doing so, both structure and utility are solved maintaining the original essence of the piece, and becoming a more complex and organic object.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 540mm x Depth 540mm x Height 540mm
Tags
Side table, solid wood, organic design, wooden furniture, modern, luxury, unique, minimal design
Production Technology
The construction and manufacturing process equally combines technology and craftsmanship. High quality Iroko solid wood planks are machined three-dimensionally using a 5 axis CNC milling router, following a 3D drawing. Once the pieces are machined, these are glued and assembled one another by wood artisans obtaining the final shape and giving life to the object.
Design Challenge
I found specially challenging to achieve an organic, beautiful and eye-catching piece of furniture through its complex manufacturing process. It needs to be magnetic to the viewer. Technically, the great challenge was to model and CNC cut the wooden pieces with such a complex geometry.
Research
When facing Nikao side table, I had nature and living forms as a reference and inspiration. The creative process consists of trying to emulate this evolutionary natural process through natural materials and give a function to it, in this case a side table. This experimental phase is developed through direct transformation exercises using everyday simple material such as plasticine or paper, and tools such as drawing and 3D software. Once the model is created, a prototype is manufactured and tested using CNC technology and wood craftsmanship.
Inspiration
When facing Nikao side table, I had nature and living forms as a reference and inspiration. Every curve and surface present in nature has a biological explanation related to a certain function over time, and these evolutionary transformations are my source of inspiration to create Nikao. The creative process consists of trying to emulate this natural process through natural materials and give a function to it, in this case a side table.
Project Duration
The project started in February 2023 and finished in March 2023 in Madrid.
Operation Flow
Nikao side table interacts with the observer in a natural way. The human eye is more used to curved lines and surfaces, they have always been present in nature, they surround us. That instinct lingers in our animal subconscious, and the soft, natural forms give us pleasure and tranquility. Its attractive shape, together with the warmth of the material, makes the user to come closer, touch it, sit next to it.
Image Credits
Image #1: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #2: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #3: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #4: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023.

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