Rims and Spokes Couchtisch by Rashad Habib

Rims and Spokes Couchtisch by Rashad Habib is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Bronze in Bildende Kunst Competition Category.

BronzeBildende Kunst· 2022

Rims and Spokes Couchtisch

by Rashad Habib

Client: Habib Rashad

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Bildende Kunst Category

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The Design

About Rims and Spokes Couchtisch

„Rims and Spokes“, wie der Name schon sagt, ist ein Coffee-Cum-Vitrine-Tisch aus Felgen und Speichen eines Fahrrads, der mit einer abgeschrägten Glasscheibe versehen ist, und ist ein hervorragender Blickfang. Das Design ist innovativ und dennoch schlicht, elegant und dennoch funktional. Aufgrund seiner chrom-transparenten Farbgebung passt es zu allen Arten von Inneneinrichtungen. Die Höhe des Tisches ist bewusst so gestaltet, dass er zu einer entspannten Sitzordnung auf dem Boden passt. Insgesamt ist der Einfallsreichtum und die Kreativität des Produkts einzigartig und kann für fast jeden Kunden das perfekte Herzstück für jeden Raum sein.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Rims and Spokes Couchtisch ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Rims and Spokes Couchtisch wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Rims and Spokes Couchtisch befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The innovative idea of combining same kind of bicycle wheels helps to provide good strength and balance to the structure. The rims & spokes coffee table doesn’t attract rust due to the use of brass caps on each spoke of the wheel, which adds to the strength of the structure. The bicycle wheels are fixed as a singular structure with detachable glass provision making it easy to clean and maintain.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1340 mm x 700 mm x 460 mm
Tags: Coffee Table, Glass, Table, Table Design, Bicycle, Wheel, Design, Furniture, Furniture Design
Production Technology: Basic coffee tables, nowadays, are made with plywood, particle board and general fixtures used, are basic wooden joinery like box joint, basic butt joint and nuts & bolts. The rims & spokes coffee table is made using welding technique called ‘Arc welding’. The top two circular wheels are welded at the Centre and two half rims and two quarter rims are welded at two centers of the top wheels. For the stabilization and balancing of glass at the top is added “L” shaped steel pieces welded at 4 corners of each wheel with a hole on the top to attach Plastic Suction Cup to hold the glass on the top.
Design Challenge: The most challenging part was the circular glass fixture on the top of the table. As the spokes of the wheels were not easy to balance the glass. It was then decided to use “L” shaped steel pieces which helped to elevate the glass at a level that balances it and gives stability being attached to the table.
Research: During November 2021, I started my research on materials for designing a piece of furniture that is sustainable. Through research different types of materials used in bicycle wheels was finalized. Then the steel wheels with brass caps on the spokes were chosen to help the structure from not rusting and also providing good strength to the structure.
Inspiration: The ideology of designing a coffee table from bicycle wheels is to make a creative design with focus on aesthetics, function and structure. The design is a classy coffee table with ample space to store things on it, easy to maintain and visually appealing.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 and was finished by January 2022 in Hyderabad, India.
Operation Flow: The most important aspect while designing the ‘rims & spokes coffee table’ is to make it user-friendly and maintenance-free. The coffee table with its ample space design can be accessed from any direction due to its circular pattern and helps to keep things comfortably spread across it.
Team Members: Habib Rashad
Image Credits: Habib Rashad