Press Release
Osker Armchair by Gunther Pelgrims Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Gunther Pelgrims acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Osker Armchair by Gunther Pelgrims has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Osker Armchair
Osker immediately invites you to sit back and relax. This armchair has a very pronounced and curved design providing distinctive characteristics such as perfectly crafted timber joineries, leather armrests and cushioning. The many details and the use of high quality materials: leather and solid wood guarantee a contemporary and timeless design.
About Gunther Pelgrims
Gunther Pelgrims (1980) is a Belgian designer passioned about working with wood. His passion for wood started very early resulting in his daily profession as interior woodworker. His extended experience in fabricating high-end, made to measure interiors has given him all skills and know-how to express his creativity into his own designs. All of his creations exudes “true” craftmanship and are born from the desire to make unique and functional objects with a modern twist. By using pure and naturel materials Pelgrims’ designs are timeless and universal.
Award Record
Gunther Pelgrims is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/100118
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100118
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100118
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/258954
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.instagram.com/gunther_pelgrims/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Osker Armchair
- Function
- Armchair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown, Sienna, Dark Olive Green and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Gunther Pelgrims
- Country
- Belgium
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #100118
Credits
- Image Credits
- mage #1 photographer/Kris Thijs image #2 photographer/Kris Thijs image #3 photographer/Kris Thijs image #4 photographer/Kris Thijs image #5 photographer/Kris Thijs
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Osker immediately invites you to sit back and relax. This armchair has a very pronounced and curved design providing distinctive characteristics such as perfectly crafted timber joineries, leather armrests and cushioning. The many details and the use of high quality materials: leather and solid wood guarantee a contemporary and timeless design.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for Osker originated from a preference for Scandinavian seating furniture. For this armchair I started with the idea of designing a low armchair that was fully upholstered. However after repeatedly presenting the design in my head and on the drawing board, I realized that this chair deserved to be undressed. As a result Osker was created using vissible structures in combination with separate leather seat cushions.
- Challenge
- The most difficult part of the design was to convert the design into the actual product. At an early stage it soon became clear that from the start of the prototyping process changes had to be made to the design, in terms of strength and stability.
- Realization and Technology
- For this design it was important to make a good 3d drawing of the model. The 3d model was needed at a later stage of the production process to be able to give all elements such as legs and backrest the correct shapes and to make them with a cnc machine. The major challenges in the design was making the connections in the round parts.
- Operation and Interaction
- Osker is a low armchair that is designed as a seat. You can use the chair like any other chair.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2019 and finished by the end of january 2020 in Antwerp.
- Specifications
- w=750mm L=850mm H=800mm
- Keywords
- armchair, wood, seating, leather, osker, contemporary, timeless, guntherpelgrims,
