Press Release
Tonk Mint Concrete Wall Tiles by Serhan Ertan Is Granted the A' Design Award in Building Materials and Construction Components Design
Serhan Ertan honored for building materials and construction components design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Tonk Mint Concrete Wall Tiles by Serhan Ertan, designed for Tonk Project, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Building Materials and Construction Components Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within 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.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Tonk Mint Concrete Wall Tiles
Concrete is a very traditional material, which has not changed much since its invention in the mid-1800s. With Tonk, concrete has a creative and contemporary interpretation. Each Tonk design has a modular structure that can be personalized by playing around with the angles. This property provides people with the opportunity to design their own walls according to their own taste, preference, and imagination. Tonk Mint's design was inspired by the mint leaves in nature. This model can also be used with variations to get different motives, which is a differentiating feature of all Tonk designs.
Award Record
With this recognition, Serhan Ertan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Building Materials and Construction Components Design Award
The A' Building Components Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good building components by best brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to building material manufacturers, building material brands, construction product designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include bricks, beams, windows, doors, insulation materials and roofing materials. The awarded building components designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/building-components
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/101376
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/101376
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!101376
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/260396
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.tonkproject.com/nature-inspired-tiles
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
###
Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Tonk Mint Concrete Wall Tiles
- Function
- Concrete Wall Tiles
- Category
- Building Materials and Construction Components Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, White Smoke and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tonk Project
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Serhan Ertan
- Country
- Canada
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #101376
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- We add new features and configurations to 170 years old concrete. We end up with a contemporary, creative, sincere product. Thanks to the strong 3D design, one mint model give us an opportunity to create more than ten different motives on the wall
- Inspiration
- Nature is at the heart of design, as it is at the heart of everything. Tonk has adopted the basic principle of using forms in nature by abstracting them in accordance with its own design philosophy, rather than simply imitating nature. This year the new series focuses on this understanding and reflects directly to the wall tile models. A form study was performed inspired by mint leaves in the "Mint" model.
- Research
- Architectural design has been changing from traditional to contemporary, from complicated to lean. The new-old materials become in demand. Architects and interior designers are looking for new features and configurations of old-timers, such as concrete, glass, steel and wood. Mint is a reflection of this trend. Additionally, its design is inspired by nature. We have analyzed patterns in nature, chosen the motives of mint and stylized them to finalize our design.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge in Mint's design was to stylize the nature-inspired mint motive to match the distinguishing factor of all Tonk designs: to stylize the motive to enable the designer to create different motives when used with different angles and patterns.
- Realization and Technology
- We use GRFC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) for our products. We use steel moulding techniques to bring our models to perfection.
- Operation and Interaction
- Mint is a very playful product, which enables designers to show their creativity and in this way which gives them high satisfaction in the design process. The designers can get different motives by playing around with the angles and the positions of the product. Moreover, Mint is very easy to install; it is just glued to the wall with ceramic adhesives.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2019 and finalized in January 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Specifications
- h: 10.5 cm w: 24.2 cm thk: 1.8 cm
- Keywords
- GFRC, concrete, wall tile, nature-inspired, 3D
