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Abrete y Cierrate Cabinet by Federico Varone Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Federico Varone for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Abrete y Cierrate Cabinet by Federico Varone, designed for Federico Varone Studio. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
About Abrete y Cierrate Cabinet
Abrete y Cierrate is a storage cabinet with sliding doors. The doors are formed by a weave of recycled leather strips joined with metal rivets. The structure is made of Lenga wood from Argentine Patagonia, cut with numerical control machinery and finished with a water-based polyurethane lacquer. Custom magnetic fasteners are set into the wood, so each door closes softly along two metal rails. The weave changes with the viewing angle and with the movement of the doors, creating shifting light and shadow. The cabinet measures 1200 by 600 by 800 millimeters.
About Federico Varone
Federico Varone says he is on the border between the designer and the artist. He crosses the border between abstraction and technique. He works between what is free and unprejudiced, between what is rigid and technical. The objects he creates have a soul, a second purpose that is discovered when they are used, they have a second reading as a hidden treasure for whoever wants to find it. For him, this double meaning is something essential that he tries to put into each of his designs. He is a restless and curious person, always discovering new themes for new design proposals.
Award Record
With this recognition, Federico Varone is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
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/140561
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140561
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140561
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/330865
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.federicovarone.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Abrete y Cierrate Cabinet
- Function
- Cabinet
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Sienna, Black, Peru and Peach Puff
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Federico Varone Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Federico Varone
- Country
- Argentina
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140561
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Its name is linked to the limits between the interior and exterior. To the relationship between the transformation of the weft when opening and closing and the change generated with the contrasts of light and shadow that occurs as the day goes by. We developed custom magnetic sockets inserted into the wood. They produce a subtle closing sensation when the panel is slid over the rails and brought closer to the structure. To produce it, we used noble and ecological materials such as recycled leather and Lenga wood, thus achieving a fusion between the conceptual and the traditional aspects.
- Inspiration
- Inspired in garlands, decorations and symbols of affection, celebration and commemoration, in how they contract and expand, changing shape through movement. The weft changes, interacting with the user and the environment depending on the point of view and through the movement of the panels. Textures emerge with moving lights and shadows, merging the interior and exterior, what is visible and what is not.
- Research
- It is the result of exploring how an object that is theoretically static, but always in motion depending on how you look at it, is seen and perceived. We experimented with different materials to achieve the necessary expansion and compression. The structure is defined by the wood, as a traditional container, framing the doors that represent this experimental game between what is seen and what is not seen, between light and shadow. We experimented with the limits of light and shadow and how the point of view changes the perception of what we see.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge was the production of the panels and textures to obtain an ethereal weave that interacts with the user and the environment. Finding the right material in terms of thickness and internal composition was a challenging search. Recycled leather was chosen for the noble nature of the material and also for the elasticity generated when recycling it and mixing it with other additives to achieve this new laminate composite. The doors are assembled by hand, joining the strips one by one with rivets and turned bronze pieces.
- Realization and Technology
- Production is made by fusing traditional techniques with numerical control machinery. The doors are made of a weft generated from strips of recycled leather joined together with rivets and other hardware. The structure is made of Lenga wood and CNC cut. It consists of a lid, base, and middle shelf. All these parts are supported by 4 columns that contain the magnetic fasteners as well as the wooden hardware attached to the frame. Two metal rods allow for smooth sliding. The legs are made of metal rod.
- Operation and Interaction
- The product has a unique characteristic related to the way it is used and whether or not it shows what is inside. Depending on the viewing angle, the texture changes, and also with the movement of the doors, it interacts with the user and the environment, even when at rest. The use of the product is simple, the doors that are suspended on rails slide through them, the locks and closures are magnetic.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project begin en Buenos Aires en el 2015 and was finished in Buenos Aires in 2016. Was exhibited for the first time in Wanted Design/Launch Pad 2016, in the Salone Satellite in April 2017, was part of the Argentine Design Hallmark 7th edition in Buenos Aires 2018, D&D + Dara exhibition in Buenos Aires 2017 and in MADE (Mercado Arte Design) in August 2019.
- Specifications
- Dimensions: L1200 x W600 x H 800 mm. The wood chosen is Lenga, a native type from the Argentine Patagonia. Surface finish: The wood is finished with water-based polyurethane lacquer. The recycled leather is laser cut and the edge of each strip is painted. The leather strips that make up the doors are joined with metal rivets. The legs and rails are made of powder-coated metal rods.
- Keywords
- Craftmanship, handmade, Wood, Cabinet Design, Wood Design, Furniture, Furniture Design
