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Meta Cell Pool Table by Abbas Sufi Nejad Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Abbas Sufi Nejad acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Meta Cell Pool Table by Abbas Sufi Nejad, designed for Villasufia, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Meta Cell Pool Table
Meta Cell is a pool table designed to suit many different interiors. The form is inspired by imagined alien creatures that change shape to remain unseen, and the soft silhouettes help the table fit into varied environments. The futuristic legs support both the appearance and the function of the pool table. Meta Cell is made of fiber-reinforced plastic for higher stability, and the top surface has a glazed finish that is easy to clean. The design invites users to observe and think about the surrounding world.
About Abbas Sufi Nejad
Abbas Sufinejad was born in 1977 in Tehran. Having graduated from the National Talent Development Organization (SAMPAD), he entered the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Tehran Azad University in 1996, and then in 2001, continued his studies in the Faculty of Art and Architecture of the Azad University of Tehran, majoring in architecture. He holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Art Philosophy from Malaysia. His academic career started in 2006 when he established the Department of Interior Design and Architecture at a private College. He has been an architecture-and-interior-design expert presenter in various television and radio programs.
Award Record
This recognition makes Abbas Sufi Nejad a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/140959
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140959
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140959
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/237569
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Meta Cell Pool Table
- Function
- Pool Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Linen and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Villasufia
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Abbas Sufi Nejad
- Country
- Iran
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140959
Credits
- Team
- Hassan Pourmahabadian
- Image Credits
- Photographer, Janblak studio, Image, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The piece can live in any different environment due to its design and soft silhouettes. It has been made with fiber-reinforced plastic with raw material to give it higher stability and, the top surface has a glazed finish to make it easy to clean and preserve its genuine beauty forever.
- Inspiration
- The Meta Cell is a pool table inspired by the aliens and exploring the mysterious and curious signs of them that have been left on our planet. The concept is about a story in that aliens change their shapes into weird forms to hide from being seen by humans. This project is designed to encourage the sense of thinking and reasoning and not simply disregard the events and the world around.
- Research
- I have always tried to design something unique and meaningful. Obviously, there are many ideas behind each design, which is no different. Many sketches have been done to simplify the complicated forms besides protecting its futuristic style and making an emotional connection between the project and the users by design. Furthermore, research has been done to explore the different signs of the creatures from the space on our planet and how to transfer the signs to the shape of furniture.
- Challenge
- The main challenge was to meet the market demand for a piece of futuristic furniture in various forms of protective symbols, transforming the alien's shapes into the pieces with stimulating curiosity, joining performance and aesthetics beside emotional connection between the object, aliens, and the users.
- Realization and Technology
- model Manufacturing process: CNC milling & 3D printing. Material: FRP Fiber-reinforced plastic Color cout: PU polyurethane
- Operation and Interaction
- The futuristic form of the legs has been designed not only for aesthetics and reaching the function ideally but also to complete its concept. Also, It makes an emotional connection between the users and the creatures of other planets by its design.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Project has been designed in Tehran in 2022.
- Specifications
- 157(W)*281.5(L)*85(H) cm Stone plate weight: 300kg total weight:480 kg Loadable weight: 1100 kg
- Keywords
- Meta Cell Pool Table, Futuristic, Modern, Fiber Carbon, Table, Furniture, Aliens, Space, Planets
