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Collection Faceted Furniture by Viktor Palnychenko Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design

Viktor Palnychenko acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 13, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Collection Faceted Furniture by Viktor Palnychenko, designed for Palnychenko-Design.at, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

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.

About Collection Faceted Furniture

The story of Faceted began a year ago in Tirol, the heart of Austrian Alps. Unique landscape, fresh air, divine forests, authentic architecture and woodcraft based on traditions became the powerful source of inspiration for Palnychenko-design studio. Faceted is designed to explicit the unique experience of Tirol, where nature and people coexist and complement each other, using natural resources, cherishing traditions and taking care of the environment. Palnychenko-design studio takes a look at the traditional local wood from a modern angel in order to bring it out in a fresh design.

About Viktor Palnychenko

The story began a year ago in Tirol, the heart of Austrian Alps. Unique landscapes, devine nature, authentic architecture and woodcraft based on traditions became a powerful impact to bring traditional materials in fresh design. The studio came up with the ambition to combine traditional approach, optimised processing, local materials and contemporary design in elegant furniture products. Spruce has a long history and culture of woodcraft in Tirol. Unique features of local wood - spruce - allow creating volumetric details with relatively low weight to achieve the required stability and durability.

Award Record

With this recognition, Viktor Palnychenko 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Collection Faceted Furniture
Function
Furniture
Category
Furniture Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Furniture & Home
Colors
Linen, Tan, Light Gray, Gainsboro and Rosy Brown
Images
5
Client
Palnychenko-Design.at

The Recognition

Laureate
Viktor Palnychenko
Country
Austria
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2023 - 2024
Design ID
#158724

Credits

Image Credits
Photographer Peter Mayr, Drehwerk OG, 2024

Design Details

Unique Properties
Faceted are made of identical spruce cants what makes this collection unique. Solid wooden details provide the necessary stability on the one hand, and please eye, urging you to touch and feel them, on the other hand. The facets elegantly expose the exceptional texture of the wood.
Inspiration
Collection Faceted is designed to explicit the unique experience of Tirol, where nature and people coexist and complement each other, using natural resources, developing traditions and taking care of the environment. We decided to look at the traditional local wood from a modern angel in order to bring it out in a fresh design.
Research
Palnychenko-design studio is based in Tirol, Austria. The town of Innsbruck is located inthe heart of Austrian Alps. Originally this mountainous region with dense forests is famous for woodcraft. Brand came about with an ambition to combine traditional approach, optimised production, local natural materials and contemporary design in elegant furniture products.
Challenge
Spruce has long history and culture of woodcraft in Tirol. It represents history and beauty of harmonic lifestyle with nature. Unique features of spruce wood allow creating volumetric details with relatively low weight to achieve the required stability and durability. The process integrates traditional methods, eco-friendly technologies, skills and experience of local masters to bring out spruce wood in modern design.
Realization and Technology
All the products are made from identical 44mmx44mm cants. The production can be realised in small woodcraft workshops, does not involve complicated manufacturing operations and is therefore low-energy consuming.
Operation and Interaction
Faceted chair collection is born in the region where people and nature beneficially coexist and interact. The Faceted are made from traditional Tirolean spruce wood, which is the most popular and at the same time quickly renewed material.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in October 2023 in Innsbruck, Austria, and finished in February 2024. The Faceted has not been exhibited yet.
Specifications
1. Chair 440mm x 400mm x SH450mm x 800mm 2. Bar chair 440mm x 400mm x SH650mm x 950mm 3. Bench 900mm x 350mm x SH450mm 4.Stool 350mm x 350mm x SH450mm 5. Bar stool 350mm x 350mm x SH650mm
Keywords
Furniture, design studio, chair collection, natural wood massive

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