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Yilmaz Dogan Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Focal Table in Furniture Design
Yilmaz Dogan acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Focal Table by Yilmaz Dogan, designed for QZENS Furniture. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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 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.
Regarding Focal Table
Focal is a dining table that balances refined aesthetics with structural innovation. Inspired by Baroque and Rococo architecture, it merges ornate detailing with modern minimalism. Its delicate yet durable stance is achieved through a concealed steel frame, while outward extending legs maximize seating space without compromising stability. Crafted from natural wood with precision cut surfaces and brass accents, Focal embodies timeless sophistication. Integrating structural support within its minimal form was a key design challenge, resolved through meticulous craftsmanship.
About Yilmaz Dogan
Yılmaz Doğan is a designer who has been interested in interior architecture and product design since childhood and started to develop his skills in this field at a young age. His design journey began as an apprentice in his family's carpenter's workshop in Siteler, Ankara, where he quickly realized the importance of structure in both space and furniture design. His passion for pushing structural boundaries led him to study civil engineering at university. With his unique style that blends engineering and design disciplines, he has won many prestigious national and international design awards, including the iF, Red Dot and the A' Design Award.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yilmaz Dogan is a winner of 7 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2024 - 2025 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. 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/168207
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/168207
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!168207
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/231445
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.qzens.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Focal Table
- Function
- Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gray, Dark Gray, Gainsboro, Dim Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- QZENS Furniture
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yilmaz Dogan
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #168207
Credits
- Image Credits
- A. Murat ARIK Erinç ULUSOY Giray AYDOS
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Focal is a dining table that stands out with the positioning of remarkable delicate legs that maximize the seating area. Beneath its minimal and serene appearance lies precise craftsmanship. Thanks to its concealed steel frame structure, it maintains a delicate stance while ensuring durability. Brass-detailed leg ends and meticulously assembled surface panels enhance Focal’s sophisticated aesthetic.
- Inspiration
- Focal is inspired by the refined details of Baroque and Rococo architecture. The gilded columns, curved forms, and intricate surface craftsmanship of the most opulent palaces in history have shaped Focal’s design DNA. This era, where art, aesthetics, and functionality harmoniously merged, creates a delicate balance in every detail of the table. The fusion of traditional grandeur with modern minimalism makes it timeless.
- Research
- Focal’s design process began with in-depth research into the decorative details of the Baroque and Rococo periods. Studies on how traditional forms could be integrated with modern functionality led to the creation of a balance where grandeur transforms into minimalism.
- Challenge
- The biggest design challenge for Focal was creating a structure that appears light and refined yet ensures high durability. Concealing the steel frame and processing the brass details in a way that balances aesthetics and functionality were the most critical stages of this process.
- Realization and Technology
- Focal consists of a wooden tabletop reinforced with a special steel frame. Carefully selected natural wood is used for the surface, while brass details are intricately integrated. Precision-cut surfaces obtained through CNC technology and handcrafted leg joints enhance the timeless elegance of the design.
- Operation and Interaction
- Focal maximizes seating space with its outward-extending leg positioning while maintaining stability. The brass-adorned leg ends create a striking sense of balance. Its refined surface finish, combined with delicate lines, offers both a visual and tactile experience, enhancing the table’s overall elegance.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began with the initial sketches during a trip to Paris in 2023. The production was completed in the same year, in Ankara. Focal was developed with the aim of combining the elegance of classical art with modern design lines.
- Specifications
- Width: 223 cm, Depth: 98 cm, Height: 74 cm. The steel frame structure provides a lightweight yet durable build. The elegantly tapered legs adorned with brass details create a minimal yet striking presence in the space.
- Keywords
- Focal, Table, Baroque, Rococo, Luxury, Timeless, Aesthetic, Wood, Brass, Handcraft
