Press Release
Barbara Princic Receives the Silver A' Design Award for 5x5 Chair in Furniture Design
Barbara Princic recognized for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2013 - 2014 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 26, 2014 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that 5x5 Chair by Barbara Princic, designed for Sijaj Hrastnik, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2013 - 2014 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 scored 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.
Regarding 5x5 Chair
The 5x5 chair is a typical design project where the limitation is recognised as a challenge. The chair's seat and the back are made of xilith which is very difficult to be shaped. Xilith is the raw material that can be found 300 meters under the ground's surface and is comined with a coal. Currently the majority of the raw material is thrown away. From environmental point of view this material generates waste on the earth's surface. Therefore the idea about the chair design seemed to be very provocative and challenging.
About Barbara Princic
Between lines the personal philosophy tells much about the designer and her life orientation. The text below therefore explains her attitude toward design for all, the design for environment and the inovative design. By focusing on the end user to make his daily life and work easier, design is put in a social context. Good design of any product is to be essential for each end-user without any social, age, gender or cultural discrimination. Design for all. Objectives, standards and strategies for environmentally friendly design are recognized as a challenge for the design process which considers the entire life cycle of the product from the cradle to the cradle. Design for environment.
Award Record
Barbara Princic is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/31513
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/31513
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!31513
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/132099
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.cogitodesign.net
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- 5x5 Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Gray and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Sijaj Hrastnik
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Barbara Princic
- Country
- Slovenia
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2013 - 2014
- Design ID
- #31513
Credits
- Team
- Barbara Princic, designer and Mr. Miran Drac, technologist
- Image Credits
- Images No.1-5, photographer Miha Benedicic, 5x5 chair, 2009.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The 5x5 chair is a typical design project where the limitation is recognized as a challenge. The chair's seat and the back are made of xilith which is very difficult to be shaped. Xilith is the raw material that can be found 300 meters under the ground surface and is comined with a coal. But it is nither the coal nor the wood. Currently the majority of the raw material is thrown away. From environmental point of view this material generates waste on the earth surface. Therefore the idea about chair design seemed to be very provocative and challenging.
- Inspiration
- As explained in the project explanation; material's unique visual properties, physical characteristics and manufacturing limitations were challenging. Xilith is the raw material that is very hard and fragile. Therefore the tile's dimension 5x5 cm is the maximum still acceptable dimension for manufacturing since the material itself is very difficult to be manufactured and shaped.
- Research
- It was all about experimental work with this unique material. The scientific methods of surface treatment were examined years before within Biotechnological Faculty, University of Ljubljana. If the surface is treated properly, the outcome look is similar to ebony.
- Challenge
- Material's unique visual properties, physical characteristics and manufacturing limitations were challenging. The design challenge was simply how to make a chair from little tiles? how to connect them? How to make the underneath seat's metal sheet stiff but yet almost invisible, thin.
- Realization and Technology
- Chair's structure: - metal tub legs, surface nickel treated - seat and back support made of laser cutted metal sheet, surface nickel treated - Xilith tiles, cut, surface treated with linseed oil; tiles glued on metal sheet surface
- Operation and Interaction
- It enables very comfortable and ergonomic sitting.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2008 and finished in October 2008 in Slovenia. It was exhibited at several exhibitions like - Month of Design, October 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Reader-friendly Design, January 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia - The Design Assembly, May 2010, Graz, Austria - IDEA Award Winners and Finalists exhibition, August 2010, Henry Ford Museum, Michigan USA - Charm of wood, spring 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Ambient, furniture fair, October 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Specifications
- Width 470 mm x Depth 540 mm x Hight 840 mm
- Keywords
- xilith, tiles, metal, elegant, thin, material innovation, experiment
