Aero Bookcase Librero by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

HierroMobiliario· 2017

Aero Bookcase Librero

by Gerardo Ríos

Client: Gerardo Ríos

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Aero Bookcase Librero

La librería Aero es un librero independiente inspirado en los aviones de la década de 1920. Las patas y la estructura principal siguen líneas curvas que evocan los inicios de la aviación y el estilo orgánico de aquella época. El armazón está elaborado en madera maciza de tzalam, y los entrepaños combinan roble natural laminado con vidrio laminado de color. Los entrepaños de madera, curvados de forma invertida, mantienen los libros próximos entre sí. Los entrepaños de vidrio sostienen libros u objetos decorativos, y el vidrio entintado refleja luz de colores en la habitación. Las superficies están acabadas con seis capas de poliuretano.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Aero Bookcase Librero ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Aero Bookcase Librero sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Aero Bookcase Librero es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The shape of the legs and the main structure try to emulate the airplanes by helix of those early years and suggest in an exquisite style the organic ART NOVEAU of that period with three shelves of laminated colored glass that gives a touch of distinction and uniqueness to the whole piece, giving different tones of light on the reflected areas.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width: 945mm
Depth: 415mm
Height: 1600mm
Tags: G. Rios, High design,Aero , Art, Nouveau, Muebles, Librero, Moderno, Colorfull, Unique, Stylish, Wood, Design, Aero
Production Technology: Built with sharp cuts with high technology machinery in solid Tzalam wood on the legs, and shelves laminated with natural oak wood (fusionated with heat) and colored laminated glass in different colors to choose. Stained with six layers of polyurethane and laminated glass with various optional colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this furniture was designing the most appropriate joint between legs, both for industrial production, as the esthetic of the piece: The main challenge was to give a continuous form to the elliptical shelves in a gradual but artistic interpretation using different layers.
Research: An investigation was realized about the structure and form of the airplanes from 1920 to 1930, from which came the original shapes of the design.
The creative research challenge was the toughest part of this design activity.
Inspiration: The lines of the aero bookcase, arise from the need to communicate the adventurer spirit to innovate at the beginning of the last century, represented by the wooden planes with special textiles and fabrics that flew through the sky during those years. It is not only a unique stylish accent furniture, but also a piece that inspires and invites to dare and achieve.
Project Duration: The design process begun in September 2016 at the factory of G.RIOS at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, it was finished on December 2016.
Operation Flow: The form of the inverted curved shelves make the books stay tight to one another, in the case of the wooden shelves. The crystal shelves can be used either for books or decorative ornaments and thus, take advantage of the reflected light through the tinted glass, that can be customized in different colors, giving a unique personality to the room itself.
Team Members: Workshop & design team: G. Ríos Furniture Factory