Kotiso Bòrd-dìnneir by Ascanio Zocchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

UmhaÀirneis· 2025

Kotiso Bòrd-dìnneir

by Ascanio Zocchi

Client: Vetreria Malagoli

Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About Kotiso Bòrd-dìnneir

Tha an nì seo a' riochdachadh an dà bhaile-mhòr phrìomh den bhliadhna eadar-nàiseanta na glainne. Milan agus Venice. Tha Milan air a riochdachadh le geoimeatraidh agus trìd-shoilleireachd a' mhullaich agus a' bhunait, a loidhne-speur a chunnaic an cruth-atharrachadh seo anns na bliadhnaichean mu dheireadh le glainne mar phrìomh-chuspair anns na togalaichean de dhiofar chumaidhean a tha air an tilgeil suas don adhar, leithid ann am Piazza Gae Aulenti agus City Life.

The Recognition

About the Duais Umha A' Design Award

Tha Kotiso Bòrd-dìnneir air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Kotiso Bòrd-dìnneir na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh Kotiso Bòrd-dìnneir a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This object represents the two protagonist cities of the international year of glass. Milan and Venice
Milan represented with the geometry and transparency of the top and base, its skyline which in recent years has seen this transformation with glass as the protagonist in the buildings of various shapes thrown towards the sky such as in Piazza Gae Aulenti and City Life.
the object was included in the precious ADI DESIGN INDEX 2023 and used as a symbol for the International Year of Glass 2022 in Milan and Venice
Dimensions & Packaging: dimensions 100 L 180 P cm with a height of 75 cm slabs thickness of 8 mm
Tags: table, dinning, glass, Venezia, Milano, MIlano Glass Week, Italian Glass Week,
Production Technology: The glass blocks are subjected to a heating treatment, and are immersed in water, causing them to shatter into small pieces.
With the recovered pieces, small agglomerates of glass are created which are placed in a melting furnace.
The table top and the base are produced in extra-clear Float glass 8 mm thick thermally tempered and subsequently worked on the edges with a polished edge grinding.
Design Challenge: the challenge was to combine two similar materials, colored glass and float glass, achieving a union that generates an effect of color and transparency, inspired by the colors of the Venice lagoon and the landscape of Milan at dawn
Research: the research carried out for this project was to represent with glass a symbolic object for the Italian capitals of design in the international year of glass. create a bridge that combines design, art and technology in a single object. combine artistic glass with Float technical glass with new technologies.
Inspiration: Milan with transparency and geometry Venice with plays of color that here become drops of the lagoon fused on the tempered glass float plate, every shape, gesture and color has its own meaning.
The transparency of flat glass and the transparency of colored glass with colors inspired by the play of light at dawn on the sea of the Venice lagoon.
Project Duration: the project started in Milan in April 2022, carried out in Modena at the headquarters and finished in August 2022 at the company headquarters
Operation Flow: it is a table and can be used as a dining table or a desk
Patents: ADI DESIGN INDEX 2023
Image Credits: image 1 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 2 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 3 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 4 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 5 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022