The Collector Seilear Fìona by Zsolt Szalai

The Collector Seilear Fìona by Zsolt Szalai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

AirgeadÀirneis· 2023

The Collector Seilear Fìona

by Zsolt Szalai

Client: BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About The Collector Seilear Fìona

Seilear fìona a tharraingeas a h-uile sùil. Tha e air a dhèanamh le làimh agus air a phlanadh airson fìor leannan fìon. Tha an cothlamadh de na frèamaichean stàilinn loisgte le glainne inslithe pàirt-dath ga dhèanamh a ’coimhead seasmhach ach aig an aon àm èadhar. Le smachd teothachd sònraichte, tha an seòmar coiseachd a-steach seo a’ toirt seachad àite gu leòr airson fuarachadh, stòradh agus cruinneachadh fìon. Air an taobh eile, tha doras pivot, cuideachd air a dhèanamh le làimh de stàilinn loisgte. Ann am fosadh an dorais, lorgar a’ ghlainne dhathte a-rithist.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha The Collector Seilear Fìona air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi The Collector Seilear Fìona na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha The Collector Seilear Fìona na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A wine cellar that draws all eyes. It is handmade and planned for a real wine lover.
The combination of the burnished steel frames with partially colored insulating glass, make it look stable but at the same time airy.
With special temperature control, this walk-in room provides enough space for cooling, storing and collecting wine.
On the opposite side, there is a pivot door, also handmade of burnished steel. In the recesses of the door, the colored glass is found again.
Dimensions & Packaging: The collector has an approximate total size of 7 square meters.
Tags: timeless, luxurious, sculpture, unique, colored glass, steel, wien cellar
Production Technology: The materials used for this project were DuPont Corian, burnished steel and insulating glass, some colored, some transparent.
Design Challenge: The plan was to have two wine refrigerators, which did not look very inviting. When the artist Zsolt Szalai heard about it, it motivated him to plan something special from instead, because collecting and drinking wine is a special form of art.
Research: For the burnished steel, the artist has developed a secret technology with which he treats the steel to achieve this special effect. This type of surface treatment and the production by hand make each piece unique.
Inspiration: The 3-floor house, in which the wine cellar and the pivot door are located, has been purposely reduced and conceptually planned. When the construction of the house was in full progress, the designer, Zsolt Szalai, had a vision about the collector.
Project Duration: The project duration was from May to June 2021, in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria.
Operation Flow: The artist planned to use subtle color accents in the form of colored glass to create more coziness. The semi-transparent colors can now be found in the glass front of the wine cellar as well as in the openings of the opposite pivot door.
Image Credits: 1: Photographer Matthias Streibel, The collector with colored glass, 2022
2: Photographer Matthias Streibel, The collector without colored glass, 2022
3: Photographer Matthias Streibel, pivot door, 2022
4: Photographer Matthias Streibel, pivot door and staircase, 2022
5: Photographer Matthias Streibel, Details, 2022