Nikao Bòrd-Taobh by Pablo Vidiella is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

AirgeadÀirneis· 2023

Nikao Bòrd-Taobh

by Pablo Vidiella

Client: HenkaLab

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About Nikao Bòrd-Taobh

'S e pìos àirneis eireachdail a th' ann am Bòrd-Taobh Nikao stèidhichte air bun-bheachd mean-fhàsach de gheoimeatraidhean cruinn is siolaindreach. Tha iad sin air an cruth-atharrachadh gus atharrachadh gu àrainneachd sònraichte agus gnìomh sònraichte. San dòigh seo, tha an dà chuid goireasachd agus structar air am fuasgladh a' gleidheadh bun-nàdar geoimeatrach tùsail a' phìos, agus a' fàs na nì nas organach agus nas iom-fhillte. Bidh Bòrd-Taobh Nikao ag eadar-obrachadh leis an neach-amhairc ann an dòigh nàdarra. Le a chumadh tarraingeach, còmhla ri blàths an stuth, tha e a' toirt air an neach-cleachdaidh tighinn nas fhaisge, a bheantainn ris agus suidhe ri a thaobh.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha Nikao Bòrd-Taobh 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 Nikao Bòrd-Taobh 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 Nikao Bòrd-Taobh na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Nikao Side Table is an elegant, daring and cutting edge piece of furniture based on an evolutionary concept or circular and cylindrical geometries, which are transformed in order to adapt to a certain environment and function. By doing so, both structure and utility are solved maintaining the original essence of the piece, and becoming a more complex and organic object.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 540mm x Depth 540mm x Height 540mm
Tags: Side table, solid wood, organic design, wooden furniture, modern, luxury, unique, minimal design
Production Technology: The construction and manufacturing process equally combines technology and craftsmanship. High quality Iroko solid wood planks are machined three-dimensionally using a 5 axis CNC milling router, following a 3D drawing. Once the pieces are machined, these are glued and assembled one another by wood artisans obtaining the final shape and giving life to the object.
Design Challenge: I found specially challenging to achieve an organic, beautiful and eye-catching piece of furniture through its complex manufacturing process. It needs to be magnetic to the viewer. Technically, the great challenge was to model and CNC cut the wooden pieces with such a complex geometry.
Research: When facing Nikao side table, I had nature and living forms as a reference and inspiration. The creative process consists of trying to emulate this evolutionary natural process through natural materials and give a function to it, in this case a side table. This experimental phase is developed through direct transformation exercises using everyday simple material such as plasticine or paper, and tools such as drawing and 3D software. Once the model is created, a prototype is manufactured and tested using CNC technology and wood craftsmanship.
Inspiration: When facing Nikao side table, I had nature and living forms as a reference and inspiration. Every curve and surface present in nature has a biological explanation related to a certain function over time, and these evolutionary transformations are my source of inspiration to create Nikao. The creative process consists of trying to emulate this natural process through natural materials and give a function to it, in this case a side table.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2023 and finished in March 2023 in Madrid.
Operation Flow: Nikao side table interacts with the observer in a natural way. The human eye is more used to curved lines and surfaces, they have always been present in nature, they surround us. That instinct lingers in our animal subconscious, and the soft, natural forms give us pleasure and tranquility. Its attractive shape, together with the warmth of the material, makes the user to come closer, touch it, sit next to it.
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #2: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #3: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #4: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023.