Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón by Serhan Ertan

Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón by Serhan Ertan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Materiais de Construción e Compoñentes Competition Category.

FerroCompoñentes de Construción· 2020

Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón

by Serhan Ertan

Client: Tonk Project

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Compoñentes de Construción Category

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The Design

About Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón

O formigón é un material moi tradicional, que non cambiou moito desde a súa invención a mediados dos anos 1800. Con Tonk, o concreto ten unha interpretación creativa e contemporánea. Cada deseño Tonk ten unha estrutura modular que se pode personalizar xogando ao redor cos ángulos. Esta propiedade ofrece á xente a oportunidade de deseñar as súas propias paredes segundo o seu gusto, preferencia e imaxinación. O deseño de Tonk Mint inspirouse nas follas de menta na natureza. Este modelo tamén se pode usar con variacións para obter motivos diferentes, o que é unha característica diferenciadora de todos os deseños de Tonk.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Tonk Mint As Baldosas De Formigón é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: We add new features and configurations to 170 years old concrete.
We end up with a contemporary, creative, sincere product. Thanks to the strong 3D design, one mint model give us an opportunity to create more than ten different motives on the wall
Dimensions & Packaging: h: 10.5 cm
w: 24.2 cm
thk: 1.8 cm
Tags: GFRC, concrete, wall tile, nature-inspired, 3D
Production Technology: We use GRFC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) for our products. We use steel moulding techniques to bring our models to perfection.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge in Mint's design was to stylize the nature-inspired mint motive to match the distinguishing factor of all Tonk designs: to stylize the motive to enable the designer to create different motives when used with different angles and patterns.
Research: Architectural design has been changing from traditional to contemporary, from complicated to lean. The new-old materials become in demand. Architects and interior designers are looking for new features and configurations of old-timers, such as concrete, glass, steel and wood. Mint is a reflection of this trend. Additionally, its design is inspired by nature. We have analyzed patterns in nature, chosen the motives of mint and stylized them to finalize our design.
Inspiration: Nature is at the heart of design, as it is at the heart of everything. Tonk has adopted the basic principle of using forms in nature by abstracting them in accordance with its own design philosophy, rather than simply imitating nature. This year the new series focuses on this understanding and reflects directly to the wall tile models. A form study was performed inspired by mint leaves in the "Mint" model.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 and finalized in January 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Operation Flow: Mint is a very playful product, which enables designers to show their creativity and in this way which gives them high satisfaction in the design process. The designers can get different motives by playing around with the angles and the positions of the product. Moreover, Mint is very easy to install; it is just glued to the wall with ceramic adhesives.