Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro by Rashad Habib

Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro by Rashad Habib is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Belas Artes e Instalacións Artísticas Competition Category.

BronceBelas Artes· 2022

Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro

by Rashad Habib

Client: Habib Rashad

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Belas Artes Category

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The Design

About Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro

Llantas e raios, como o nome fala por si só, unha mesa de vitrina de café feita con llantas e raios dunha bicicleta rematada cun cristal achaflanado é unha excelente peza focal. O deseño é innovador pero sinxelo, elegante pero funcional. Encaixa en todo tipo de axustes interiores debido á súa combinación de cores cromadas transparentes. A altura da mesa está gravada deliberadamente para adaptarse a unha configuración relaxada de asentos no chan. En xeral, o enxeño e a creatividade do produto son únicos e poden ser a peza central perfecta para calquera espazo de case calquera cliente.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Rims and Spokes A Mesa De Centro satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The innovative idea of combining same kind of bicycle wheels helps to provide good strength and balance to the structure. The rims & spokes coffee table doesn’t attract rust due to the use of brass caps on each spoke of the wheel, which adds to the strength of the structure. The bicycle wheels are fixed as a singular structure with detachable glass provision making it easy to clean and maintain.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1340 mm x 700 mm x 460 mm
Tags: Coffee Table, Glass, Table, Table Design, Bicycle, Wheel, Design, Furniture, Furniture Design
Production Technology: Basic coffee tables, nowadays, are made with plywood, particle board and general fixtures used, are basic wooden joinery like box joint, basic butt joint and nuts & bolts. The rims & spokes coffee table is made using welding technique called ‘Arc welding’. The top two circular wheels are welded at the Centre and two half rims and two quarter rims are welded at two centers of the top wheels. For the stabilization and balancing of glass at the top is added “L” shaped steel pieces welded at 4 corners of each wheel with a hole on the top to attach Plastic Suction Cup to hold the glass on the top.
Design Challenge: The most challenging part was the circular glass fixture on the top of the table. As the spokes of the wheels were not easy to balance the glass. It was then decided to use “L” shaped steel pieces which helped to elevate the glass at a level that balances it and gives stability being attached to the table.
Research: During November 2021, I started my research on materials for designing a piece of furniture that is sustainable. Through research different types of materials used in bicycle wheels was finalized. Then the steel wheels with brass caps on the spokes were chosen to help the structure from not rusting and also providing good strength to the structure.
Inspiration: The ideology of designing a coffee table from bicycle wheels is to make a creative design with focus on aesthetics, function and structure. The design is a classy coffee table with ample space to store things on it, easy to maintain and visually appealing.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 and was finished by January 2022 in Hyderabad, India.
Operation Flow: The most important aspect while designing the ‘rims & spokes coffee table’ is to make it user-friendly and maintenance-free. The coffee table with its ample space design can be accessed from any direction due to its circular pattern and helps to keep things comfortably spread across it.
Team Members: Habib Rashad
Image Credits: Habib Rashad