Aero Bookcase Estante de libros by Gerardo Ríos

Aero Bookcase Estante de libros by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

FerroMobiliario· 2017

Aero Bookcase Estante de libros

by Gerardo Ríos

Client: Gerardo Ríos

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Aero Bookcase Estante de libros

Aero Bookcase é un estante de libros independente inspirado nos avións da década de 1920. As patas e a estrutura principal seguen liñas curvas que evocan os primeiros tempos da aviación e o estilo orgánico daquela época. A estrutura está feita de madeira maciza de Tzalam, e os estantes combinan carballo natural laminado con vidro laminado de cor. Os estantes de madeira curvados invertidos manteñen os libros próximos uns dos outros. Os estantes de vidro sosteñen libros ou ornamentos, e o vidro tinguido reflicte luz de cor na habitación. As superficies están acabadas con seis capas de poliuretano.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Aero Bookcase Estante de libros 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 Aero Bookcase Estante de libros 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. Aero Bookcase Estante de libros 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: The shape of the legs and the main structure try to emulate the airplanes by helix of those early years and suggest in an exquisite style the organic ART NOVEAU of that period with three shelves of laminated colored glass that gives a touch of distinction and uniqueness to the whole piece, giving different tones of light on the reflected areas.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width: 945mm
Depth: 415mm
Height: 1600mm
Tags: G. Rios, High design,Aero , Art, Nouveau, Muebles, Librero, Moderno, Colorfull, Unique, Stylish, Wood, Design, Aero
Production Technology: Built with sharp cuts with high technology machinery in solid Tzalam wood on the legs, and shelves laminated with natural oak wood (fusionated with heat) and colored laminated glass in different colors to choose. Stained with six layers of polyurethane and laminated glass with various optional colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this furniture was designing the most appropriate joint between legs, both for industrial production, as the esthetic of the piece: The main challenge was to give a continuous form to the elliptical shelves in a gradual but artistic interpretation using different layers.
Research: An investigation was realized about the structure and form of the airplanes from 1920 to 1930, from which came the original shapes of the design.
The creative research challenge was the toughest part of this design activity.
Inspiration: The lines of the aero bookcase, arise from the need to communicate the adventurer spirit to innovate at the beginning of the last century, represented by the wooden planes with special textiles and fabrics that flew through the sky during those years. It is not only a unique stylish accent furniture, but also a piece that inspires and invites to dare and achieve.
Project Duration: The design process begun in September 2016 at the factory of G.RIOS at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, it was finished on December 2016.
Operation Flow: The form of the inverted curved shelves make the books stay tight to one another, in the case of the wooden shelves. The crystal shelves can be used either for books or decorative ornaments and thus, take advantage of the reflected light through the tinted glass, that can be customized in different colors, giving a unique personality to the room itself.
Team Members: Workshop & design team: G. Ríos Furniture Factory