The Collector Kav Diven by Zsolt Szalai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Ajan in Dezayn Mèb Competition Category.

AjanMèb· 2023

The Collector Kav Diven

by Zsolt Szalai

Client: BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Mèb Category

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Colors

The Design

About The Collector Kav Diven

Yon kav diven ki atire tout je. Li se handmade ak planifye pou yon lover diven reyèl. Konbinezon an nan ankadreman yo asye bruni ak pasyèlman koulè izolasyon vè, fè li gade ki estab men an menm tan an Airy. Avèk kontwòl tanperati espesyal, chanm sa a bay ase espas pou refwadisman, estoke ak kolekte diven. Sou bò opoze a, gen yon pòt pivot, tou handmade nan asye bruni. Nan rekreyasyon yo nan pòt la, yo jwenn glas la koulè ankò.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

The Collector Kav Diven se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann The Collector Kav Diven pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. The Collector Kav Diven se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

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