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Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko

Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Furnitur Competition Category.


PerungguFurnitur· 2024

Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi

by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko

Client: Shelfium

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Furnitur Category

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The Design

About Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi

Shelfium adalah alat yang memungkinkan orang menciptakan berbagai unit rak dan furnitur kustom dengan desain unik. Shelfium dapat dikombinasikan dengan material apa pun dan sangat baik dalam menggabungkan berbagai elemen, misalnya laci. Keunikannya terletak pada daur ulang dan upcycling, sehingga pengguna dapat menciptakan furnitur dari material daur ulang atau bahkan rakitan yang sangat mewah. Semuanya bergantung pada kepribadian dan preferensi masing-masing.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain luar biasa yang dicirikan oleh kreativitas, kecerdikan, dan ketajaman. Pemenang Perunggu adalah artefak yang sangat terampil dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imajinasi, dan kelihaian para desainernya. Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ini menyertakan praktik terbaik dalam seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi, dan sangat baik dalam perhatiannya pada detail. Shelfium Furnitur Multifungsi memuaskan kebutuhan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan, dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Shelfium is a tool that allows you to create a wide range of shelving units and custom furniture in unique designs. Shelfium can be combined with any material and is particularly good at combining various elements (e.g., drawers). Its uniqueness lies in recycling and upcycling, so you can create furniture made from recycled materials or even a very luxurious assembly. It's up to you and your personality and preferences.
Dimensions & Packaging
Shelfium is made by CNC milling solid oak, which is treated with hard wax oil. The basic Shelfium has a cross-section of 30 x 20 mm and lengths of 400, 520, and 640 mm. The stainless steel bar elements have lengths of 90,180,270 and 360 mm and are joined together to form the final length. Their surface is unified by sandblasting or by additional metallic coating. Standard shelf parts are made of toughened glass, solid wood, or chipboard. Plexiglas, MDF, or PETfelt can be used as side parts.
Tags
tool, furniture, shelves, clip, wood, modular, creative
Production Technology
The elementary principle is to create a spatial structure using a Shelfium, which connects the bar element to the shelf. You can freely enclose the structure in this way by adding side/rear panels and sliding doors.
Design Challenge
The most challenging part was the simplification of the form to the minimum necessary, to ensure "rigidity" while maintaining maximum simplicity and using the smallest possible volume of different materials. Secondly, to test the combination of different types of joints.
Research
Shelfium is a set-up. It is the result of a search for a tool that is modular not only in space but also in time and at the same time can change its character while maintaining its DNA.
Modularity is not only understood as plug and play but it is extended by the individuality of the user.

Basic principles:
use as little material as possible
use the strengths of the materials used
create an open system
Inspiration
The idea originated from the need to create storage space from available materials and items. However, it was necessary to invent an element that would unite everything into one object. This element became "Shelfium." It is primarily designed for the creation of storage spaces such as libraries, shelves, lowboards, and so on. However, with a touch of imagination and creativity (an open mind), it can transform into a coat rack, room divider, flower stand, and many other things.
Project Duration
The initial idea was conceived in 2018, but the actual development of the project did not begin until 2021 and lasted for approximately another 3 years. The project was developed in Bratislava in cooperation with local suppliers.
Operation Flow
Shelfium offers different approaches:
- You can buy a ready-made kit that is made from recyclable materials as much as possible, with all parts being separately purchasable and repairable.
- You can buy Shelfium separately, or you can buy individual parts and have the other parts made by local suppliers, or you can alternate by recycling and upcycling from your existing sources, according to the principles outlined above.

Everyone can decide how big their environmental and social impact will be.
Patents
Trademark SHELFIUM 2022 melismichalko.sk s. r. o.
Copyright design belong to melismichalko.sk s. r. o., 2021
Team Members
Designer: Stanislav Meliš
Designer: Jozef Michalko
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Boris Németh, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Katarína Šendulová Bako 2021
Image #3: Photographer Boris Németh, 2023
Image #4: Photographer Katarína Šendulová Bako 2021
Image #5: Photographer Boris Németh, 2023
Video Credits: Slovak Design Center

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