Forrest Bekk by Giuliano Ricciardi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award í járni in Garð- og útihúsgagnahönnun Competition Category.
JárnÚtihúsgögn· 2022
Forrest Bekk
Client: d-Lab studio
A' Design Award í járni Winner in Útihúsgögn Category
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About Forrest Bekk
Forrest er einhæfur bekkur sem byggir glæsileika sinn á lágmarks og hreinni lögun og útstæða uppbyggingu sem er þakinn postulíns steinleir sem skreytir yfirborðið. Þökk sé þessum þáttum er hægt að líkja fullkomlega eftir hvaða steini, viði eða málmi sem er, en viðhalda tæknilegum kostum (ending, léttleika, viðnám osfrv.) sem slík efni veita venjulega ekki. Uppbyggingin er fullkomnuð með léttri corten stuðningi sem er næstum hverfandi með plasmaskornum áferð og með LED ljósinu sem er komið fyrir undir vörpuninni sem býður upp á skemmtilega skuggaleik.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í járni
Forrest Bekk vann A' Design Award í járni, virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er góðum hönnunarverkum sem uppfylla þær faglegu og iðnaðarlegu kröfur sem gerðar eru til vel hannaðra sköpunarverka. Sigurvegarar í járni sýna mikla færni, mikla sérhæfingu, sérfræðiskilning og skapandi getu höfunda sinna. Þess er vænst að Forrest Bekk sé mjög metið, dáð og elskað sköpunarverk sem er hagnýtt og nýstárlegt. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í járni sameinar bestu starfsvenjur greinarinnar og hefur hæfa tæknilega eiginleika tengda þekkingu og hæfileikum. Forrest Bekk er virt fyrir nákvæmni sína og er hannað til að veita lífsgæðabætur sem hjálpa til við að gera heiminn að betri stað.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Forrest bench is a monolith which bases its elegance to the minimal shape and to its projecting structure covered with porcelain stoneware that embellishes the surfaces. Thanks to these elements, it's possible to perfectly emulate any stone, wooden or metal material while maintaining the technical advantages (durability, lightness, resistance, etc.) that such materials usually do not provide. The structure is completed by the lightened corten support made almost evanescent by plasma cutted pattern.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 2400 mm x 800 mm x 400 mm
- Tags
- bench, gres, corten, led, laser cutting, waterjet, marble, luxury, seat
- Production Technology
- Plasma cutting for Corten, waterjet cutting for Gres
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was to provide lightness to a heavy-looking monolith, by replacing marble with other materials, like the mdf for the support and the porcelain stoneware for coating. These materials, when appropriately cut, would keep the texture continuity and allow to create a storage space. The secondary challenge was to give emphasis to the seat with a corten made support, which the aesthetic and structural features would make the bench complete.
- Research
- Market research analysis showed that the bench has always perceived as a poor and vaguely crude looks object. It is often made by low quality and easy to find materials. These conditions, reduce elegance and value of a useful object that could enrich an urban landscape, a park, or a museum or residential space. Forrest is the answer to the current need of living in a refined design setting while respecting the sustainable consumption of natural raw materials.
- Inspiration
- Thinking of a bench, the first picture that comes to mind is probably the “Forrest Gump” movie. The main character, sitting on a bench, deeply describes his life to the different people who exchange seats, while they wait for their buses passing. Bench is a meeting place, it’s a place of exchange, expectation, conversation, meditation and confidence; is not only a place for rest, is a means that brings travellers together, no matter if they know each other.
- Project Duration
- The project started and ended in September 2019 in Taranto. It obtained the first prize in the "Design With Gres" contest organized by SpazioBianko with Arch. Bernardo D'Ippolito, CEO of KinoWorkshop srl, as jury president and was prototyped to be exhibited at the award ceremony during the Gres & Dress event
- Operation Flow
- The bearing structure of Forrest consists of a mdf box which could be accessed through a door on the side for storing functions like mats, books, etc. The corten support element has a pure static and decorative function. The associated texture with corten and the specific stoneware crafting and finishing, allow for a better bench definition and adaptation to any stylistic and environmental context. The strip led below has a soft light touch function both for indoor and outdoor settings.
- Image Credits
- #1 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Forrest 01, 2019
#2 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Forrest 02, 2019
#3 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Forrest 03, 2019
#4 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Forrest 04, 2019
#5 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Forrest 05, 2019
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