Press Release
Jaipur Furniture Collection by Sonal Tuli Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Sonal Tuli for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Jaipur Furniture Collection by Sonal Tuli, designed for Within. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Jaipur Furniture Collection
Jaipur is a furniture collection of seven pieces inspired by the city of Jaipur in India. The collection includes a console, a credenza, a mirror, a sideboard, a rug, a chandelier and a pendant lamp. The forms are drawn from the honeycombed facade of the Hawa Mahal, while the patterns recall the blue pottery craft of the region. White marble is combined with lapis lazuli through stone inlay and stone overlay, two traditional Indian crafts made by hand. The sideboard can be dismantled, and each leg is fixed to the top, which eases transport.
About Sonal Tuli
Co- founders and Principal Designers at Within, Sonal Tuli and Manoj Tuli explores their creativity at a multidisciplinary level, their work ranging from interior architecture and design, furniture, art, lighting, carpet and graphic design. Spiritual minds with relentless passion for design, they bring love, joy, edge and an unusual bravura in everything they put their hands on. Lovers of nature and poetry, and India, they describes their work as poems and stories woven through their experiences. Their great respect for Indian craft has emerged in the form of extraordinary collectibles, that are contemporized, while using the age old artisanal skills extensively.
Award Record
Sonal Tuli is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/143733
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/143733
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!143733
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/335473
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.within.net.in
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Jaipur Furniture Collection
- Function
- Furniture Collection
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Rosy Brown, Peru, Sienna, Saddle Brown and Maroon
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Within
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Sonal Tuli
- Country
- India
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #143733
Credits
- Team
- Sanjana Dawani
- Image Credits
- 3D Visualiser Sushant Verma, 2022.; Photographer Sohel Ahmed, 2022.; Photographer Sohel Ahmed, 2022. Video Credits : Videographer and Editor : Raoul Tandon, 2022.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Each of the seven pieces of the Jaipur collection is an out-and-out reflection of the culturally rich city. Encapsulating the essence of the forms of the splendid city palace and the hues and motifs of the traditional craft of blue pottery, the collection is a spectacular unison of tradition with modernity. Handcrafted impeccably, each piece is made in India and finished to perfection. Jaipur is a work of art, a collector's reverie.
- Inspiration
- The Jaipur collection, a design narrative by Within is an untold story of the vibrant pink city of India. It celebrates the spirit and heritage of the city, drawing inspiration from its architecture and blue pottery - a traditional craft of Jaipur.
- Research
- A field trip to Jaipur was the beginning of the research for the Jaipur collection, to enable us to breathe in the context and its true spirit. The vibrant culture has so much to offer and the aim was to experience it directly. The Mughal and Rajput Architecture of the region was truly inspiring, but the geometry and proportions of the Hawa Mahal left the team in awe. The form of the collection has been derived from the honeycombed structure of the Hawa Mahal façade. We were mesmerized by the colors and patterns of blue pottery and so followed a visit to the local craft village of Kot Jewar to understand the process of blue pottery.
- Challenge
- In the early stages of design development, blue pottery was chosen not only as the inspiration, but the tiles were also conceptualized as a part of the material board. But, after numerous rounds of prototyping, we found the tiles to be too fragile , and hence, white marble, a stronger material that would give the same ethnic feel as pottery was chosen and in the process, another traditional craft technique of inlay and overlay work (Parchinkari) was used. Another challenge we faced was the weight of the Jaipur console due to the heavy brass framework. This too would be a hurdle in the transportation of the piece.
- Realization and Technology
- The purity of white marble and the beautiful blue of lapis lazuli come together with India's extraordinary and timeless crafts - stone inlay and stone overlay. Stone inlay is a traditional craft of India, in which delicate precious stones are inserted into the base stone to create a pattern. Stone overlay, on the other hand, uses slivers of stone that are pasted on any surface to create patterns. Both these crafts require expert hand skill, which is a legacy passed on from generations of master craftsmen.
- Operation and Interaction
- All the pieces of the luxury collection Jaipur, are designed as pieces of art used to enhance any entrance way, foyer space or any other luxury space. These art pieces are interactive in their own ways. The Jaipur sideboard surprises us with a glimpse of pink when one peeps inside the shutter, reminding of the pink sandstone of Jaipur. The Jaipur chandelier and pendant, when lit bring alive the traditional patterns crafted with lapis lazuli on the glowing white marble. The Jaipur mirror comes with an option of backlit knobs. Also, the Jaipur sideboard is designed such that it can be dismantled and each leg can be assembled and fixed to the top.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2020 in Delhi and finished in April 2021 in Delhi and was exhibited in India Design ID in May 2021.
- Specifications
- Jaipur Console - Length 2190mm x Depth 510mm x Height 950mm Jaipur Credenza - Length 2380mm x Depth 525mm x Height 900mm Jaipur Mirror - Width 800mm x Depth 65mm x Height 1600mm Jaipur Rug - Length 1676mm x Width 2438mm
- Keywords
- Indian craft, Craftsmanship, Contemporary design, Art furniture, Art
