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Manzo Bedroom Furniture by Ballinco Design Team Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Ballinco Design Team for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Manzo Bedroom Furniture by Ballinco Design Team, designed for Ballinco. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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 Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Manzo Bedroom Furniture
Manzo is a bedroom furniture collection that includes a wide chest of drawers, a standard chest of drawers and a nightstand. The design is inspired by the interplay of light and shadow seen when sunlight passes through tree leaves. Two materials are combined so that each keeps its own character while supporting the whole. The bodies are made of plywood with a walnut veneer, which removes the need for edge banding. All curves are pressed in one mold, and the upper part is carved by CNC and finished with semi-matte polyurethane paint. The glass panel can be replaced if damaged.
About Ballinco Design Team
Ballinco Design Team is the furniture design division of Ballinco, dedicated to creating innovative, functional, and narrative-driven pieces. Led by Design Director Mohammad Ali Honardoust, the team focuses on merging craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics to develop distinctive, manufacturable furniture. Designer Mohammad Ali Pourshakouri, along with the team, explores materials and forms to push the boundaries of furniture design while ensuring practicality and user experience. Through a process-driven approach, Ballinco Design Team contributes to shaping modern living environments with thoughtful and enduring designs.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ballinco Design Team is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/164615
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/164615
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!164615
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/359292
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Manzo Bedroom Furniture
- Function
- Bedroom Furniture
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Lavender, Light Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ballinco
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ballinco Design Team
- Country
- Iran
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #164615
Credits
- Team
- Mohammad Ali Honardoust and Mohammad Ali Pourshakouri
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The "Manzo" collection by Ballinco, inspired by Japanese philosophy, creates a connection between nature and modern design. Each piece, whether standing alone or in harmony with the entire collection, resembles elements of nature, unique on its own, yet forming perfect harmony when combined with others. In this design, Ballinco blends simplicity and functionality, creating beauty rooted in the deep balance between materials and form.
- Inspiration
- Our inspiration stems from the dance of light and shadow that emerges as sunlight filters through the leaves of trees. This interplay symbolizes the coexistence of contrast, much like life, where delicacy and strength are interdependent. In crafting this collection, two distinct materials are combined in a way that allows each to maintain its individuality while serving the beauty of the whole. This natural
- Challenge
- Attaching the glass to the painted plywood body in the design of the large Manzo drawer was one of the main challenges we faced in this project. We dedicated a significant amount of time to exploring and designing various details to achieve an ideal balance between aesthetics, functionality, and manufacturability. Each proposed solution was carefully evaluated from both a technical and aesthetic perspective. After testing and reviewing multiple options, we ultimately selected a design that not only addressed this challenge effectively but also met our design goals perfectly.
- Realization and Technology
- The whole body of this product-set is made by Plywood. to emphasize the feeling of being natural and at the same time not needing to be edge-banding. All the bends can be made by the same plywood press mold, so that costs and optimal production methods are considered. Also, we considered the final layer of plywood to be a walnut veneer to create a more attractive finish. The upper part is created by CNC carving the curve and finally it is finished with a semi-matte polyurethane paint coating. And finally, the part where the glass is placed is designed so that it can be replaced in case of damage.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was carried out during the spring and summer of 2024 in Tehran, at the Ballinco design studio
- Specifications
- Wide Drawer: W: 2350 mm x D: 450 mm x H: 1300 mm Standard Drawer: W: 1450 mm x D: 450 mm x H: 780 mm Nightstand: W: 450 mm x D: 450 mm x H: 470 mm
- Keywords
- Furniture, Bedroom, Chest of Drawers, Nightstand, Luxury, Minimal
