Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Slice of Jupiter Coffee Table by Alexia Mintsouli
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Alexia Mintsouli for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Slice of Jupiter Coffee Table by Alexia Mintsouli, designed for Alex Mint Studio. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Slice of Jupiter Coffee Table
A round, sumptuous, hand-crafted coffee table. The genuine black of Nero Marquina Marble from Spain and the mesmerizing green of Verde Guatemala Marble from India, divided by a Gold Metal Leaf. Resting on a solid brushed bronze base. The handmade process, as well as the overall material selection and combination, ensure that each Slice of Jupiter is truly unique and original.
About Alexia Mintsouli
Alexia Mintsouli is a Greek designer. She graduated with a degree in architecture but felt that she had not yet reached the cusp of design. She founded her studio in 2017 and started experimenting with marble which was a material very familiar to her as she grew up in a marble factory. Her parents made mosaics and works of art and craft from marble and other types of stone. Marble is a natural, unique, and highly versatile material, which fascinates her, so she decided to work with it. ALEX MINT, her studio, presented the first collection in January 2018 in Maison&Objet exhibition in Paris. In collection Zero1 she developed her own style in the creation of furniture and small accessories.
Award Record
With this recognition, Alexia Mintsouli 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. 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/92424
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92424
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92424
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/250805
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.alexmint.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Slice of Jupiter Coffee Table
- Function
- Coffee Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, Light Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Alex Mint Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alexia Mintsouli
- Country
- Greece
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92424
Credits
- Image Credits
- Optional Image #3 Lelievre Paris, Optional Image #4 Lelievre Paris
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A round, sumptuous, hand-crafted coffee table, combining the genuine black of Nero Marquina Marble from Spain and the mesmerizing green of Verde Guatemala Marble from India, divided by a Gold Metal Leaf. Resting on a solid brushed bronze base.
- Inspiration
- Slice of Jupiter is a product of a personal bond to marble and the drive to experiment with its versatility, uniqueness and naturalness.
- Research
- The research behind Slice of Jupiter was carried out more as a part of journey to a personal design identity. Years of professional architectural experience, meshed with sound technical and aesthetical understanding of marble were employed to adress material combination, geometry, furniture and product design. In fact, this is a dynamic process, conditioning and distinguishing my extended body of work. Regarding Slice of Jupiter, after forming a specific framework, applicable to a high-end, hand-crafted coffee table, selected supplementary materials and structural designs were tested, to identify optimum combinations.
- Challenge
- In terms of furniture design, the abundance of style variations and expressions, as well as the limitations posed by functionality and material attributes, staying true and literal to producing unique items, presents a significant challenge. Regarding Slice of Jupiter and 01, the collection of which it is part of, Alex Mint addressed this challenge by selecting the inherently unique marble as the primal raw material. Other material and color combinations, as well as the overall handmade process, further enhance uniqueness and originality.
- Realization and Technology
- Carefully selected raw marble, transfigures into a contemporary design piece, through a semi-handmade process.
- Operation and Interaction
- The natural attributes of the primary raw material, i.e. marble, combined with the fine craftsmanship and the handmade process, ensure that each Slice of Jupiter is like no other. In that sense, users possess a truly unique piece of furniture.
- Project Duration and Location
- Collection "01", part of which is Slice of Jupiter, was designed between September and November 2017. Production followed shortly after, i.e. December 2017 and January 2018. Selected items, including Slice of Jupiter, have been exhibited at Maison & Objet (2018, Paris) and IMM (2019,Cologne), as well as Good Design Greece (2018, Athens). Slice of Jupiter has also been published in Elle Deco (Middle East), issue 22.
- Specifications
- Slice of Jupiter is available in two sizes: diameter: 1000mm and height: 360mm, or diameter: 800mm and height: 300mm.
- Keywords
- coffee table, contemporary furniture, marble table, product design, furniture design
