Aero Bookcase 本棚 by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
鉄家具· 2017
Aero Bookcase 本棚
by Gerardo Ríos
Client: Gerardo Ríos
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 家具 Category
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About Aero Bookcase 本棚
エアロ・ブックケースは、1920年代の飛行機から着想を得た自立型の本棚です。脚部と主構造は、黎明期の航空機とその時代のオーガニックな造形を思わせる曲線で構成されています。フレームには無垢のツァラム材を用い、棚板は天然オークの積層材と着色した合わせガラスを組み合わせています。反り返るように湾曲した木製の棚板は、書籍同士を寄り添わせて支えます。ガラスの棚板には書籍や装飾品を置くことができ、着色されたガラスが室内に色彩豊かな光を映し出します。表面はポリウレタン塗装を6層重ねて仕上げています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Aero Bookcase 本棚は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Aero Bookcase 本棚は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Aero Bookcase 本棚は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The shape of the legs and the main structure try to emulate the airplanes by helix of those early years and suggest in an exquisite style the organic ART NOVEAU of that period with three shelves of laminated colored glass that gives a touch of distinction and uniqueness to the whole piece, giving different tones of light on the reflected areas.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width: 945mm
Depth: 415mm
Height: 1600mm - Tags
- G. Rios, High design,Aero , Art, Nouveau, Muebles, Librero, Moderno, Colorfull, Unique, Stylish, Wood, Design, Aero
- Production Technology
- Built with sharp cuts with high technology machinery in solid Tzalam wood on the legs, and shelves laminated with natural oak wood (fusionated with heat) and colored laminated glass in different colors to choose. Stained with six layers of polyurethane and laminated glass with various optional colors.
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part of this furniture was designing the most appropriate joint between legs, both for industrial production, as the esthetic of the piece: The main challenge was to give a continuous form to the elliptical shelves in a gradual but artistic interpretation using different layers.
- Research
- An investigation was realized about the structure and form of the airplanes from 1920 to 1930, from which came the original shapes of the design.
The creative research challenge was the toughest part of this design activity. - Inspiration
- The lines of the aero bookcase, arise from the need to communicate the adventurer spirit to innovate at the beginning of the last century, represented by the wooden planes with special textiles and fabrics that flew through the sky during those years. It is not only a unique stylish accent furniture, but also a piece that inspires and invites to dare and achieve.
- Project Duration
- The design process begun in September 2016 at the factory of G.RIOS at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, it was finished on December 2016.
- Operation Flow
- The form of the inverted curved shelves make the books stay tight to one another, in the case of the wooden shelves. The crystal shelves can be used either for books or decorative ornaments and thus, take advantage of the reflected light through the tinted glass, that can be customized in different colors, giving a unique personality to the room itself.
- Team Members
- Workshop & design team: G. Ríos Furniture Factory
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