Uno 자동 급수 화분 by Marco Coletti is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 철상 in 홈웨어 디자인 Competition Category.

철홈웨어· 2023

Uno 자동 급수 화분

by Marco Coletti

Client: Kigarden

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 홈웨어 Category

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The Design

About Uno 자동 급수 화분

Uno는 이탈리아에서 테라코타로 수공 제작된 실내용 자동 급수 화분입니다. 이 화분은 두 부분으로 구성되어 있으며, 흙을 담는 무유약 테라코타 용기와 물탱크 역할을 하는 유약 처리된 세라믹 받침으로 이루어져 있습니다. 테라코타의 다공성 덕분에 물이 식물에게 서서히 공급되어, 초보자도 손쉽게 자동으로 물을 줄 수 있습니다. 형태는 모듈형이면서 비대칭적이며, 다양한 색상으로 제공됩니다. 받침에는 식물 생장용 램프를 위한 메탈 프레임을 장착할 수 있어 집 안에서 다양한 조합을 연출할 수 있습니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Uno 자동 급수 화분, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Uno 자동 급수 화분, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Uno 자동 급수 화분, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Uno is not a common vase, but a self-watering terracotta pot handcrafted in Italy. The smart pot is characterized by an automated system easy to use also if you don't have a green thumb. In fact, terracotta used has the right ratio of porosity for watering the plants. Uno has a modular and asymmetric geometry, coming with different colours and a limited edition. Moreover, the base allows to insert a metal frame for the growing lamp Meno giving borth to other products: Due and Tre.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product type: eco smart garden
Design: Marco Coletti, 2018
Materials: Unglazed terracotta (top part), glazed terracotta (bottom part)
Colours top part: Anthracite (Natural Terracotta), Matt White, Peach orange, Light Bleu and Dark Green (natural colours applied on anthracite terracotta)
Colours bottom part: Matt white
Weight: 0,6 kg
Dimentions: 12 x 12 h.10,4 cm
Packaging: 13,7 x 12,5 h.11,1 cm
Tags: kigarden, marcocoletti, uno, unopot, smartpot,terracottapot, ecosmartgarden, terracotta, olla, ecodesign,madeinitaly, growyourwellness,
Production Technology: Uno is composed by two parts: a glazed ceramic container for water and an unglazed terracotta vase. The investigation done around terracotta with the right ratio between dimensions and porosity, allowed to obtain the most natural medium for growing plants seeds without stress at home.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this project was to find the best terracotta composition for growing plants and its colours applications. After years of tests we achieved the result we were searching. Moreover, the idea to keep a product in line with our brand identity, completely oriented to wellness, was a big challenge in all our decisions. The result is a product 100% natural material and handmade in Italy by high artisanal knowledge.
Research: Kigarden mission is to re-establish a link between urban people and the healing nature of plants using eco products that allow it in an innovative and engaging way.
The treatment with medicinal plants is considered highly safe and these remedies are in sync with nature.
Eco smart gardens of Kigarden, starting from the micro smart pot Uno and arriving to the big brother Quattro, are green solutions conceived to increase personal well-being and beauty, literally bringing nature at home.
Green life can really improve our emotional state, as a consequence our life. In our society, completely chaotic and self-referential, is important to keep human relations high. Thus, why not using plants?
Let's imagine a working space, such as a bank in a big city centre, with standard fournitures and lights, common living spaces and maybe grey colours... Where is the pleasure of life? Where is the pleasure of working there?
A good design have to solve a problem.
Uno design is replying to this sentence as a little generator of life, not only for the plants but also for people that are using it. The desire of playing with its multiple compositions available as a child and of sharing them with others is started.
Inspiration: Uno design is inspired by the hortus conclusus, a feature from medieval cloisters. In this way, Uno is linking ancient traditions with our present. In fact, its watering technology is named Olla and it was widely used by Romans. The vase inverts the original system where the Olla was containing the water, in this case there is the soil.Moreover, Uno adopts eco-design and eco-friendly packaging because we believe in wellness andsustainability.
Project Duration: The project started in 2018 between Paris and Treviso (Italy). It was exhibited in Salone de mobile with is big brother Quattro in 2021, during "1000 vases" exhibition, including the publication of the book.
Currently, the project is arrived in its final version with the optimization of the base for hosting the metal support of the grow lamp.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Igor Pierotti, 2019
Image #2 : Photographer Daniele Rocco, 2023
Image #3 : Photographer Daniele Rocco, 2023
Image #4 : Photographer Daniele Rocco, 2023
Image #5 : Photographer Daniele Rocco, 2023