Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە by Simone Bonanni

Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە by Simone Bonanni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Mobîlyayê Competition Category.

ZîvMobîlya· 2021

Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە

by Simone Bonanni

Client: Moooi

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Mobîlya Category

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The Design

About Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە

Book Text: ئۆبۆن کۆمەڵەیەکە لە سێ مێزی قاوە کە لە سیرامیک دروستکراون بە سەرێکی جامدارەوە. کۆمەڵەکە ئیلهامی لە تێراکۆتا وەرگرتووە، مادەیەکی کۆن و ناڕێک. هەر مێزێک بە دەست دروستکراوە، بۆیە هەر پارچەیەک بێوێنەیە. سێ قەبارەکە بریتین لە یەک مێزی چوارگۆشەی درێژ و دوو مێزی چوارگۆشە، کە چارەسەری جیاواز بۆ پرۆژەکانی ناوخۆ پێشکەش دەکەن. شێوەکان نەرم و کەمێک ناڕێکن، ڕووی لەشەکەش نەرمە. بنکەی ئەستوور لە کاتی بەرهەمهێناندا بە مادەی خاو پڕدەکرێتەوە بۆ زیادکردنی جێگیری. سەری جامدار بە ئاسانی پاکدەکرێتەوە و بەرگری لە لەکە دەکات.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Obon Primary Function: مێزی قاوە afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Obon is a collection of three tables designed for Moooi. The collection is inspired by an ancient, earthy, irregular material: terra-cotta. The Obon Table is handmade and therefore each piece is unique. It is made of ceramic with a glazed top.
Dimensions & Packaging: Material: Ceramics, glazed top
thickness table top: 6 cm
shape: Rectangular, square (high and low)
Rectangular dimensions: width:92 cm - height:28 cm - depth:44 cm
Square Low dimensions: width:61 cm - height:28 cm - depth:61 cm
Square High dimensions: width:47 cm - height:37 cm - depth:46 cm
Tags: table, ceramic, handmade, terracotta, craftmanship, simonebonanni, moooi
Production Technology: The tables’ design is the result of a patient process of combining shapes and volumes. Their graphical purity blends into the structure of ceramics creating a unique mix of new and antique. The choice of terracotta came naturally with the drawings and outlines of the tables. From the beginning, the idea was to introduce a series of objects which appeared to be handmade and that could create a natural and gently imperfect tone. I wanted to make the object look beautiful for its spontaneity and genuineness, not for its complexity.
Design Challenge: The search for the right finish and the technical development of such large volumes in a material that is difficult to control represented a real challenge in terms of serial production and probably contained a good dose of innovation even for an experienced professional like Luigi. The problem was not only producing a perfect Obon Table, it was more about replicating them with the same quality, refining the technique day after day.
Research: We went through many samples of the material and tested more than twenty finishes both glazed, for the top, and natural for the edge and the base. Together with Luigi Bertapelle, an expert ceramicist in Veneto (Italy), we experimented with a new process of antiquing the surface of the terracotta. We worked on its tactile aspect with the inclusion of various thicknesses of chamotte, aiming to generate a perfect mix between the present and the past. It was fundamental to enclose such a graphically "educated" product in a special surface!
Inspiration: The tables are inspired by an ancient, earthy, irregular material: terra-cotta. With its origins lost in the mists of time, terracotta is at the base of millenary archaeological finds all over the world. These precious discoveries are evidence of our timeless creativity and desire to leave a sign, admire and ritualize
Project Duration: The Obon tables were exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018. The project started 6 months prior to that in a little town in the region of Veneto, called Nove which is very famous for its ceramic.
Operation Flow: The Obon tables are small versatile coffee tables which can live in many different environments and interior design projects due to their very simple and soft silhouettes. The thick base is filled during the production process with raw material to give it a higher stability and the top surface has a glazed finish to make it easy to clean and to preserve its genuine beauty forever.
Image Credits: Image #1: Brand Moooi, Obon, 2018