Kromme مێزی قاوە by Robert Wakeland is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Mobîlyayê Competition Category.

ZîvMobîlya· 2025

Kromme مێزی قاوە

by Robert Wakeland

Client: Nice Form

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Mobîlya Category

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The Design

About Kromme مێزی قاوە

ئیلهامگیراو لە نەخشە سروشتییەکانی شەپۆڵەکانی دەریا، مێزی کرۆمە تەنها یەک پارچە ڕووکەش بەکاردێنێت بۆ هێماکردنی ڕەوتی بەردەوامی دەریا. بە تەواوی لە دار گوێزی ڕەق دروستکراوە، بەشەکانی ڕووکەش لە ڕێگەی پارچە باریکەکانی داڕێژراو کە پێکەوە لامینێت کراون بۆ دروستکردنی خولاوەیەکی پەیکەرسانە. پشتگیری کەمینەکان لە ئەلومینیۆم بۆ بەهێزی زیادکراون. ڕووی شووشەیی دیدێکی ڕوون لە ڕێکی دارەکانی ژێرەوە پێشکەش دەکات. مێزی کرۆمە بەرهەمێکی هونەری پەیکەرییە بۆ ئەوانەی دەیانەوێت پارچەیەک لە کەڵوپەل هەبێت کە هەم شێکدار و هەم کاراییە.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Kromme 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 Kromme 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. Kromme 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: Crafted entirely out of solid walnut veneer, the Kromme Table uses a very simple curvature to allow for a glass top. The veneer sections are laminated using 1/16” pieces molded together to form a sculpture like curve. Minimal supports crafted from aluminum are added for strength. The glass top provides a clear view of the wood grain beneath. The design is inspired by ocean waves, using one long strip of veneer to symbolize the continuous flow of the sea. A sculptural statement for those who want a piece of furniture that is both stylish and functional.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 444.5 mm x Depth 1333.5mm x Height 355.6mm
Tags: Sculptural Furniture, Coffee Table, Bent Lamination, Curved wood, Solid Walnut Veneer
Production Technology: Due to the nature of how veneers are cut with a knife, not a blade, it produces almost no waste as opposed to a thicker saw producing about 40% sawdust. While the visible layers of the piece are straight grain walnut, the interior uses the less desirable sections you typically get from true veneer. Such as sap wood. Those were placed into the center layers which ended up creating very minimal waste.

Attention to detain when creating the form was the key to a successful and accurate production. The form used to create the molds was fixed to a flat surface using dovetail sliding joinery. It served as a perfect track and avoided any movement while clamping.
Design Challenge: How to build this long flowing structure out of a single strip of wood was the main challenge. Steam bending was another option that was explored. However, you need to cut strips at a thicker weight to still maintain sustainability to some extent. And ripping 90 inch strips 4 times per section proved to produce too much waste. Thats's when bent lamination of thinner veneers was decided upon for construction.
Research: The initial concept of this design was inspired by ocean waves. I wanted to create a piece of functional and beautiful furniture that was constructed in a unique way. Hence the long single strips of veneer used to laminate the structure. You don’t often see bent lamination executed in this complexity. Which was part of the motivation behind this method of construction. Sure, joinery could have been used. However the result would not be the long flowing grain often seen in nature. One of the details that was important to maintain.
Inspiration: The goal was to create a table that was unique in both construction, form and inspired by nature. It was also important from a design point of view to be very simple, hence staying with one fluid piece of veneer for the construction. A finished piece that was just as bold as it is simple.
Project Duration: This project was started in July 2023 in New York City. It was executed and finished in upstate New York in August of 2024.
Operation Flow: The result is a sculptural piece of furniture that is as much of a conversation starter as it is functional.
Team Members: Robert Wakeland
Image Credits: All images and videos are created by Nice Form LLC.