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Gere Trauku plaukts by Florian Beser

Gere Trauku plaukts by Florian Beser is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Bronzas balva A' Design Award in Mēbeļu dizains Competition Category.


BronzasMēbeles· 2023

Gere Trauku plaukts

by Florian Beser

Client: Florian Beser

Bronzas balva A' Design Award Winner in Mēbeles Category

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The Design

About Gere Trauku plaukts

Gere ir multifunkcionāls trauku plaukts, kas veidots maziem virtuves un ēdamistabas telpu izmēriem. Gere šķīvji veido plaukta reljefam līdzīgo priekšpusi, tādējādi iekšējā telpa paliek brīva krūzēm, glāzēm un citiem traukiem. Plaukts ir izgatavots no ozolkoka, savukārt šķīvji ir lieti no porcelāna. Gere tiek piekārts pie sienas, un atsevišķas rindas var nolaist uz leju, lai izņemtu šķīvi vai piekļūtu novietotajiem priekšmetiem. Režģa struktūra nodrošina mērogojamus izmērus dažādām mājsaimniecībām. Trauku komplekts ir modulāri paplašinošs.

The Recognition

About the Bronzas balva A' Design Award

Gere Trauku plaukts ir Bronzas balvas A' Design Award ieguvējs, ļoti prestiža atzinība, ko piešķir izciliem dizainiem, kas izceļas ar radošumu, atjautību un viedumu. Bronzas ieguvēji ir pietiekami prasmīgi un pārsteidzoši radoši darbi, kas apliecina to dizaineru plašo pieredzi, iztēli un izdarību. Sagaidāms, ka Gere Trauku plaukts būs augsti vērtēts, apbrīnots un cienīts priekšmets, ievērojami profesionāls un inovatīvs. Šis ar Bronzas balvu apbalvotais dizains iekļauj labāko praksi mākslā, zinātnē, dizainā un tehnoloģijās un izceļas ar uzmanību detaļām. Gere Trauku plaukts lieliski apmierina vajadzības, skar vēlmes, valdzina jūtas un piesaista zinātkāri.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Gere as the combination of shelf and plates uses its plates to create the relief-like front of the shelf. The thereby free interior space can be used to store more crockery, cups, glasses, etc.
The gridlike structure of Gere allows scalable sizes of the shelf, so that a family can use a bigger Gere than a single household.
Dimensions & Packaging
Gere-plates: 240mm x 240mm x 20mm
Gere-shelf-prototype: 1200mm x 200mm x 1300mm
(the size of the shelf varies, because it can be personalised)
Tags
ceramic, tableware, furniture, multifunctional, wood, shelf, plate, kitchen
Production Technology
To enable the functional interaction of shelf and plates, material properties had to be calculated. The shelf of Gere consists out of oak wood, because it is local, sturdy and insensitive against water. The plates of Gere were concepted using 3D-graphic-software and then 3D-printed. The resulting objects were translated to plaster mold and finally cast in porcelain.
Design Challenge
The project was created during the first year of the corona pandemic. There were a lot of restrictions on the use of workshops and the purchase of materials. During the process, i was challenged with iterations, new processing techniques such as working with a cnc milling machine and calculating material properties such as porcelain-shrinkage and material waste.
Research
During the research process multiple methods such as a survey, a market analysis, interviews with the target group and the user journey map were used.
This resulted in detailed insights about selling points for kitchen-shelfs and plates, storage in kitchens, structuring items in the kitchen and overall interaction points with shelfs and plates.
Inspiration
Housing is becoming smaller. Space has to be used in a meaningful way. People use minimalism to reduce their possessions and multifunctional products to save space.
The inspiration of the project were small kitchen spaces with large shelfs, filled with staples of round plates that leave lots of unused space. The focus of the project was to create a crockery shelf as small as needed by people in small housing.
Project Duration
The project started in early summer 2020 in Aachen and finished in September 2020.
Operation Flow
Gere is ideally hung on the wall in the kitchen or dining room. Individual rows can be folded down to take stored items out of the inside or to remove a plate from the front. The plates have segments so that the main course and the side dish can be placed separately on one plate and thus be transported easily. In addition to the storage space in the front, there is the option of storing more crockery, cups, glasses, etc. on the shelves behind. The crockery set is modularly expandable.
Team Members
Designer Florian Beser
Image Credits
Images: Photographer Janosch Bartsch, Gere, 2020

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