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Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara by Andrea Cingoli

Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara by Andrea Cingoli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Volafotsy in Famolavolana Fanaka Competition Category.


VolafotsyFanaka· 2021

Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara

by Andrea Cingoli

Client: ConceptIcon Design Studio

A' Design Award Volafotsy Winner in Fanaka Category

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The Design

About Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara

Oleg dia rafitra fanaka modiolara natao ho an'ny toeram-ponenana miovaova. Ny modiolan'i Oleg tsirairay dia fitoeran-javatra vita amin'ny hazo, endrika efamira na baolina, misy tongotra maromaro. Ny fampihodinana ny modiola iray dia manova ny asa ataony, ka afaka manjary latabatra kely eo akaikin'ny fandriana i Oleg, latabatra kafe, mpanantona akanjo, fitoeram-piraketana na sideboard. Azo ampiarahina sy avangongo ny modiola, ary mifamatotra ny tongotra mba hamorona fifandraisana matanjaka kokoa rehefa mitombo ny lanjany. Ny modiola tsirairay dia milanja fito kilao eo ho eo ary 45 santimetatra ny sakany, izay mahafahana mamindra toerana mora foana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Volafotsy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ny famolavolana Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana ambaratonga ambony, tsara tarehy ary mahavariana. Ny mpandresy Volafotsy dia asa mamirapiratra dia mamirapiratra ary mamorona dia mamorona izay maneho ny fahaizana, ny talenta ary ny fahamaotinan-tsain'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho asa mahagaga, ohatra tsara, mahay amin'ny asa ary vaovao amin'ny halalin-tsaina ny famolavolana Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ity dia fikarohana miavaka be ary ankafizina izay mahasoa ary mampandroso ny sisintanin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia. Ny famolavolana Oleg Rafitra Fanaka Modiolara dia famoronana mahazo fitaka be izay mamaly ny faniriana, mitondra fihetseham-po tsara ary mamelona fahagagana sy fahatalanjonana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Oleg is a space virus! It is simple and complex at the same time. A wooden cubic or spherical container with many legs. It can change its function changing its position. It can colonize spaces with infinite combinations of modules. The legs allow it to be placed in different ways to create different furnitures: bedside table, coffee table, clothes hangers, container furniture, sideboard and much more depending on the randomness and the user's imagination.
Dimensions & Packaging
Cube
External side 45cm
Internal side 35cm
Sphere
External diameter 45cm
Internal diameter side 35cm
Height with legs 70-85 cm depending on the position
Width and depth depending on the configuration or the overlapped top. The oleg package covers the pre-assembled container compartment in which the legs are placed to be screwed on at the time of opening.
Tags
Flexibility, virus, modularity, container, multifunctionality, flexible, art, homescape, ironic
Production Technology
The product is designed to be produced in wood: depending on the performance characteristics sought, it can be built with panels in medium density or marine plywood and with a laminate finish or smooth or glossy lacquer. the legs are turned and lacquered elements with colored rubber ends to improve support. Furthermore, dowels, standard metal parts and screws tightened from the inside of the container are used in order to give maximum continuity to the external surface.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge was having to reconcile the idea of a modular and inexpensive product, with a unique aesthetic and functional result, because it was personally developed by the buyer and aesthetically decidedly scenographic.
Research
The focus of the research was to obtain a versatile and economical device, which has the ability of being reconverted following the fluid needs of new lifestyles and, at the same time, appropriate for creating new domestic landscapes taking on shapes and dimensions indicated by the context and the imagination of the final consumer. To do this, we drew on the knowledge of the low-cost furniture and self-construction market, and on the architectural contaminations of contemporary flexible space.
Inspiration
During our life we change living space continuously, and everytime we want to characterize it with new and more interesting furniture solutions. It is similar to the biological way of adaptation of microorganisms. They can transform and combine themselves in many ways to find the best solution to live inside their environment, building new spaces and groups. In this furnishing system the randomness of the transformation can lead to new functions and new landscapes.
Project Duration
The project started in july 2018 and finished in november 2018 in Teramo
Operation Flow
The weight of about 7 kg allows an easy positioning even by overlapping. By rotating the module, assembling it with tops of different sizes and combining it with other olegs, it is transformed into different types of furniture. By overlapping the modules, they lock by fitting the legs and the joint is stronger the more the containers are heavier. Colours and shape allow the aggregations to create scenographies similar to true works of art.
Team Members
Andrea Cingoli

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