Aero Bookcase Kāwhena Pukapuka by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
RinoTaputapu· 2017
Aero Bookcase Kāwhena Pukapuka
by Gerardo Ríos
Client: Gerardo Ríos
A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taputapu Category
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The Design
About Aero Bookcase Kāwhena Pukapuka
Ko te Kāwhena Pukapuka Aero he kāwhena pukapuka tū-noa i whakaarohia mai i ngā waka rererangi o te tekau tau 1920. Ko ngā waewae me te hanganga matua e whai ana i ngā rārangi piko e whakamahara ana ki ngā rā tuatahi o te rererangi me te ahua taiao o taua wā. He rākau Tzalam pakari te anga, ā, ko ngā papa e whakakotahi ana i te rākau ōki māori kua whakapaparahia me te karaehe kua whakapaparahia, kua tae. Ko ngā papa rākau piko huri e pupuri ana i ngā pukapuka kia tata tonu ki a rātou anō. Ko ngā papa karaehe e pupuri ana i ngā pukapuka, i ngā mea whakapaipai rānei, ā, ko te karaehe kua tāhia e whakaata ana i te māramatanga tae ki roto i te rūma. Ko ngā mata kua oti te whakaoti ki ngā papa e ono o te polyurethane.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Rino
Ko Aero Bookcase Kāwhena Pukapuka te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Aero Bookcase Kāwhena Pukapuka he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Aero Bookcase Kāwhena Pukapuka mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The shape of the legs and the main structure try to emulate the airplanes by helix of those early years and suggest in an exquisite style the organic ART NOVEAU of that period with three shelves of laminated colored glass that gives a touch of distinction and uniqueness to the whole piece, giving different tones of light on the reflected areas.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width: 945mm
Depth: 415mm
Height: 1600mm - Tags
- G. Rios, High design,Aero , Art, Nouveau, Muebles, Librero, Moderno, Colorfull, Unique, Stylish, Wood, Design, Aero
- Production Technology
- Built with sharp cuts with high technology machinery in solid Tzalam wood on the legs, and shelves laminated with natural oak wood (fusionated with heat) and colored laminated glass in different colors to choose. Stained with six layers of polyurethane and laminated glass with various optional colors.
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part of this furniture was designing the most appropriate joint between legs, both for industrial production, as the esthetic of the piece: The main challenge was to give a continuous form to the elliptical shelves in a gradual but artistic interpretation using different layers.
- Research
- An investigation was realized about the structure and form of the airplanes from 1920 to 1930, from which came the original shapes of the design.
The creative research challenge was the toughest part of this design activity. - Inspiration
- The lines of the aero bookcase, arise from the need to communicate the adventurer spirit to innovate at the beginning of the last century, represented by the wooden planes with special textiles and fabrics that flew through the sky during those years. It is not only a unique stylish accent furniture, but also a piece that inspires and invites to dare and achieve.
- Project Duration
- The design process begun in September 2016 at the factory of G.RIOS at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, it was finished on December 2016.
- Operation Flow
- The form of the inverted curved shelves make the books stay tight to one another, in the case of the wooden shelves. The crystal shelves can be used either for books or decorative ornaments and thus, take advantage of the reflected light through the tinted glass, that can be customized in different colors, giving a unique personality to the room itself.
- Team Members
- Workshop & design team: G. Ríos Furniture Factory
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