Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto by Serhan Ertan

Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto by Serhan Ertan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli in Caltlamanalli ihuan Calchihualiztli Tlatquitl Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

TepoztliCaltlamanalli· 2020

Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto

by Serhan Ertan

Client: Tonk Project

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli Winner in Caltlamanalli Category

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The Design

About Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto

In concreto ce hueyi tradicional material, amo miec mopatla ipan 1800 xihuitl. Ica Tonk, in concreto quipiya ce yancuic ihuan creativo interpretación. Nochi Tonk diseño quipiya ce modular estructura, huel mopersonaliza ica in ángulos. Ini tlamantli quinmaca macehualmej in oportunidad ma quichihhuacan intepan conforme ica intlanequia, preferencias, ihuan imaginación. Tonk Mint quipiya diseño inspirado ipan in menta xihuitl ipan naturaleza. Ini modelo noihqui huel mocui ica variaciones pampa quipiya diferentes motivos, ini ce característica diferenciante ipan nochi Tonk diseños.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli

Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli, tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli dizayno in quitlalia in tlen monequi ipan tequitl ihuan tlachihualiztli in quimaca in cualli tlachihualli. In quicuicah Tepoztli quinextia in hueyi tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ihuelitiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto ca tlazohtli, mahuiztic, yancuic ihuan motequiuhtia. Ni dizayno in quicuic Tepoztli quihuelitia in tlamatiliztli ihuan quipia chicahualiztli tlen tepoztli. Tonk Mint Tepantlaxitlalli Concreto quicualtia in nemiliztli ihuan quihuelitia in cemanahuac ica cualli.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: We add new features and configurations to 170 years old concrete.
We end up with a contemporary, creative, sincere product. Thanks to the strong 3D design, one mint model give us an opportunity to create more than ten different motives on the wall
Dimensions & Packaging: h: 10.5 cm
w: 24.2 cm
thk: 1.8 cm
Tags: GFRC, concrete, wall tile, nature-inspired, 3D
Production Technology: We use GRFC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) for our products. We use steel moulding techniques to bring our models to perfection.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge in Mint's design was to stylize the nature-inspired mint motive to match the distinguishing factor of all Tonk designs: to stylize the motive to enable the designer to create different motives when used with different angles and patterns.
Research: Architectural design has been changing from traditional to contemporary, from complicated to lean. The new-old materials become in demand. Architects and interior designers are looking for new features and configurations of old-timers, such as concrete, glass, steel and wood. Mint is a reflection of this trend. Additionally, its design is inspired by nature. We have analyzed patterns in nature, chosen the motives of mint and stylized them to finalize our design.
Inspiration: Nature is at the heart of design, as it is at the heart of everything. Tonk has adopted the basic principle of using forms in nature by abstracting them in accordance with its own design philosophy, rather than simply imitating nature. This year the new series focuses on this understanding and reflects directly to the wall tile models. A form study was performed inspired by mint leaves in the "Mint" model.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 and finalized in January 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Operation Flow: Mint is a very playful product, which enables designers to show their creativity and in this way which gives them high satisfaction in the design process. The designers can get different motives by playing around with the angles and the positions of the product. Moreover, Mint is very easy to install; it is just glued to the wall with ceramic adhesives.