Manga Sittebenk by Enrique Minguez Ros is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Jern in Hage- og utemøbeldesign Competition Category.

JernUtemøbler· 2022

Manga Sittebenk

by Enrique Minguez Ros

Client: QZ Urban Furniture

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Utemøbler Category

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The Design

About Manga Sittebenk

Urbane elementer bidrar til å gi byer menneskelig målestokk, identitet og kollektiv mening. Designideen for Manga-benken tar utgangspunkt i den maritime konteksten, et sted den er designet for, ved å bruke teknologi og materialer som er typiske for nautisk ingeniørfag. Inspirert av havlivet er den i stand til å vekke følelser i urbane og naturlige omgivelser. Renheten i linjene og avrundingen mellom flatene til Manga-benken forsterker lysstyrken og teksturene som er typiske for glassfiber og betong. Når benken ikke er i bruk, gjør de myke bølgende formene den til et skulpturelt element.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Manga Sittebenk er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. Manga Sittebenk forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. Manga Sittebenk respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A bench of elegant simplicity with organic shapes.
The purity of the lines and the roundness between planes of the Manga Bench, reinforces the brightness and textures typical of fiberglass and concrete.
When the bench is not occupied, its soft undulating shapes make it a sculptural element.
Minimalist in design, its comfortable ergonomic profile and soft undulations invite contemplation and serenity.
Dimensions & Packaging: The measurements are 300 x 82 x 76 cm. The seat base is 44 cm from the ground.
Tags: Marine life, Sculptural, Fiberglass, Sustainability, Minimalist, Ergonomic
Production Technology: The materials used in the Manga Bench are committed to sustainability and the development of pioneering technologies (fiberglass, fiber-reinforced concrete or mechanical recycling of plastic R-PET). Environmentally friendly materials with a real component of sustainability, circularity and safety.
Using technology and materials typical of nautical engineering, the Manga Bench has taken into account its environmental impact during all the stages of its existence: extraction of raw materials, production, distribution, use, reuse, recycling and waste management.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was the design of a large urban element with dynamic undulating forms.
The big obstacle, given its size, was to demould the piece, so it was necessary to redraw the initial sketch.
In a second phase, the thickness of the planned fiberglass layer was reduced and the upper part of the backrest was reinforced with fiberglass mesh.
Today, thanks to the technology and materials used in nautical engineering, the production of fibreglass benches is very simple.
Research: The research is based on the design of an urban element that contributes to giving cities a human scale, identity and collective meaning.
The aim was to create a piece based on marine life and the maritime context, using nautical engineering technologies and materials, so a model and a mould were developed to obtain the designed piece.
The Manga bench has been made of fiberglass. A material that is capable of awakening emotions both in urban environments and in natural areas.
Inspiration: The design idea for the Manga Bench starts from the maritime context, a place for which it has been designed, using technology and materials typical of nautical engineering.
Inspired by marine life, it is capable of awakening emotions in urban and natural environments.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 and finished in June 2020 in Cartagena (Spain). It was exhibited in the port of Cartagena (2020) and Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Murcia (COAMU), Murcia, (Spain) in 2022.
Operation Flow: This piece not only fulfils the function of a seat but also provides an aesthetic value when it is placed in the urban space: seafronts, ports, squares, streets and boulevards.
Patents: Patented. 08/2020/621. Enrique Mínguez Ros. 2020. Intellectual property.
Team Members: Enrique Mínguez Ros and Enrique Mínguez Martínez
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer David Frutos, Manga Bench, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer David Frutos, Manga Bench, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer David Frutos, Manga Bench, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer David Frutos, Manga Bench, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer David Frutos, Manga Bench, 2020.