Ravaq Tafel by Ali Sharifi Omid is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in IJzer in Meubelontwerp Competition Category.
IJzerMeubels· 2020
Ravaq Tafel
Client: HAF design and construction department
A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Meubels Category
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About Ravaq Tafel
Ravaq wil de grootsheid van die moqarnas-plafonds bedekt met spiegels op kleinere schaal vernieuwen. Deze vormen zijn geworteld in een 1000-jarige traditie en hun moderne reconstructie verbindt het oude met het hedendaagse. Ravaq reflecteert de omringende kleuren vanuit verschillende hoeken om beter te passen bij de plek waar het naartoe gaat. De belangrijkste uitdaging van ravaq was om nieuwe en innovatieve vormen te creëren van een traditioneel patroon en motief, zodat als je eenmaal het hele patroon onder ogen ziet, de authenticiteit je terug in de tijd brengt terwijl je dat nog steeds gebruikt met moderne meubels.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in IJzer
Ravaq Tafel is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Ravaq Tafel wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Ravaq Tafel wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Ravaq aims to renew the grandeur those moqarnas ceilings covered with mirrors in a smaller scale. These forms are rooted in a 1000 year tradition and their modern reconstruction ties the ancient with the contemporary. Ravaq reflects the surrounding colors from different angles to match the place that it goes to more beautifully.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Hight:464 mm xDiameter: 586
weight:14 kg - Tags
- Geometric design,Parametric design,Side table,Moqarnas,Persian motifs
- Production Technology
- The main idea in producing ravaq was a high quality and perfect production, so we have used CNC cutting a stainless steel and glass sheets to minimize human error. The main materials its production are stainless steel and color glasses.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge of this project was to create new and innovative forms from a traditional pattern and motif so that once you are faced by the whole pattern, its authenticity takes you back in time while you are still use that with modern furniture.
- Research
- Research on this project began by focusing on Persian architectural, geometrical patterns. Our aim was to use this two dimensional geometry and pattern to create three dimensional masses. Our main aesthetics priority was not to get trapped in repeating old fashioned forms and to create postmodern forms with new material.
- Inspiration
- Moqarnas is one of the mast important elements of Persian architecture. First it was used as columns’ to buttress domes and mosques ceilings. Then however, it became mainly a decorative element of the building these ceilings are usually covered with mosaic-style mirrors in order to maximize light reflection at any angle.
- Project Duration
- I have been researching on Iranian-Islamic geometric designs and patterns in the last year and have been trying to design some furniture
which is inspired by ancient Iranian architectural motifs. This and some other projects that I have done are the results of this endeavour. This project has been mass produced in Iran last December. - Operation Flow
- Ravaq is a special side table which evokes a beautiful volume of architectural in the performance environment. The main mass of the stainless steel is a mirror that interacts with the space itself.
- Patents
- Haf
- Image Credits
- Designer: Ali Sharifi Omid / Illustrator: kaveh Nemati
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