Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço by Radhika Dhumal

Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço by Radhika Dhumal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Mobiliário Competition Category.

PrataMobiliário· 2021

Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço

by Radhika Dhumal

Client: Radhika Dhumal

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Mobiliário Category

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The Design

About Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço

O Elytra foi projetado de forma a permitir ao usuário fácil acesso para aumentar a superfície do tampo da mesa devido à sua natureza não estática. As superfícies biomiméticas e dinâmicas da mesa são divididas em quatro partes amplas, incluindo uma "cabeça" e "corpo" bem como duas asas embutidas de vidro que podem ser abertas simultaneamente para expandir a superfície da mesa para armazenar algumas xícaras extras de chá, uma floreira ou duas e talvez um caderno para rabiscar suas ideias.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Elytra A Mesa De Centro Com Economia De Espaço é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Elytra is designed in a way that allows the user easy access to increase the table top surface because of its non-static nature. The biomimetic, dynamic table’s surfaces are split into four broad parts, including a wooden ‘head’ and ‘body’ as well as two glass-inlay wings that can be opened out simultaneously to expand the table’s surface to store an extra few cups of tea, a planter or two, and perhaps a notebook to doodle your ideas on!
Dimensions & Packaging: 450mm x 750mm x 475mm
(Width increases to 1180mm on opening the wings)
Tags: Elytra, Winged Table, MadLadRad, Coffee Table, Space saver, Beetle
Production Technology: A concept driven design started off with intense doodling and sketching. Once it was finalised on paper, scaled down mockups , with the help of 3mm thk laser cut mdf parts, were made to figure out the kinetic mechanism. It was followed by cnc cutting teak wood and getting an absolute precise and finished product.
Inspiration: In an unusually beautiful case of nature-inspired design, the Elytra table expands in size by spreading its wings! This coffee table is inspired from the kinesis and anatomy of the wings (elytra) of the beetle. Elytra’s design is dominated by rounded forms that give it a friendly, pet-like demeanor, and feature four legs that are positioned in a way that gives the Elytra its unique, animalistic stance.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and finished in May 2019 in Ahmedabad, India. It was first displayed in the Aquarium (Display Gallery) of the National Institute of Design in July 2019.
Operation Flow: The winged table, in closed postion, has 2 prominent surfaces for use (the head and the wings). When the table top space isn't sufficient, the edge of the wing can be pulled apart. This movement causes the other winged top to open up simultaneously giving the table a grander feel and more usable space to keep your extra cups or newspapers etc. Now there are four useable table tops , the head, two wings and the body, as inspired by the anatomy of the beetle. As and when this extra space is not required, one side of the wing can be pushed back inside to allign parallelly with the table top below the wings, or the body of the table. This smooth beetle like transformation of opening and closing wings is the key characteristic of this winged table: Elytra.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #3: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #5: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019