Kromme Mesa de Centro por Robert Wakeland

O design Kromme Mesa de Centro por Robert Wakeland é um vencedor altamente estimado do prestigioso 2025 A' Design Award de Prata na Categoria de Competição Design de Mobiliário.

PrataMobiliário· 2025

Kromme Mesa de Centro

por Robert Wakeland

Cliente: Nice Form

Vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata na Categoria Mobiliário

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O Design

Sobre Kromme Mesa de Centro

Inspirada no padrão natural das ondas do oceano, a Kromme Table utiliza uma única tira de folheado para simbolizar o fluxo contínuo do mar. Confeccionada inteiramente em nogueira maciça, as seções de folheado são laminadas usando peças finas moldadas em conjunto para formar uma curva escultural. Suportes minimalistas confeccionados em alumínio são adicionados para resistência. O tampo de vidro proporciona uma vista clara dos veios da madeira abaixo. A Kromme Table é uma peça escultural para aqueles que desejam um móvel que seja ao mesmo tempo elegante e funcional.

O Reconhecimento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Prata

Kromme Mesa de Centro 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 Kromme Mesa de Centro 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. Kromme Mesa de Centro é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Por Trás do Design

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Créditos, membros da equipa e detalhes técnicos fornecidos pelo designer.

Propriedades Únicas: Crafted entirely out of solid walnut veneer, the Kromme Table uses a very simple curvature to allow for a glass top. The veneer sections are laminated using 1/16” pieces molded together to form a sculpture like curve. Minimal supports crafted from aluminum are added for strength. The glass top provides a clear view of the wood grain beneath. The design is inspired by ocean waves, using one long strip of veneer to symbolize the continuous flow of the sea. A sculptural statement for those who want a piece of furniture that is both stylish and functional.
Dimensões e Embalagem: Width 444.5 mm x Depth 1333.5mm x Height 355.6mm
Etiquetas: Sculptural Furniture, Coffee Table, Bent Lamination, Curved wood, Solid Walnut Veneer
Tecnologia de Produção: Due to the nature of how veneers are cut with a knife, not a blade, it produces almost no waste as opposed to a thicker saw producing about 40% sawdust. While the visible layers of the piece are straight grain walnut, the interior uses the less desirable sections you typically get from true veneer. Such as sap wood. Those were placed into the center layers which ended up creating very minimal waste.

Attention to detain when creating the form was the key to a successful and accurate production. The form used to create the molds was fixed to a flat surface using dovetail sliding joinery. It served as a perfect track and avoided any movement while clamping.
Desafio de Design: How to build this long flowing structure out of a single strip of wood was the main challenge. Steam bending was another option that was explored. However, you need to cut strips at a thicker weight to still maintain sustainability to some extent. And ripping 90 inch strips 4 times per section proved to produce too much waste. Thats's when bent lamination of thinner veneers was decided upon for construction.
Pesquisa: The initial concept of this design was inspired by ocean waves. I wanted to create a piece of functional and beautiful furniture that was constructed in a unique way. Hence the long single strips of veneer used to laminate the structure. You don’t often see bent lamination executed in this complexity. Which was part of the motivation behind this method of construction. Sure, joinery could have been used. However the result would not be the long flowing grain often seen in nature. One of the details that was important to maintain.
Inspiração: The goal was to create a table that was unique in both construction, form and inspired by nature. It was also important from a design point of view to be very simple, hence staying with one fluid piece of veneer for the construction. A finished piece that was just as bold as it is simple.
Duração do Projeto: This project was started in July 2023 in New York City. It was executed and finished in upstate New York in August of 2024.
Fluxo de Operação: The result is a sculptural piece of furniture that is as much of a conversation starter as it is functional.
Membros da Equipa: Robert Wakeland
Créditos de Imagem: All images and videos are created by Nice Form LLC.