Fier Mobilier de Exterior · 2023
Cotangens Cotangens - Colectia De Mobilier De Exterior
by Sara Kele
- A' Design Award de Fier 2023 in Mobilier de Exterior
- CLIENT: Sarakele Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 32,124
- Verification code 5F414E4606 · Verify this award
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About Cotangens Cotangens - Colectia De Mobilier De Exterior
În epoca post-pandemie, activitățile comunale s-au schimbat semnificativ în aer liber. CoTangens este o familie de mobilier inspirată de această schimbare, aducând frumusețea, confortul și caracterul practic al mobilierului de interior la soare. Pentru individ și comunitate deopotrivă, cu caracter puternic, dar variabilitate nesfârșită. O structură de construcție neplăcută îl face să se potrivească oricărui mediu natural fără a-și schimba ambianța. Modularitatea inteligentă îl face adaptabil la orice situație în aer liber. Este, de asemenea, o vitrină pentru materialele durabile nou dezvoltate.
About the A' Design Award de Fier
Cotangens Cotangens - Colectia De Mobilier De Exterior a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Cotangens Cotangens - Colectia De Mobilier De Exterior să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, Cotangens Cotangens - Colectia De Mobilier De Exterior merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- CoTangens is a beautiful outdoor furniture collection with a graphic character. A fretty construction structure makes it fit any natural environment without changing its ambience. Clever modularity makes it adaptable to any situation of outdoors human coexistence. It’s also a showcase for newly developed sustainable materials, proving their endurance in the harshest environment: the outdoors.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Armchair: 800 x 800 x 730 mm
Armchair with storage table: 1140 x 800 x 730 mm
Sofa: 1600 x 800 x 730
Small table: 800 x 380 x 420 mm
Shelf: 800 x 320 x 600 mm
Chair: 620 x 620 x 800 mm
Lounge chair: 650 x 700 x 700 mm
Desk: 790 x 790 x 760 mm - Tags
- furniture design, outdoor furniture, sustainability, textile revolution, bananatex, product design, sustainable materials, geometric, outdoor
- Production Technology
- Long term - that is the motto of CoTangens production. A respect for nature, the use of sustainable materials, recycling and circularity are all important values for us. The high-quality materials withstand constant load, and the covers’ zip-fastened solution makes changing easy – whether for cleaning or changing the color. CoTangens was built to last in any kind of weather. The pillows are made of special outdoors material, waxed and water repellent. Bananatex is the world’s first durable, technical fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. A perfect circular design product, long lasting and degradable at the end of the life cycle. The frames have been sintered for outdoors, with a special UV resistant powder. They are uni-molded, keeping water 100% out. The sitting surface materials are coconut and heterogeneous recycled foam.
- Design Challenge
- Working with Banantex material had its challenges, especially with the round pillow. The natural wax layer is much thicker, than a regular sewing shops is accustomed to. Wide research in sewing technologies and shops was conducted, and we ended up with strong and weatherproof solutions. Tests approved our decisions, but it took a leap of faith and commitment from both design and production sides.
- Research
- CoTangens was built to last in any kind of weather. The pillows are made of special outdoors material, waxed and water repellent. Bananatex is the world’s first durable, technical fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. A perfect circular design product, long lasting and degradable at the end of the life cycle. The frames have been sintered for outdoors, with a special UV resistant powder. The sitting surface materials are coconut and heterogeneous recycled foam.
- Inspiration
- By the post-pandemic era, our communal activities have significantly shifted outdoors. CoTangens is a furniture family inspired by this shift, bringing the beauty, comfort and practicality of indoors furniture out to the sun. For the individual and the community alike, with strong character yet endless variability.
- Project Duration
- The project was created from September 2021 to March 2022 in Budapest and Tata cities in Hungary, within the framework of Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency's DesignLab incubator program - which aim is to connect manufacturers with designers in product development processes. In this project we developed the opportunity of using the Bananatex fabric outdoors with partnership of the Bananatex team.
- Operation Flow
- From exclusive environments to laid back chill-out bars, CoTangens works with a variety of man- made environments. Graceful and non-intrusive, yet its geometric forms coupled with their shadows create a modern, a graphic character.
The fretty, see-through construction makes way for the beauty nature, making the furniture fit any place without changing its ambience. The elements will harmonise with their carefully matched Earth tone color palette and structurally matching designs. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Sara Kele, 2022
Patented. 008918635-0006/008918635-0011, Sára Kele, 2022. - Image Credits
- Image #1 : Janos Kmetyko
Image #2 : Janos Kmetyko
Image #3 : HFDA, Milan Racmolnar
Image #4 : Janos Kmetyko
Image #5 : Janos Kmetyko
