Herringbone Masă de Dining by Alexandre Caldas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronz in Design de Mobilier Competition Category.
BronzMobilier· 2023
Herringbone Masă de Dining
Client: AROUNDtheTREE
A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Mobilier Category
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About Herringbone Masă de Dining
Herringbone este o masă de dining inspirată de structura frunzelor și de dorința de a elimina tot ceea ce este superfluu. Structura internă rămâne vizibilă, iar silueta simplă este complet expusă. Masa este realizată din lemn masiv american certificat, cu finisaj din ulei natural, și are dimensiunile de 2500 pe 1000 pe 750 de milimetri. Sunt folosite tehnici tradiționale de prelucrare a lemnului și măiestria unor meșteri experimentați, cu o cantitate cât mai redusă de adeziv. Cele două blaturi mari sunt modelate manual. Masa poate fi demontată în trei piese, comportându-se totuși ca un obiect unitar.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronz
Herringbone Masă de Dining a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Herringbone Masă de Dining să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Herringbone Masă de Dining satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Table Herringbone designed by Alexandre Caldas is Inspired by the structure of leaves and by the desire to eliminate what is superfluous, the internal structure of the table and its simple and beautiful silhouette is all exposed to the lovers of this type of construction. Using certified solid wood, using the least amount of glue possible, using one of the world's most recycled resources (glass), and all this with only the know-how of master craftsmen with traditional woodworking techniques, accomplish the mission perfectly. The simplicity is the is the truly sophistication
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 2500 x 1000 x 750 / American Solid Wood / Natural Oil Finished
- Tags
- Herringbone table, Dining table, Glass Table, Alexandre Caldas Dining table, eco table, timeless table, solid wood table
- Production Technology
- This piece was made utilizing only certified wood, and using only the know-how of the master craftsmen. It was made with only the most traditional techniques of woodworking in a simple way. Just Perfect.
- Design Challenge
- The simplicity of the piece had no great technological challenges since it was designed to be built with the most basic woodworking tools. However, the fixation of the stringers that join the two parts , had to be made specifically for this model because there is nothing on the market capable of doing the job . The two large table tops are hand sculptured to take their final shape.
- Research
- to find the limit of the materials in order to have a piece that was elegant but resistant at the same time. Knowing that the choice of wood to be used would also define its strength, we started with a prototype in pine just to consolidate proportions, and then, in the production of the first piece already in American walnut, we gradually removed the excess in thickness while maintaining a good reliability in construction. This table is dismountable in 3 parts but its resistance and plasticity behave as if it were a single piece .
- Inspiration
- The inspirational muse and the starting point for any design was always sought around the tree, however, this time also in a perspective of looking at the tree and the possibility of reducing the use of its resources. In this logic the structure of the leaves (Herringbone) and the elimination of what is superfluous, left to show the whole internal structure and with it its simple and beautiful silhouette.
- Project Duration
- This project started in January 2021 in Lisbon with the first sketches on paper, then moved to the 3D creation phase for general visualization, followed by Maketa in pine wood. The project was completed in September 2022 with the design of the first piece in American Walnut .
- Operation Flow
- It is a simple and clearly honest object , what you see is what is . It presents no interaction mechanisms and it is meant to be appreciated in its simplicity .
- Patents
- Patent Pending
- Image Credits
- AROUNDtheTREE/ Image / Alexandre Caldas / Designer / Heringbone Table / 2023
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