The Collector Divayi by Zsolt Szalai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Imitako Competition Category.

IfezaImitako· 2023

The Collector Divayi

by Zsolt Szalai

Client: BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Imitako Category

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The Design

About The Collector Divayi

Inzu ya divayi ikurura amaso yose. Yakozwe n'intoki kandi iteganijwe kubakunda vino nyayo. Ihuriro ryibyuma byahiye hamwe nibirahuri byamabara igice, bituma bisa neza ariko mugihe kimwe. Hamwe no kugenzura ubushyuhe budasanzwe, iki cyumba cyo guturamo gitanga umwanya uhagije wo gukonjesha, kubika no gukusanya vino. Kurundi ruhande, hari umuryango wa pivot, nawo wakozwe n'ibyuma byaka. Mubice byumuryango, ikirahure cyamabara cyongeye kuboneka.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

The Collector Divayi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. The Collector Divayi biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. The Collector Divayi ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A wine cellar that draws all eyes. It is handmade and planned for a real wine lover.
The combination of the burnished steel frames with partially colored insulating glass, make it look stable but at the same time airy.
With special temperature control, this walk-in room provides enough space for cooling, storing and collecting wine.
On the opposite side, there is a pivot door, also handmade of burnished steel. In the recesses of the door, the colored glass is found again.
Dimensions & Packaging: The collector has an approximate total size of 7 square meters.
Tags: timeless, luxurious, sculpture, unique, colored glass, steel, wien cellar
Production Technology: The materials used for this project were DuPont Corian, burnished steel and insulating glass, some colored, some transparent.
Design Challenge: The plan was to have two wine refrigerators, which did not look very inviting. When the artist Zsolt Szalai heard about it, it motivated him to plan something special from instead, because collecting and drinking wine is a special form of art.
Research: For the burnished steel, the artist has developed a secret technology with which he treats the steel to achieve this special effect. This type of surface treatment and the production by hand make each piece unique.
Inspiration: The 3-floor house, in which the wine cellar and the pivot door are located, has been purposely reduced and conceptually planned. When the construction of the house was in full progress, the designer, Zsolt Szalai, had a vision about the collector.
Project Duration: The project duration was from May to June 2021, in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria.
Operation Flow: The artist planned to use subtle color accents in the form of colored glass to create more coziness. The semi-transparent colors can now be found in the glass front of the wine cellar as well as in the openings of the opposite pivot door.
Image Credits: 1: Photographer Matthias Streibel, The collector with colored glass, 2022
2: Photographer Matthias Streibel, The collector without colored glass, 2022
3: Photographer Matthias Streibel, pivot door, 2022
4: Photographer Matthias Streibel, pivot door and staircase, 2022
5: Photographer Matthias Streibel, Details, 2022