Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande by Pablo Vidiella

Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande by Pablo Vidiella 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

Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande

by Pablo Vidiella

Client: HenkaLab

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

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The Design

About Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande

Imeza y'uruhande ya Nikao ni igikoresho cyiza cy'amazu gishingiye ku gitekerezo cy'ubwihindurize bw'imiterere y'uruziga n'inkingi. Ibi bihindurwa kugira ngo bihuze n'ibidukikije n'imikorere runaka. Muri ubu buryo, akamaro n'imiterere birakemurwa mu gihe byubahe imiterere shingiro y'ibanze y'igice, kandi bikaba ikintu gisanzwe kandi gitoroshye. Imeza y'uruhande ya Nikao ikorana n'umurebyi mu buryo busanzwe. Imiterere yayo ikurura, hamwe n'ubushyuhe bw'ibikoresho byakoreshejwe, bituma umukoresha yegerana, ayikore kandi yicara hafi yayo.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande 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. Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande 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. Nikao Imeza y'Uruhande 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: Nikao Side Table is an elegant, daring and cutting edge piece of furniture based on an evolutionary concept or circular and cylindrical geometries, which are transformed in order to adapt to a certain environment and function. By doing so, both structure and utility are solved maintaining the original essence of the piece, and becoming a more complex and organic object.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 540mm x Depth 540mm x Height 540mm
Tags: Side table, solid wood, organic design, wooden furniture, modern, luxury, unique, minimal design
Production Technology: The construction and manufacturing process equally combines technology and craftsmanship. High quality Iroko solid wood planks are machined three-dimensionally using a 5 axis CNC milling router, following a 3D drawing. Once the pieces are machined, these are glued and assembled one another by wood artisans obtaining the final shape and giving life to the object.
Design Challenge: I found specially challenging to achieve an organic, beautiful and eye-catching piece of furniture through its complex manufacturing process. It needs to be magnetic to the viewer. Technically, the great challenge was to model and CNC cut the wooden pieces with such a complex geometry.
Research: When facing Nikao side table, I had nature and living forms as a reference and inspiration. The creative process consists of trying to emulate this evolutionary natural process through natural materials and give a function to it, in this case a side table. This experimental phase is developed through direct transformation exercises using everyday simple material such as plasticine or paper, and tools such as drawing and 3D software. Once the model is created, a prototype is manufactured and tested using CNC technology and wood craftsmanship.
Inspiration: When facing Nikao side table, I had nature and living forms as a reference and inspiration. Every curve and surface present in nature has a biological explanation related to a certain function over time, and these evolutionary transformations are my source of inspiration to create Nikao. The creative process consists of trying to emulate this natural process through natural materials and give a function to it, in this case a side table.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2023 and finished in March 2023 in Madrid.
Operation Flow: Nikao side table interacts with the observer in a natural way. The human eye is more used to curved lines and surfaces, they have always been present in nature, they surround us. That instinct lingers in our animal subconscious, and the soft, natural forms give us pleasure and tranquility. Its attractive shape, together with the warmth of the material, makes the user to come closer, touch it, sit next to it.
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #2: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #3: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023. Image #4: Creator Pablo Vidiella, Nikao Side Table, 2023.