Aero Bookcase Fata Tusi by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2017

Aero Bookcase Fata Tusi

by Gerardo Ríos

Client: Gerardo Ríos

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Aero Bookcase Fata Tusi

O le Aero Bookcase o se fata tusi tu tuto'atasi na fa'aosofia mai vaalele o le 1920s. O vae ma le fausaga autu e mulimuli i laina pi'o e fa'amanatu mai ai le amataga o va'alele ma le sitaili fa'anatura o lena vaitaimi. O le fa'avae e faia i le laupapa Tzalam malosi, ma o fata e tu'ufa'atasia ai le laupapa oka (oak) fa'apipi'i fa'atasi ma le tioata fa'apipi'i fa'atasi lanu. O fata laupapa pi'o fa'aliliu e taofi mau ai tusi e latalata tasi. O fata tioata e teu ai tusi po'o mea teuteu, ma o le tioata lanu e fa'aata mai ai le malamalama lanu i totonu o le potu. O luga o mea uma e fa'amae'aina i vasega e ono (6) o le polyurethane.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Aero Bookcase Fata Tusi, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Aero Bookcase Fata Tusi e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Aero Bookcase Fata Tusi ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The shape of the legs and the main structure try to emulate the airplanes by helix of those early years and suggest in an exquisite style the organic ART NOVEAU of that period with three shelves of laminated colored glass that gives a touch of distinction and uniqueness to the whole piece, giving different tones of light on the reflected areas.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width: 945mm
Depth: 415mm
Height: 1600mm
Tags: G. Rios, High design,Aero , Art, Nouveau, Muebles, Librero, Moderno, Colorfull, Unique, Stylish, Wood, Design, Aero
Production Technology: Built with sharp cuts with high technology machinery in solid Tzalam wood on the legs, and shelves laminated with natural oak wood (fusionated with heat) and colored laminated glass in different colors to choose. Stained with six layers of polyurethane and laminated glass with various optional colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this furniture was designing the most appropriate joint between legs, both for industrial production, as the esthetic of the piece: The main challenge was to give a continuous form to the elliptical shelves in a gradual but artistic interpretation using different layers.
Research: An investigation was realized about the structure and form of the airplanes from 1920 to 1930, from which came the original shapes of the design.
The creative research challenge was the toughest part of this design activity.
Inspiration: The lines of the aero bookcase, arise from the need to communicate the adventurer spirit to innovate at the beginning of the last century, represented by the wooden planes with special textiles and fabrics that flew through the sky during those years. It is not only a unique stylish accent furniture, but also a piece that inspires and invites to dare and achieve.
Project Duration: The design process begun in September 2016 at the factory of G.RIOS at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, it was finished on December 2016.
Operation Flow: The form of the inverted curved shelves make the books stay tight to one another, in the case of the wooden shelves. The crystal shelves can be used either for books or decorative ornaments and thus, take advantage of the reflected light through the tinted glass, that can be customized in different colors, giving a unique personality to the room itself.
Team Members: Workshop & design team: G. Ríos Furniture Factory