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Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk by Andrea Brunazzi

Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk by Andrea Brunazzi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Silver in Möbeldesign Competition Category.


SilverMöbler· 2022

Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk

by Andrea Brunazzi

Client: Rivola

A' Design Award i Silver Winner in Möbler Category

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The Design

About Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk

Panca Rivola är en utomhusbänk designad för parker, trädgårdar och andra offentliga platser. Bänken är ett enda monolitiskt block med en organisk form som för tankarna till sten som slipats av tid och väder. Panca Rivola är tillverkad av återsammansatt marmorpulver, vilket gör att flera färger kan produceras. Blocket väger 650 kilo, motstår skadegörelse och kan tvättas. Den böjda basen möjliggör säker placering på mark som inte är plan. En matchande ryggradslös sittplats i samma material finns tillgänglig, och en version i polerat stål tillverkas på beställning.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Silver

Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk är vinnare av A' Design Award i Silver, ett utomordentligt prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, hänförande och imponerande designverk i toppskiktet. Silvervinnare är oerhört briljanta och utomordentligt kreativa verk som illustrerar sina formgivares enastående expertis, talang och skarpsinne. Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk förväntas vara ett underbart paradexempel som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och djupt innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Silver är en mycket uppmärksammad, beundrad uppfinning som gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Panca Rivola Utomhusbänk är en skapelse som avundas starkt, som väcker längtan, förmedlar positiva känslor och väcker förundran och häpnad.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Rivola: Monolithic seat, organic design. It was designed to be positioned outdoors (parks, gardens, etc.). It has no problems if the ground on which it rests is not level.
A seat designed to integrate with the natural landscape, a shape that seems shaped by time and atmospheric agents, a monolith, a sculpture.
There is also the version in polished steel which is produced to order.
Dimensions & Packaging
Length 180 cm
High 43 cm
Depth 60 cm
Tags
Bench, seat, nature, marble, stone, natural shape
Production Technology
Rivola is made of reassembled marble powder (in PDM) and therefore can be produced in various colors.
The bench was also designed to resist vandalism; it is a full block of 650 kg, it can be washed. It is possible to combine the coordinated pouf of the same material.
Design Challenge
An object that is easy to make was studied, which had a low production cost, which used natural materials, which met the criteria of comfort, easy positioning, which integrated well into the environment by being able to decide on the color and the stone used. A project that might seem simple and intuitive but that has solved a number of technical difficulties. The success of the object can be seen from the sales numbers that continue with enthusiasm over the years.
Research
The Italian landscape inspires creativity to create an object in recycled stone, granite, marble; shapes smoothed by time and atmospheric agents, wrinkled, rough surfaces, polished by water. Rivola was created to integrate into the environment and become part of it. The project had to be easily reproducible in series possibly with various colors and have a low production cost.
Inspiration
The Italian landscape inspires the creation of artifacts that rework the sensations transmitted by the most varied rocks, from granite to marble, smooth or rough surfaces that can be reproduced on the seat, also obviating functional problems. A natural shape but reproduced in a serial way with the possibility of coloring it "in paste".
Project Duration
The project started in 2010 in Torino, the cooperation with Metalco (the producer) is still alive. Rivola was exhibited in London on 2011 at Design 100% London. The bench continues to be sold all over the world, Europe, Asia, the Americas etc.
Operation Flow
A seat designed to integrate with the natural landscape, a shape that seems shaped by time and atmospheric agents, a monolith, a sculpture.
Team Members
Andrea Brunazzi
Image Credits
Main Image Image #1 : Andrea Voltolina
Image #3 : Andrea Voltolina
Image #1 : Ada Brunazzi
Image #2 : Ada Brunazzi
Image #4 : Ada Brunazzi

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