Kromme کافی ٹیبل by Robert Wakeland is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award نقرئی انعام in فرنیچر ڈیزائن Competition Category.
چاندیفرنیچر· 2025
Kromme کافی ٹیبل
Client: Nice Form
A' Design Award نقرئی انعام Winner in فرنیچر Category
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The Design
About Kromme کافی ٹیبل
سمندری لہروں کے قدرتی نمونے سے متاثر، کرومے ٹیبل وینیئر کی ایک واحد پٹی استعمال کرتی ہے جو سمندر کے مسلسل بہاؤ کی علامت ہے۔ یہ مکمل طور پر ٹھوس اخروٹ کی لکڑی سے تیار کی گئی ہے، جس میں وینیئر کے حصوں کو باریک ٹکڑوں کے ذریعے لیمینیٹ کر کے مجسمہ نما خم بنایا گیا ہے۔ مضبوطی کے لیے ایلومینیم سے بنے کم سے کم سہارے شامل کیے گئے ہیں۔ شیشے کا اوپری حصہ نیچے موجود لکڑی کی رگوں کا صاف نظارہ فراہم کرتا ہے۔ کرومے ٹیبل ان لوگوں کے لیے ایک مجسمہ نما اظہار ہے جو فرنیچر کا ایسا قطعہ چاہتے ہیں جو سٹائلش اور فعال دونوں ہو۔
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award نقرئی انعام
Kromme کافی ٹیبل A' Design Award نقرئی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو دلکش، عالی شان اور متاثر کن اعلیٰ ترین درجے کے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا غیر معمولی طور پر باوقار اعتراف ہے۔ نقرئی انعام کے فاتحین نہایت درخشاں اور بے حد تخلیقی کام ہیں جو اپنے ڈیزائنرز کی نمایاں مہارت، ہنر اور بصیرت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Kromme کافی ٹیبل سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک شاندار، نمونہ بننے والا کام ہوگا جو قابل ذکر حد تک پیشہ ورانہ اور گہرائی سے جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award نقرئی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن ایک انتہائی قابل توجہ اور سراہی جانے والی ایجاد ہے جو فائدہ پہنچاتی اور فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن اور ٹیکنالوجی کی حدود کو آگے بڑھاتی ہے۔ Kromme کافی ٹیبل وہ تخلیق ہے جس پر بے حد رشک کیا جاتا ہے، جو خواہشات کو ابھارتی، مثبت احساسات لاتی اور حیرت اور تحیر کو جنم دیتی ہے۔
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Crafted entirely out of solid walnut veneer, the Kromme Table uses a very simple curvature to allow for a glass top. The veneer sections are laminated using 1/16” pieces molded together to form a sculpture like curve. Minimal supports crafted from aluminum are added for strength. The glass top provides a clear view of the wood grain beneath. The design is inspired by ocean waves, using one long strip of veneer to symbolize the continuous flow of the sea. A sculptural statement for those who want a piece of furniture that is both stylish and functional.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 444.5 mm x Depth 1333.5mm x Height 355.6mm
- Tags
- Sculptural Furniture, Coffee Table, Bent Lamination, Curved wood, Solid Walnut Veneer
- Production Technology
- Due to the nature of how veneers are cut with a knife, not a blade, it produces almost no waste as opposed to a thicker saw producing about 40% sawdust. While the visible layers of the piece are straight grain walnut, the interior uses the less desirable sections you typically get from true veneer. Such as sap wood. Those were placed into the center layers which ended up creating very minimal waste.
Attention to detain when creating the form was the key to a successful and accurate production. The form used to create the molds was fixed to a flat surface using dovetail sliding joinery. It served as a perfect track and avoided any movement while clamping. - Design Challenge
- How to build this long flowing structure out of a single strip of wood was the main challenge. Steam bending was another option that was explored. However, you need to cut strips at a thicker weight to still maintain sustainability to some extent. And ripping 90 inch strips 4 times per section proved to produce too much waste. Thats's when bent lamination of thinner veneers was decided upon for construction.
- Research
- The initial concept of this design was inspired by ocean waves. I wanted to create a piece of functional and beautiful furniture that was constructed in a unique way. Hence the long single strips of veneer used to laminate the structure. You don’t often see bent lamination executed in this complexity. Which was part of the motivation behind this method of construction. Sure, joinery could have been used. However the result would not be the long flowing grain often seen in nature. One of the details that was important to maintain.
- Inspiration
- The goal was to create a table that was unique in both construction, form and inspired by nature. It was also important from a design point of view to be very simple, hence staying with one fluid piece of veneer for the construction. A finished piece that was just as bold as it is simple.
- Project Duration
- This project was started in July 2023 in New York City. It was executed and finished in upstate New York in August of 2024.
- Operation Flow
- The result is a sculptural piece of furniture that is as much of a conversation starter as it is functional.
- Patents
- © 2024 Nice Form LLC. All Rights Reserved.
- Team Members
- Robert Wakeland
- Image Credits
- All images and videos are created by Nice Form LLC.
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