Silver Furniture Design · 2024
Arkhe Furniture Collection
- A' Design Award 2024 Silver Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Studio Kali
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About Arkhe Furniture Collection
Experience the timeless poetry of the Arkhe Collection, a tribute to the ancient amphitheaters of the Mediterranean. Inspired by their rich history and myths they whisper to our collective consciousness, each piece blends functionality with sculptural elegance. Crafted with natural travertine and wood, the collection combines exquisite craftsmanship with ageless design. Geometric designs create distinct surfaces that appeal to the sight while the variations in the pieces cater to diverse spatial and user needs. Elevate your space with Arkhe, where history and craft meet contemporary luxury.
Fulden Topaloglu's Arkhe Furniture Collection exemplifies a sophisticated dialogue between ancient material traditions and contemporary design sensibility, positioning itself within the broader movement toward celebrating natural stone's inherent character while subjecting it to precise geometric intervention, the collection demonstrates remarkable technical accomplishment in the execution of the concentric groove pattern, each channel carved with meditative precision to create a hypnotic radial composition that transforms functional surface into contemplative object, the designer's decision to employ travertine connects the work to millennia of Mediterranean architectural heritage while the formal vocabulary speaks distinctly to twenty-first century minimalism, the bisected circular top presents a compelling conceptual tension between revealing and concealing, the exposed grooved surface suggesting time's patient work or water's erosive action while the covering half maintains stone's primordial mystery, compositionally the intersecting curved base panels achieve structural elegance, their X-formation creating visual lightness beneath the substantial stone top while providing stable support through geometric efficiency, the monochromatic palette restricted to warm earth tones demonstrates sophisticated chromatic restraint, allowing subtle tonal variations within the stone itself to provide visual interest, the work invites consideration of furniture as more than functional object, proposing instead that domestic pieces might serve as meditative anchors within contemporary living spaces, viewers may find themselves drawn to trace the concentric pattern visually, experiencing a form of visual contemplation that the designer seems deliberately to encourage, what relationship between ancient geological processes and contemporary craft does this synthesis of natural material and precise intervention invite us to consider.
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- Unique Properties
- Arkhe collection is a graceful combination of functionality with sculptural posture. Natural beauty of travertine and wood, exquisite craftsmanship and inspiration coming from ancient amphitheaters of the Mediterranean give the collection its timeless appeal. The design plays with geometry to create unique surfaces that appeal to the sight while dividing the furniture surfaces into areas with different functions. The pieces have different geometric variations to appeal to varying spatial needs.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard dimensions for round coffee table: W 1020 mm x Depth 1020 mm x Height 350 mm
Standard dimensions for square coffee table: W 970 mm x Depth 970 mm x Height 350 mm
Standard dimensions for oval coffee table: W 1720 mm x Depth 920 mm x Height 350 mm
Standard dimensions for oval console table: W 1260 mm x Depth 435 mm x Height 772 mm
Standard dimensions for round mirror: W 600 mm x Depth 600 mm x Height 50 mm
Customization in dimensions is also provided. - Tags
- sculptural, minimal, poetic, modern, coffee table, console table, mirror, customization, natural materials
- Production Technology
- Arkhe collection is produced by skilled craftsmen from natural materials of travertine and wood. Both travertine and wood parts of the pieces are produced through a combination of CNC and craft production processes. Customization is also offered with different stone and wood options. The pieces can be produced from solely stone blocks, from solely wood or from a combination of stone and wood. The pieces are made to assembly and can be disassembled to be shipped flat pack. The assembly is made with stainless steel connector pieces.
- Design Challenge
- The major challenge of the project was related to getting the desired material and visual effect and quality on the intricate surface machining with different materials like unfilled travertine and wood. Several small scale trails were made with different travertine and wood types before starting the production of large scale products.
- Project Duration
- The production phase of the project started in March 2023 in Istanbul and was completed in August 2023 in Istanbul.
- Operation Flow
- Arkhe collection provides functionality, emotional experience and uniqueness through its minimal, sculptural forms and strong visual effect. The surfaces created on the furniture appeal to the sight while dividing the furniture surface into areas with different functions. The collection blends with different interiors as it can be customized according to user needs and desires by a choice of different geometric and material alternatives. Its minimal design provides ease of use and cleaning.
- Research
- Many sketches, computer models and small-scale models were made to optimize the overall dimensions, to decide on different dimensions for the steps that create the various surfaces on the pieces. Later through an interaction with the local craftsmen, the details regarding surface operations and assemblage joinery were decided using prototypes.
- Inspiration
- Arkhe Collection is a tribute to the beautiful amphitheaters dispersed throughout the Mediterranean geography and to all the history, culture and myths they whisper to our collective consciousness. As a lucky kid growing up in the Aegean coast, the visits to these majestic remains of ancient times was an indispensable tradition of our summer vacations. These visits always left me in awe, giving a larger than life feeling to the mind and soul of that little kid I was back then.
- Image Credits
- Image #1,2,3,4,5: Computer Graphics Artist / Oğuz Tercan, 2024.
- Patents
- Design Patented. 2023-003103. Fulden Topaloglu. 2023. Turkey.
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