Cotangens Cotangens - דרויסנדיק מעבל זאַמלונג by Sara Kele is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award אין אײַזן in גאָרטן און דרויסנדיקע מעבל דיזײַן Competition Category.
אײַזןדרויסנדיקע מעבל· 2023
Cotangens Cotangens - דרויסנדיק מעבל זאַמלונג
by Sara Kele
Client: Sarakele Studio
A' Design Award אין אײַזן Winner in דרויסנדיקע מעבל Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #142961The Design
About Cotangens Cotangens - דרויסנדיק מעבל זאַמלונג
אין די פּאָסט-פּאַנדעמיק טקופע, כלל אַקטיוויטעטן האָבן באטייטיק שיפטיד ינ דרויסן. CoTangens איז אַ מעבל משפּחה ינספּייערד דורך דעם יבעררוק, ברענגען די שיינקייט, טרייסט און פּראַקטיקאַלאַטי פון ינעווייניק מעבל צו די זון. פֿאַר דעם יחיד און די קהילה ענלעך, מיט שטאַרק כאַראַקטער אָבער סאָף וועריאַביליטי. א פרעטי קאַנסטראַקשאַן סטרוקטור מאכט עס פּאַסיק אין קיין נאַטירלעך סוויווע אָן טשאַנגינג זייַן אַמביאַנס. קלוג מאַדזשאַלעראַטי מאכט עס אַדאַפּטאַבאַל צו קיין סיטואַציע ינ דרויסן. עס איז אויך אַ וויטרינע פֿאַר ניי דעוועלאָפּעד סאַסטיינאַבאַל מאַטעריאַלס.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award אין אײַזן
Cotangens Cotangens - דרויסנדיק מעבל זאַמלונג איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין אײַזן, אַן פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו גוטע דיזײַנס וואָס טרעפֿן די פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע און ינדוסטריעלע פֿאָדערונגען וואָס מען דערוואַרט פֿון גוט-דיזײַנטע באַשאַפֿונגען. אײַזן-געווינער ווײַזן גרויסע בקיאות, הויכע ספּעציאַליזאַציע, מומחה-פֿאַרשטאַנד און קרעאַטיווע פֿעיִקייט פֿון זייערע שאַפֿער. פֿון Cotangens Cotangens - דרויסנדיק מעבל זאַמלונג ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע באַשאַפֿונג וואָס איז פּראַקטיש און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין אײַזן פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן פֿון דער ענף און האָט בקיאותדיקע טעכנישע אייגנשאַפֿטן פֿאַרבונדן מיט וויסן און טאַלאַנט. Cotangens Cotangens - דרויסנדיק מעבל זאַמלונג ווערט געערט פֿאַר זײַן גרינטלעכקייט און איז דיזײַנט צו פּראָווידן פֿאַרבעסערונגען פֿון לעבנס-קוואַליטעט וואָס העלפֿן מאַכן די וועלט צו אַ בעסערן אָרט.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- CoTangens is a beautiful outdoor furniture collection with a graphic character. A fretty construction structure makes it fit any natural environment without changing its ambience. Clever modularity makes it adaptable to any situation of outdoors human coexistence. It’s also a showcase for newly developed sustainable materials, proving their endurance in the harshest environment: the outdoors.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Armchair: 800 x 800 x 730 mm
Armchair with storage table: 1140 x 800 x 730 mm
Sofa: 1600 x 800 x 730
Small table: 800 x 380 x 420 mm
Shelf: 800 x 320 x 600 mm
Chair: 620 x 620 x 800 mm
Lounge chair: 650 x 700 x 700 mm
Desk: 790 x 790 x 760 mm - Tags
- furniture design, outdoor furniture, sustainability, textile revolution, bananatex, product design, sustainable materials, geometric, outdoor
- Production Technology
- Long term - that is the motto of CoTangens production. A respect for nature, the use of sustainable materials, recycling and circularity are all important values for us. The high-quality materials withstand constant load, and the covers’ zip-fastened solution makes changing easy – whether for cleaning or changing the color. CoTangens was built to last in any kind of weather. The pillows are made of special outdoors material, waxed and water repellent. Bananatex is the world’s first durable, technical fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. A perfect circular design product, long lasting and degradable at the end of the life cycle. The frames have been sintered for outdoors, with a special UV resistant powder. They are uni-molded, keeping water 100% out. The sitting surface materials are coconut and heterogeneous recycled foam.
- Design Challenge
- Working with Banantex material had its challenges, especially with the round pillow. The natural wax layer is much thicker, than a regular sewing shops is accustomed to. Wide research in sewing technologies and shops was conducted, and we ended up with strong and weatherproof solutions. Tests approved our decisions, but it took a leap of faith and commitment from both design and production sides.
- Research
- CoTangens was built to last in any kind of weather. The pillows are made of special outdoors material, waxed and water repellent. Bananatex is the world’s first durable, technical fabric made purely from the naturally grown Abacá banana plants. A perfect circular design product, long lasting and degradable at the end of the life cycle. The frames have been sintered for outdoors, with a special UV resistant powder. The sitting surface materials are coconut and heterogeneous recycled foam.
- Inspiration
- By the post-pandemic era, our communal activities have significantly shifted outdoors. CoTangens is a furniture family inspired by this shift, bringing the beauty, comfort and practicality of indoors furniture out to the sun. For the individual and the community alike, with strong character yet endless variability.
- Project Duration
- The project was created from September 2021 to March 2022 in Budapest and Tata cities in Hungary, within the framework of Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency's DesignLab incubator program - which aim is to connect manufacturers with designers in product development processes. In this project we developed the opportunity of using the Bananatex fabric outdoors with partnership of the Bananatex team.
- Operation Flow
- From exclusive environments to laid back chill-out bars, CoTangens works with a variety of man- made environments. Graceful and non-intrusive, yet its geometric forms coupled with their shadows create a modern, a graphic character.
The fretty, see-through construction makes way for the beauty nature, making the furniture fit any place without changing its ambience. The elements will harmonise with their carefully matched Earth tone color palette and structurally matching designs. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Sara Kele, 2022
Patented. 008918635-0006/008918635-0011, Sára Kele, 2022. - Image Credits
- Image #1 : Janos Kmetyko
Image #2 : Janos Kmetyko
Image #3 : HFDA, Milan Racmolnar
Image #4 : Janos Kmetyko
Image #5 : Janos Kmetyko
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