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Selena בענקל by Aciole Felix

Selena בענקל by Aciole Felix is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award אין זילבער in מעבל דיזײַן Competition Category.


זילבערמעבל· 2025

Selena בענקל

by Aciole Felix

Client: Morada Decor

A' Design Award אין זילבער Winner in מעבל Category

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The Design

About Selena בענקל

סעלענאַ איז אַ בענקל געמאַכט פֿון זשעקיטיבאַ-האָלץ און נאַטירלעכן שטרוי. דער ראַם ווערט געפֿורעמט דורך פּינקטלעכער CNC-מאַשין-באַאַרבעטונג, וואָס שאַפֿט גלאַטע און כּסדרדיקע אויבערפֿלאַכן אָן זעעוודיקע פֿאַרבינדונגען. האַנטווערקלעכע אַרבעט פֿאַרענדיקט די צונויפֿשטעלונג און דאָס באַפֿעסטיקן פֿונעם שטרוי. דער שטרוי לויפֿט פֿון דער רוקן-לענונג ביזן זיצפּלאַץ, און פֿורעמט אַ כּסדרדיקן עלעמענט וואָס גיט צו וויזועלע לײַכטקייט צו אַ מאָנאָליטישן פֿאַרנעם. אַ וואַסער-באַזירטע פֿאַרענדיקונג ווערט גענוצט כּדי צו פֿאַרמינערן די סבֿיבֿה-ווירקונג. סעלענאַ פֿאַראייניקט אַ מינימאַליסטישן אויסזען מיט אַ שטאַרקער סטרוקטור וואָס איז געצילט צו געדויערן דורות לאַנג.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין זילבער

Selena בענקל איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין זילבער, אַן אויסערגעוויינלעך פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו שיינע, דערהויבענע און איבערצײַגנדיקע שפּיץ-דיזײַנס. זילבער-געווינער זענען העכסט בריליאַנטע און זייער קרעאַטיווע ווערק וואָס ילוסטרירן די אויסגעצייכנטע מומחיות, טאַלאַנט און שאַרפֿזיניקייט פֿון זייערע דיזײַנערס. פֿון Selena בענקל ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ וווּנדערלעך, מוסטערהאַפֿט ווערק וואָס איז אויפֿפֿאַלנדיק פּראָפֿעסיאָנעל און טיף אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין זילבער איז אַ זייער אויפֿפֿאַלנדיקע, באַוווּנדערטע דערפֿינדונג וואָס ברענגט נוצן און שטופּט פֿאָרויס די גרענעצן פֿון קונסט, וויסנשאַפֿט, דיזײַן און טעכנאָלאָגיע. Selena בענקל איז אַ באַשאַפֿונג וואָס מען מקנא זײַן זי ברייט, וואָס וועקט תּאוות, ברענגט פּאָזיטיווע געפֿילן און וועקט חידוש און פֿאַרוווּנדערונג.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Selena was designed with the aim of having a light and minimalist look. It represents a little of what we tried to convey with these innovative surfaces and transitions, resulting in the smooth shapes of a resistant and durable chair. The continuity of the straw produces a minimalist effect, and the transparency of this material generates lightness in a monolithic volume. The chair is a tactile object, to understand its complexity it is necessary to feel each transition, fit and surface.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 0.560 mm
Depth 0.600 mm
Height 0.840 mm
Tags
minimalist design, cnc machining, jequitiba wood, portuguese straw, form and function, contemporary design, sustainable design
Production Technology
A project focused on detailed cnc programming. Added to artisanal processes that require a lot of experience and care, in the use of organic materials, such as Jequitibá wood, and natural straw.
It highlights the resistance created in the machining processes, generating precision in assembly. And its water-based finish guarantees lower environmental impact. This makes the product durable and sustainable, thinking about pieces that will be used for generations.
Design Challenge
Search for fluid surfaces, without encounters, without visible obstacles, the process of fixing the natural straw, to form the smooth piece, search for exclusive tools and solutions with partners, was a great and time-consuming challenge, but delivered an exceptional result. Furthermore, it increased our creative repertoire.
The challenge was to make an aesthetically minimalist chair, which at the same time was structurally robust, and with this appearance was ergonomically attractive.
Research
The research into the design of the brief showed us that the natural puts us in a very positive way, in tune with our ancestry, awakening intrinsic sensations that welcome us, influencing human well-being, which is why the final objective of the project was to deliver a contemporary product , made with natural materials and organic shapes.
There was also a great effort in researching technology and tools that could execute according to the project.
Inspiration
In-depth CNC machining techniques were essential to define the shape of the chair, this was exploited to the maximum.
The search for fluid and smooth surfaces, characteristics that make the piece so interesting, and that hide the formal complexity, with different visual elements.
Also the natural straw, starting at the back, moving towards the seat, generates a continuous element of visual lightness and the impression that the chair does not have many stops, making the product even more fluid.
Project Duration
The project began in Lagoa Vermelha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on April 2, 2023 and ended in March 2024.
Operation Flow
The natural straw in the seat initially creates hesitation, and the feeling when sitting is one of surprise, comfort and security.
Designed with an organic shape and fluid lines, at the same time complex and intriguing, it becomes a product that also appeals to the sense of touch, going beyond ergonomics and visuals, interacting with human curiosity.
Visually light in a product with materials as noble and known for their robustness as wood, this product conveys softness and elegance.
Team Members
Design - Aciole Felix
Prototyping - Eduardo Bossardi
Approval - Rafael Schmidt
Search - Juliano Schmidt
Image Credits
Pherphoto fotografias

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