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Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun by Ascanio Zocchi

Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun by Ascanio Zocchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.


IdẹOhun-èlò Ilé· 2025

Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun

by Ascanio Zocchi

Client: Vetreria Malagoli

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category

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The Design

About Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun

Ohun èlò yìí ń ṣàpèjúwe àwọn ìlú méjì pàtàkì ti ọdún àgbáyé ti gíláàsì. Milan àti Venice. A ṣàfihàn Milan pẹ̀lú ìlànà-ìṣirò àti ìmọ́lẹ́ ti orí àti ìsàlẹ̀ rẹ̀, àwòrán ojú-ọ̀run rẹ̀ tí ó ti rí ìyípadà yìí ní àwọn ọdún aipẹ́ pẹ̀lú gíláàsì gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun pàtàkì nínú àwọn ilé tí ó ní oríṣiríṣi àpẹrẹ tí wọ́n gbé sókè sí ojú-ọ̀run bíi ti Piazza Gae Aulenti àti City Life

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Kotiso Tábìlì Ìjẹun ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This object represents the two protagonist cities of the international year of glass. Milan and Venice
Milan represented with the geometry and transparency of the top and base, its skyline which in recent years has seen this transformation with glass as the protagonist in the buildings of various shapes thrown towards the sky such as in Piazza Gae Aulenti and City Life.
the object was included in the precious ADI DESIGN INDEX 2023 and used as a symbol for the International Year of Glass 2022 in Milan and Venice
Dimensions & Packaging
dimensions 100 L 180 P cm with a height of 75 cm slabs thickness of 8 mm
Tags
table, dinning, glass, Venezia, Milano, MIlano Glass Week, Italian Glass Week,
Production Technology
The glass blocks are subjected to a heating treatment, and are immersed in water, causing them to shatter into small pieces.
With the recovered pieces, small agglomerates of glass are created which are placed in a melting furnace.
The table top and the base are produced in extra-clear Float glass 8 mm thick thermally tempered and subsequently worked on the edges with a polished edge grinding.
Design Challenge
the challenge was to combine two similar materials, colored glass and float glass, achieving a union that generates an effect of color and transparency, inspired by the colors of the Venice lagoon and the landscape of Milan at dawn
Research
the research carried out for this project was to represent with glass a symbolic object for the Italian capitals of design in the international year of glass. create a bridge that combines design, art and technology in a single object. combine artistic glass with Float technical glass with new technologies.
Inspiration
Milan with transparency and geometry Venice with plays of color that here become drops of the lagoon fused on the tempered glass float plate, every shape, gesture and color has its own meaning.
The transparency of flat glass and the transparency of colored glass with colors inspired by the play of light at dawn on the sea of the Venice lagoon.
Project Duration
the project started in Milan in April 2022, carried out in Modena at the headquarters and finished in August 2022 at the company headquarters
Operation Flow
it is a table and can be used as a dining table or a desk
Patents
ADI DESIGN INDEX 2023
Image Credits
image 1 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 2 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 3 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 4 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022
image 5 photographer Ascanio Zocchi 2022

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