Avant Aga Baluwe by Manolo Duran Diseno is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Balùwẹ̀ àti Ohun Ìmọ́tótó Competition Category.

IdẹOhun Ìmọ́tótó· 2025

Avant Aga Baluwe

by Manolo Duran Diseno

Client: Grupo Bono

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

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The Design

About Avant Aga Baluwe

Avant, àkójọpọ̀ aga àlèdè pẹ̀lú àpẹẹrẹ ìgbàlódé àti ẹwà àìkùgbẹ́, tí ó ń gbéga sí ìrọ̀rùn àpẹẹrẹ onígun-mẹ́rin náà. Ìgbérè àyíká tó lágbára tó sì jẹ́ aláìpọ̀jù tó yọ síta, ó wà yí àpẹẹrẹ aga àlèdè náà ká. A kó àwọn ojú-iwájú jọ, ọpẹ́ sí àpẹẹrẹ aluminiomu tí a fẹ́ tó yàtọ̀ pàtàkì, ẹ̀yà àmì ìdánimọ̀ ti àkójọpọ̀ náà, tí ó jẹ́ kí oríṣiríṣi nípọn orí àti/tàbí gíláàsì láti dàpọ̀, ń ṣẹ̀dá ìbáṣepọ̀ aláìdọ́gba tó sì ní ìwọ̀ntúnwọ̀nsí. Ìríran àti ìfọwọ́kàn ń gbé papọ̀ nínú ìbáṣepọ̀ àròsọ, nínú àkànṣe oríṣiríṣi-orí-ọpọlọ nípasẹ àwọn àpẹẹrẹ àti àwọn ohun èlò.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Avant Aga Baluwe 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 Avant Aga Baluwe 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. Avant Aga Baluwe 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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Avant collection proposes a bathroom furniture with an integrated washbasin, doors with an exclusive profile that combine wood, stone and glass, together with the rest of the container elements and a unique backlit mirror, forming a personal bathroom furnishing, expressed through the minimalism of the shapes. Avant is an exercise in abstraction and dynamism. The pieces are assembled at different depths, creating an asymmetrical and balanced relationship with thin horizontal lines of their fr
Dimensions & Packaging: Width x Depth x Height
Avant furniture 60/80/100/120 x 48 x 57 cm
Avant Column 100/ x 27 x 120 cm
Avant Mirror 60/80/100/120 x 3 x 70 cm
Tags: Design, creativity, bathoom, furniture, vanity, mirror, avant, collection
Production Technology: This design is developed with ergonomic standards and 3D creation processes. Always after an exhaustive creative process of sketches and models, working on the colors and textures with collaborating suppliers of our studio. Market analysis and previous products showed us the way to follow in this design that is incorporated into an extensive program of washbasins and container elements for the firm Akua belonging to Grupo Bono. The design is developed with sustainable materials such as chipboard and MDF. The construction process is developed in the Grupo Bono factory, which has the highest production technology in the furniture manufacturing industry.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge is to find the perfect balance between aesthetics, form, materials and technologies, with an adjusted manufacturing cost price. Considering that our client is part of a medium segment with high production and turnover. High visual impact + maximum functionality // High productivity + low cost.
Research: Extensive market research conducted by our client, as well as historical knowledge of the actual needs of users, provides us with information to place the product in the right range. Different analyses of trends in the habitat sector give us enough information to determine which range of colours and materials we should select. Our cultural background and accumulated experience in the design of home furnishings mark the formal lines of our design.
Inspiration: Two concepts: the play of volumes and transparencies, plus the combination of materials. The inspiration comes from the contrast of lacquered unicolor surfaces against textures such as stones or wood with their natural imperfections, as well as the integrated solid surface washbasin and smoked glass. Complex vs. simple... Uniqueness for plurality..., to create a concept of bathroom furniture that is unique for the majority of users, where it can combine harmoniously with the rest of the elements
Project Duration: This Project started in Valencia (SPAIN) in June 2023 and is currently in the last phase of completion.
Operation Flow: The furniture in the Avant collection is simple to use. Doors and drawers open with cushioned closure.
The Avant mirror has a rotation and approach system for the magnifying lens, practicable by hand.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Manuel Durán Pérez, 2025
Image Credits: All Images: Photographer (In-Imagen), Designer (Manolo Durán), Name of Work (Avant Colection), Year of Image (2024)