Tonk Mint 混凝土墙砖 by Serhan Ertan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 建筑材料与建筑构件设计 Competition Category.

铁建筑构件· 2020

Tonk Mint 混凝土墙砖

by Serhan Ertan

Client: Tonk Project

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 建筑构件 Category

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The Design

About Tonk Mint 混凝土墙砖

混凝土是一种非常传统的材料，自1800年代中期发明以来，变化不大。对于Tonk，混凝土具有创造性和现代感。每个Tonk设计都有一个模块化的结构，可以通过在各个角度玩耍来个性化。此属性使人们有机会根据自己的品味，喜好和想象力设计自己的墙。 Tonk Mint的设计灵感来自大自然中的薄荷叶。该模型还可以与变体一起使用以获得不同的动机，这是所有Tonk设计的区别特征。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Tonk Mint 混凝土墙砖是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Tonk Mint 混凝土墙砖将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Tonk Mint 混凝土墙砖因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: We add new features and configurations to 170 years old concrete.
We end up with a contemporary, creative, sincere product. Thanks to the strong 3D design, one mint model give us an opportunity to create more than ten different motives on the wall
Dimensions & Packaging: h: 10.5 cm
w: 24.2 cm
thk: 1.8 cm
Tags: GFRC, concrete, wall tile, nature-inspired, 3D
Production Technology: We use GRFC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) for our products. We use steel moulding techniques to bring our models to perfection.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge in Mint's design was to stylize the nature-inspired mint motive to match the distinguishing factor of all Tonk designs: to stylize the motive to enable the designer to create different motives when used with different angles and patterns.
Research: Architectural design has been changing from traditional to contemporary, from complicated to lean. The new-old materials become in demand. Architects and interior designers are looking for new features and configurations of old-timers, such as concrete, glass, steel and wood. Mint is a reflection of this trend. Additionally, its design is inspired by nature. We have analyzed patterns in nature, chosen the motives of mint and stylized them to finalize our design.
Inspiration: Nature is at the heart of design, as it is at the heart of everything. Tonk has adopted the basic principle of using forms in nature by abstracting them in accordance with its own design philosophy, rather than simply imitating nature. This year the new series focuses on this understanding and reflects directly to the wall tile models. A form study was performed inspired by mint leaves in the "Mint" model.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 and finalized in January 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Operation Flow: Mint is a very playful product, which enables designers to show their creativity and in this way which gives them high satisfaction in the design process. The designers can get different motives by playing around with the angles and the positions of the product. Moreover, Mint is very easy to install; it is just glued to the wall with ceramic adhesives.