Pudu 宠物屋 by Gabriel Antunes Henke Carrano is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 宠物护理、玩具、用品与动物产品设计 Competition Category.
银宠物用品· 2022
Pudu 宠物屋
by Gabriel Antunes Henke Carrano
Client: Proa
A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 宠物用品 Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #130013The Design
About Pudu 宠物屋
Pudu 宠物屋是一件让主人和他们的家畜同时感到高兴的家具。该设计由帆布和钢结构组成，通过压力按钮固定在一起。该套装绘制了经典简约宠物屋的流体形状，形成屋顶和带枕头的吊床。该项目的目标是改善动物的生存能力。休息时的幸福感让他们在室内拥有自己的位置。 Pudu 可以定制不同的颜色选择，并且易于清洁，还计划反映业主的室内设计风格。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 银奖
Pudu 宠物屋是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Pudu 宠物屋将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Pudu 宠物屋是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Pudu is a pet house that the main goal is to be comfortable for pets and a functional piece of furniture for owners. The minimalist style of Pudu makes it possible to be placed in more diverse types of rooms, including outside once its materials are durable and waterproof. The canvas is braided through structure and forms a hammock, so your pet can have a smooth balance while resting.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 520 mm x 720 mm x 620 mm
Tubular steel powder coated and welded and Canvas with pressure buttons. - Tags
- pet, house, furniture, wellbeing, comfort, minamlist, shape
- Production Technology
- The main structure of the design was made by bending tubular steel in the shape of a standard yard-like dog house. To reinforce the structure some metal rods were welded to the structure. All the metal parts were powder coated in black kiln drying at 200 degrees. The rods allow the canvas to go through and form the roof and the bed of the pet house after that the canvas can be button up to the two ends of the structure and then a pillow is added to extra comfort.
- Design Challenge
- For this project, the hardest part was to choose the correct thickness of the structure so the pet house can be stable but not visually heavy. And also choose the fabric was a hard process until ended up with the canvas. It is not the first fabric that people think of when they want comfort, but it fits really nicely with the concept of this pet house.
- Research
- The research started observing how users prefer a more minimalist aesthetic to merge with their houses. After that, some research about the most popular dogs and cats races was performed to determine the average size of domestic pets, so the design could offer comfort to a wide range of them. The decision about the form was to create a visual connection with the buyers, so they could be more inclined to pick this product. A final version of the product will be included wooden feet to guarantee more stability.
- Inspiration
- Talking to my friends I found them having the same problem as a great number of people: Their pet houses were a little uncomfortable for domestic animals and did not match with the rest of their places. So I decided to create not a homeware item for pets, but a nice furniture item that can be used to compose the room. The design is inspired by a common-sense idea of a house with a roof and a rectangular base, but with an easier way to be clean and customizable.
- Project Duration
- August 2020 in Sao Miguel Arcanjo and Ponta Grossa, Brazil, and was exibited in Novos Talentos Brasileiros in Rio de Janeiro in November 2020
- Operation Flow
- The canvas is easily removable from the structure by the user, so it can be cleaned and changed. After that, the user just needs to go around the structure and button up again. This is a great way to combine different colors of the canvas and structures. The canvas works to pet users as a nice bed/hammock to relax, and also protects them from the weather.
- Image Credits
- Image #No 1: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 2: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 3: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 4: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Image #No 5: Photographer Flavio Menoli, 2020
Video: Designer Gabriel Antunes Henke Carrano, 2021
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