Aero Bookcase 书架 by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铁家具· 2017

Aero Bookcase 书架

by Gerardo Ríos

Client: Gerardo Ríos

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Aero Bookcase 书架

Aero书架是一款独立式书架,灵感源自20世纪20年代的飞机。支脚与主体结构采用流畅的曲线造型,令人联想到早期航空器以及那个时代的有机风格。框架采用实心察拉姆木(Tzalam)制成,搁板则将天然橡木层压材与彩色夹层玻璃相结合。反向弯曲的木质搁板使书籍彼此紧密相依;玻璃搁板可陈放书籍或摆件,染色玻璃将彩色光影映射到室内空间。所有表面均施以六层聚氨酯涂饰。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Aero Bookcase 书架是 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Aero Bookcase 书架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。Aero Bookcase 书架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: The shape of the legs and the main structure try to emulate the airplanes by helix of those early years and suggest in an exquisite style the organic ART NOVEAU of that period with three shelves of laminated colored glass that gives a touch of distinction and uniqueness to the whole piece, giving different tones of light on the reflected areas.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width: 945mm
Depth: 415mm
Height: 1600mm
Tags: G. Rios, High design,Aero , Art, Nouveau, Muebles, Librero, Moderno, Colorfull, Unique, Stylish, Wood, Design, Aero
Production Technology: Built with sharp cuts with high technology machinery in solid Tzalam wood on the legs, and shelves laminated with natural oak wood (fusionated with heat) and colored laminated glass in different colors to choose. Stained with six layers of polyurethane and laminated glass with various optional colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this furniture was designing the most appropriate joint between legs, both for industrial production, as the esthetic of the piece: The main challenge was to give a continuous form to the elliptical shelves in a gradual but artistic interpretation using different layers.
Research: An investigation was realized about the structure and form of the airplanes from 1920 to 1930, from which came the original shapes of the design.
The creative research challenge was the toughest part of this design activity.
Inspiration: The lines of the aero bookcase, arise from the need to communicate the adventurer spirit to innovate at the beginning of the last century, represented by the wooden planes with special textiles and fabrics that flew through the sky during those years. It is not only a unique stylish accent furniture, but also a piece that inspires and invites to dare and achieve.
Project Duration: The design process begun in September 2016 at the factory of G.RIOS at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, it was finished on December 2016.
Operation Flow: The form of the inverted curved shelves make the books stay tight to one another, in the case of the wooden shelves. The crystal shelves can be used either for books or decorative ornaments and thus, take advantage of the reflected light through the tinted glass, that can be customized in different colors, giving a unique personality to the room itself.
Team Members: Workshop & design team: G. Ríos Furniture Factory