Tonk Mint 混凝土牆磚 by Serhan Ertan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 建築構件設計 Competition Category.

鐵建築構件· 2020

Tonk Mint 混凝土牆磚

by Serhan Ertan

Client: Tonk Project

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 建築構件 Category

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The Design

About Tonk Mint 混凝土牆磚

混凝土是一種非常傳統的材料，自1800年代中期發明以來，變化不大。對於Tonk，混凝土具有創造性和現代感。每個Tonk設計都有一個模塊化的結構，可以通過在各個角度玩耍來個性化。此屬性使人們有機會根據自己的品味，喜好和想像力設計自己的牆。 Tonk Mint的設計靈感來自大自然中的薄荷葉。該模型還可以與變體一起使用以獲得不同的動機，這是所有Tonk設計的區別特徵。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Tonk Mint 混凝土牆磚是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Tonk Mint 混凝土牆磚將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Tonk Mint 混凝土牆磚因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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.