Shelfium 多功能傢俬 by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko

Shelfium 多功能傢俬 by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銅傢俱· 2024

Shelfium 多功能傢俬

by Stanislav Melis and Jozef Michalko

Client: Shelfium

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Shelfium 多功能傢俬

Shelfium是一個工具，讓用家創造各式各樣的層架單元和訂製傢俬，設計獨特。Shelfium可以配合任何材料，特別擅長結合不同元素，例如抽屜。其獨特之處在於回收再造，用家可以運用回收物料創造傢俬，甚至可以打造極致奢華的組合。一切取決於用家的個性和喜好。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Shelfium 多功能傢俬是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Shelfium 多功能傢俬將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Shelfium 多功能傢俬出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Shelfium is a tool that allows you to create a wide range of shelving units and custom furniture in unique designs. Shelfium can be combined with any material and is particularly good at combining various elements (e.g., drawers). Its uniqueness lies in recycling and upcycling, so you can create furniture made from recycled materials or even a very luxurious assembly. It's up to you and your personality and preferences.
Dimensions & Packaging: Shelfium is made by CNC milling solid oak, which is treated with hard wax oil. The basic Shelfium has a cross-section of 30 x 20 mm and lengths of 400, 520, and 640 mm. The stainless steel bar elements have lengths of 90,180,270 and 360 mm and are joined together to form the final length. Their surface is unified by sandblasting or by additional metallic coating. Standard shelf parts are made of toughened glass, solid wood, or chipboard. Plexiglas, MDF, or PETfelt can be used as side parts.
Tags: tool, furniture, shelves, clip, wood, modular, creative
Production Technology: The elementary principle is to create a spatial structure using a Shelfium, which connects the bar element to the shelf. You can freely enclose the structure in this way by adding side/rear panels and sliding doors.
Design Challenge: The most challenging part was the simplification of the form to the minimum necessary, to ensure "rigidity" while maintaining maximum simplicity and using the smallest possible volume of different materials. Secondly, to test the combination of different types of joints.
Research: Shelfium is a set-up. It is the result of a search for a tool that is modular not only in space but also in time and at the same time can change its character while maintaining its DNA.
Modularity is not only understood as plug and play but it is extended by the individuality of the user.

Basic principles:
use as little material as possible
use the strengths of the materials used
create an open system
Inspiration: The idea originated from the need to create storage space from available materials and items. However, it was necessary to invent an element that would unite everything into one object. This element became "Shelfium." It is primarily designed for the creation of storage spaces such as libraries, shelves, lowboards, and so on. However, with a touch of imagination and creativity (an open mind), it can transform into a coat rack, room divider, flower stand, and many other things.
Project Duration: The initial idea was conceived in 2018, but the actual development of the project did not begin until 2021 and lasted for approximately another 3 years. The project was developed in Bratislava in cooperation with local suppliers.
Operation Flow: Shelfium offers different approaches:
- You can buy a ready-made kit that is made from recyclable materials as much as possible, with all parts being separately purchasable and repairable.
- You can buy Shelfium separately, or you can buy individual parts and have the other parts made by local suppliers, or you can alternate by recycling and upcycling from your existing sources, according to the principles outlined above.

Everyone can decide how big their environmental and social impact will be.
Patents: Trademark SHELFIUM 2022 melismichalko.sk s. r. o.
Copyright design belong to melismichalko.sk s. r. o., 2021
Team Members: Designer: Stanislav Meliš
Designer: Jozef Michalko
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Boris Németh, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Katarína Šendulová Bako 2021
Image #3: Photographer Boris Németh, 2023
Image #4: Photographer Katarína Šendulová Bako 2021
Image #5: Photographer Boris Németh, 2023
Video Credits: Slovak Design Center