Aero Bookcase 書櫃 by Gerardo Ríos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

鐵傢俱· 2017

Aero Bookcase 書櫃

by Gerardo Ríos

Client: Gerardo Ríos

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Aero Bookcase 書櫃

Aero書櫃係一款獨立式書櫃,靈感嚟自1920年代嘅飛機造型。書櫃嘅腳架同主體結構採用彎曲線條,令人聯想起早期航空業同嗰個年代嘅有機設計風格。框架採用實心Tzalam木製造,層板則結合咗天然橡木夾板同彩色夾層玻璃。倒轉彎曲嘅木製層板令書本可以互相貼近擺放。玻璃層板可以擺放書本或裝飾品,而有色玻璃更可以將彩色光線反射到室內空間。所有表面均以六層聚氨酯塗層作最後處理。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Aero Bookcase 書櫃是 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Aero Bookcase 書櫃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。Aero Bookcase 書櫃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: 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