Gold Furniture · 2024
Tau Murano Small Table
by Tulczinsky
- Golden A' Design Award 2024 in Furniture
- CLIENT: Reflex SPA
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 515,430
- Verification code F55D4D97BE · Verify this award
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About Tau Murano Small Table
Tau Murano is a small coffee table made of two blown glass elements joined by a thin metal band. The two-tone design gives the table a soft shape and a luminous appearance. The soda-lime glass is blown on a mold following the ancient Murano tradition, and it is then cut and ground by master glassmakers. The main challenge was to create a structure that is stable and reliable while keeping the lightness of the fragile glass. Tau Murano can be used as a coffee table, a bedside table or a decorative object in any room.
About the Golden A' Design Award
Tau Murano Small Table is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Tau Murano Small Table is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Tau Murano Small Table creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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- Unique Properties
- This coffee table features two blown glass elements joined by a delicate metal frame. This creates a two-tone design with a soft shape and luminous feel. Named Tau Murano, it has a distinctive design that is as elegant as it is unique. The table is handcrafted using traditional Venetian glassblowing techniques passed down for generations. Tau Murano adds beauty and wonder to any environment through its one-of-a-kind craftsmanship.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 48 x 48 x 35 h
48 x 48 x 47 h - Tags
- glass, blown glass, handcrafted, coffee table, small table, side table, two-tone
- Production Technology
- The soda-lime glass is blown on a mold after collecting the glass mass in a melting furnace as per ancient Murano tradition. The glass is then cut and ground, and the base and top are joined by a thin metal band.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was designing a structure that was sturdy and reliable enough to contrast a fragile material such as blown glass, yet still retain the characteristic lightness and brightness of the material.
- Research
- Reflex has always worked with blown glass and has developed over the years a certain competence.
However, as it is a very complex material and requires artisanal workmanship, many factors must be considered when designing.
It was crucial to rely on a team of master glassmakers who worked on the project from the beginning and created numerous prototypes before settling on the final model. - Inspiration
- Tau Murano was born from the long collaboration between Reflex and the masters who preserve the ancient traditions of Venetian glass art. It combines a coffee table and a decorative object, creating an elegant and nostalgic vibe that can be used to beautify any environment, without being restricted to a specific area of the house.
- Project Duration
- The project was presented at the Salone del Mobile 2023
- Operation Flow
- Tau Murano can serve various functions in the home. It works well as a coffee table, bringing color to living areas. Tau Murano also makes a pleasant reading nook. Bedside tables are another option. For a focal point place one in the center of a room to encourage conversation.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Domenico Zuin Studio Visus, 2023. Edited by Oscar Vecchiato Studio Visus, 2023.
Image #2 : Photographer Marco Zorzanello, 2023.
Image #3 : Photographer Marco Zorzanello, 2023.
Image #4 :Photographer Marco Zorzanello, 2023.
Image #5 :Photographer Marco Zorzanello, 2023.
