Press Release
Lavvu Small Tables by Dorian Asscherick Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Dorian Asscherick for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Lavvu Small Tables by Dorian Asscherick has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Lavvu Small Tables
Inspired by the lavvu, a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, The Lavvu coffee tables underscores lightness and flexible use. Much like the nomadic tents they were inspired by, the Lavvu tables have been designed to respond quickly to ever-changing lifestyles, habits and demands. If the conical shape and wooden slats are a clear reference to the Sami tradition, the colors recall reindeer hides. Simple to disassemble, they allow the user to easily recycle them at the end of their life.
About Dorian Asscherick
Dorian Asscherick (2000), is a freshly graduated French-Belgian product designer. At a young age he was already drawn by the creative field. By the time he was 21 he completed his bachelor in industrial Product Design and graduated with the highest honors from the Howest University College of Applied Sciences. Still having the urge to learn more he recently finished a postgraduate in industrial design engineering and worked with world renowned outdoor furniture brand Manutti. Now working as a 3D designer for VVC3D, Dorian set outs to help french fashion move into a new Era pioneering the use of 3D printing fabrication to produce customized 3D textiles.
Award Record
Dorian Asscherick is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/138381
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138381
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138381
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/328508
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://cutt.ly/jAeAx2b
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lavvu Small Tables
- Function
- Small Tables
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Black, Dark Gray, Light Slate Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dorian Asscherick
- Country
- Belgium
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #138381
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Lavvu coffee tables are small tables inspired by the Sami culture that underscores lightness and flexible use. They are designed to respond quickly to constantly changing lifestyles, habits and requirements. They were also created with an easy disassembly in mind. It is therefore easy to recycle the materials of these tables which makes it more ecological.
- Inspiration
- Like the Sami lavvu, a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, these tables are light and easy to move and use in a multitude of situations. They adapt easily to different environments both inside and outside, in a living room, contract furnishing schemes and on terraces and residential balconies with moderate sizes. If the conical shape and wooden slats are a clear reference to the Sami tradition, the colors recalls reindeer hides used on a traditional lavvu.
- Research
- I drew inspiration from nomadic peoples to address urban nomads. A nomad is a member of a people or tribe who moves from place to place to find pasture and food. I therefore became interested in the way several of these nomadic peoples lived in order to be able to transport their knowledge and tradition into our society. Urban nomadism is a lifestyle transformation from passive to fully mobile integrated. This lifestyle is mainly lived by the younger generation who want to enjoy every bit of life while having less material constraints.
- Challenge
- Being a member of a culture deemed to be dominant it is important for me to mention as much as possible and to pay homage to the cultures from which I am inspired to no fall into cultural appropriation. On the other side cultural appreciation is when you earnestly seek to learn about or explore a different culture. In this context , I learned. I listened. And I strived to understand. I seeked to honor the beliefs and traditions of the Sami which people I drew inspiration from.
- Realization and Technology
- To create the steel part, it was necessary to cut a sheet metal with a laser cutter. Those metal parts were then welded together to form circles. To make the wooden legs, the wood was first prepared and leveled . The boards were then cut into slats. These slats were then milled to make small notches where the metal parts are found. The wood that was used is teak because of its exceptional resistance to atmospheric agents. The HPL table top was cut using a CNC equipped with a tool designed for these panels. Finally the metal parts were lacquered and then assembled with the wooden legs and the table top.
- Operation and Interaction
- Laavu is a project with a green soul. All the materials that make up the various elements of the table, at the end of the product s life cycle, can be easily separated and disposed with respect for the environment by the user.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in octobre 2020 and finished in january 2021 in Kortrijk, Belgium.
- Specifications
- The lowest table has a width of 700mm, a depth of 700 mm and a height of 362mm, its base measures 431mm, the table top has a diameter of 700mm. The tallest table has a width of 550mm, a depth of 550mm and a height of 552mm, its base measures 461mm, the table top has a diameter of 550mm.
- Keywords
- Table, outdoor, indoor, coffee table, sami, nomad, ecological, disassembly, furniture, lavvu
