Press Release
Quattro Eco Smart Garden by Marco Coletti Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Homeware Design
Marco Coletti acknowledged for homeware design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Homeware Design category for Quattro Eco Smart Garden by Marco Coletti, designed for Kigarden. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 Quattro Eco Smart Garden
Quattro is an indoor smart garden for growing plants at home. The design has three parts: a glazed ceramic water base, four unglazed terracotta pots and a grow lamp on a metal frame. Water passes slowly through the micro-porous terracotta, so the roots take only the amount they need. The method follows the olla, an ancient irrigation technique, and allows water autonomy of up to two weeks. The lamp uses horticultural light emitting diodes with a timer set to twelve hours on and twelve hours off. The form is inspired by the enclosed gardens of medieval cloisters.
Award Record
This recognition makes Marco Coletti a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Decorative Items and Homeware Design Award
The A' Homeware Design Award is an international homeware design competition recognizing good homeware designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to homeware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and ceramic artists from all countries. Entries typically include tableware, lighting fixtures, cookware, decorative accessories, bathroom accessories and furniture. Awarded homeware designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/homeware
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/138425
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138425
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138425
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/327749
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://kigarden.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Quattro Eco Smart Garden
- Function
- Eco Smart Garden
- Category
- Homeware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Green, Black, Gainsboro and Olive Drab
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Kigarden
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Marco Coletti
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #138425
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Daniele Rocco, 2023; Photographer Igor Pierotti, 2019; Photographer Igor Pierotti, 2019 Video : Igor Pierotti, Grow your wellness, 2019 Music : Francesco Coletti, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Quattro is a ceramic smart garden with the best light for plants. We use an ancestral and very effective and 100% natural irrigation system, the “OLLA”. The oldest known traces were found in China 4,000 years ago. Ancient Rome also used this technique. Thanks to the use of micro-porous terracotta, the roots draw the quantity of water necessary for their needs. In this way, the water shock is avoided and plant growth is harmonious. In addition, reduction in water consumption with a water autonomy of up to 2-3 weeks. In addition, Quattro is provided of a special Grow lamp with an integrated timer that reproduces sun sequence.
- Inspiration
- The design is inspired by the hortus conclusus, a feature from medieval cloisters. The aim of that project was to connect our present to the past, through the discovery of ancient traditions.
- Realization and Technology
- Quattro is composed by three parts: the glazed ceramic container for water, four unglazed terracotta vases and the grow lamp. The investigation done around terracotta with the right ratio between dimensions and porosity, allowed to obtain the best natural system for growing plants at home.
- Operation and Interaction
- Quattro redefines the interaction between human beings and the healing power of plants with an easy-to-use tools, including eco-design, green technology and botanical innovation. With Kigarden’s products everyone can discover the extraordinary restorative power of nature, “growing its own wellness” literally in a funny and fascinating way.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2018 between Paris and Treviso. After a long process of validation is now available the 2.0 version on our e-commerce.
- Specifications
- Product type: eco smart garden series Design: Marco Coletti, 2018 Materials: metal frame, aluminium box lamp, terracotta pots (top part), glazed ceramic base (bottom part) Frame colours: matt white Pots colours: natural anthracite Base colours: matt white Leds: Osram Leds for horticulture with specific frequency for plant growth Timer: 12h On/12h Off (sequence without stress for plants) Diffuser: satin PMMA (children product safety) Low power consumption: 8W/240V Temperature: 3500K Cable: white woven colour, 1m lenght Power supply: 12W / 24V 0,5A, white colour, EU connector Weight: 4,5 kg Dimentions: 29,4 x 28 h. 37,4 cm Packaging: 33 x 39 h.14,5 cm
- Keywords
- kigarden, marcocoletti, quattro, smartgarden, ecodesign, ceramicvase, selfwatering, ceramic, italiandesign
