Press Release
Benoit Vauthier Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Mt 12 Coffee Table in Furniture Design
Benoit Vauthier honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Mt 12 Coffee Table by Benoit Vauthier has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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.
Regarding Mt 12 Coffee Table
Our connected world requires to live fast and efficiently. That's why the real luxury today is the ability to slow down, take time and be surrounded with beautiful things made with care and respectful of the environment. This coffee table with a sculpture of a mountain on its top evokes the poetry of the endless horizons and plunges the spectator into a contemplative state. This project bridges the gap between design, art and craftsmanship to combine aesthetic and practicality. The wood used to make this table comes from sustainably managed forests and the top is entirely hand-carved.
About Benoit Vauthier
Benoit Vauthier is a French designer who likes to link arts and craftmanship. All his designs tell a story in a narrative and poetic way. His works are a compromise between utility and aesthetics. As a former theater lighting designer, he always likes to put technique (here woodworking) at the service of art. By creating mountainous landscapes on furniture, he invites the viewer to take time, slow down and let themselves be carried away by a contemplative feeling. It's not just a piece of furniture, it's a true piece of art.
Award Record
This recognition makes Benoit Vauthier a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/157771
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/157771
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!157771
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/352516
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.benetmanu.com/home
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mt 12 Coffee Table
- Function
- Coffee Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Light Slate Gray, Gray and Light Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Benoit Vauthier
- Country
- France
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #157771
Credits
- Image Credits
- All credits (images, texts, etc.) goes to Benoit vauthier
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Bring all the power of the mountain in your living room ! Today's connected world requires to live fast and efficiently. The real luxury today is the ability to slow down, take time and be surrounded with beautiful things made with care and respectful of the environment. This completely handcarved coffee table evokes the poetry of the endless horizons and plunges the spectator into a contemplative state which is the best way for him to take a break, breathe and reconnect with himself.
- Inspiration
- Traditionally, the cabinetmaker covered a piece of furniture made by a carpenter with marquetry of noble and rare materials to give it value. Today, with globalization, these materials are losing their preciousness and uniqueness. The question was : "What value can I add to furniture today?" The answer came from looking at a beautiful landscape and figuring out how to bring it home. I began with wall sculptures of mountains and then desire to see it as central element on furniture.
- Research
- There is a real challenge in carving large pieces of wood and believing that the table is made from a single piece of wood. Illusion must be mastered in order to forget technique in favor of poetry. Wood is a living material and all the woodworker skills are required to build a durable and sustainable product.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge on this project was ultimately to accept the idea of conceding a part of practicality for a more contemplative and poetic part. I like to say that on this table, there is a place to put your cup and a place to look at. This table bridges the gap between art, craft and design.
- Realization and Technology
- The table top is entirely made by hand in my workshop. As I carve the mountain part by hand, each table is therefore unique. I use carving tools such as carving discs, rasps, gouges, etc. The leg is made by a metalworker. Three coats of oil-based finish are applied on the top.
- Operation and Interaction
- The goal is to have the impression that the mountain is litterally coming out of the table. The experience is not only visual, in fact, wood is a tactile material and the carved part is not fragile and can be touched without problem.
- Project Duration and Location
- The first carved landscape I carved was in 2015 when I came back to France after 5 years in Canada. The first Mountain table appears in 2017 with a small relief part and then the mountain ranges never stopped growing and they now take a central part on this deisgn.
- Specifications
- Materials are Walnut wood and powder coated metal Dimensions are 100 x 100 x 42 cm without sculpture
- Keywords
- moutain table, mountain coffe table, carved mountains, woodart, woodcarving, artistic furniture, woodcraft furniture, mountain furniture
