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Tri Sgabello by Ascanio Zocchi Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design

Ascanio Zocchi honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2015 - 2016 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2016 /DesignNewswire/ Tri Sgabello by Ascanio Zocchi, designed for Riva1920, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2015 - 2016 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Tri Sgabello

stool in natural cedar solid worked with CNC machines and hand finished the particularity is that it is formed from a block of solid wood cedar untreated 50 x 50 surface is polished by hand with grits of sandpaper making matt surface and smooth to the touch and enhancing the forms and the color scheme of a particular cedar wood is to have a natural oil that protects it and makes it a functional object and practical in its maintenance a soft design that enhances the natural material with the addition its fragrance you can talk about design sensory touch, comfort, and fragrance.

About Ascanio Zocchi

Design can certainly contribute to society by creating useful objects that are beautiful and easy to use. In the design of objects or interior spaces Ascanio tries to use natural products, respectful of the environment, in the designed spaces you can breathe this harmony between colors and materials. There is continuous research on materials, finding in wood a design partner, not just a material to be used, to produce objects or environments. According to him, wood is the sensory material par excellence, color, shape and perfume. Each of us who loves nature tries to bring a piece of wood into the house, perhaps because with this act we bring nature, life into the house.

Award Record

Ascanio Zocchi 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. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Tri Sgabello
Function
Sgabello
Category
Furniture Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Furniture & Home
Colors
Dim Gray, Dark Olive Green, Gray, Light Gray and Rosy Brown
Images
5
Client
Riva1920

The Recognition

Laureate
Ascanio Zocchi
Country
Italy
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2015 - 2016
Design ID
#44369

Credits

Image Credits
ascanio zocchi

Design Details

Unique Properties
stool in solid natural cedar worked with CNC machine and hand finished the uniqueness lies in the fact of being made of a single block of solid wood size 50 x 50 the natural properties of wood make it unique
Inspiration
the object is inspired by the cheese and its preservation a tribute to the mountain people to pasture is said that in addition is one of the oldest techniques of conservation of food during the cheese aging changes its appearance to its ohmic becoming increasingly fine
Research
a comfortable seat suitable for all environments both classical and modern multifunctional can also become a coffee table at hand also not forget the original scent of cedar wood and its special anti-fungal and anti-moth, can be defined on a design object sensory, soft shapes, comfort and well-being given by its pleasant scent.
Challenge
the challenge to achieve with single block of cedar wood an object, by choosing a suitable timber with veins that naturally decorate the object and form of which does not prevail on the wood but rather marry each other synergistic relationship design material.
Realization and Technology
machine five-axis CNC hand finishing
Operation and Interaction
and a comfortable seat and thanks to the peculiarities of the cedar naturally releases into the environment where it is located a pleasant scent,
Project Duration and Location
from January to the month of December 2014
Specifications
size diameter 41 cm height 45 cm
Keywords
design, made in Italy, made of solid wood, cheese, stool,

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