Press Release
Picasso Credenza by Gerardo Ríos Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Gerardo Ríos honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2016 - 2017 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Picasso Credenza by Gerardo Ríos has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2016 - 2017 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.
More About Picasso Credenza
Picasso is a credenza designed for modern interiors. The piece combines solid Tzalam wood with tempered glass panels that are painted by hand from behind in different color tones. The wood is cut with computer controlled machinery and finished by hand. Mortise and tenon joints hold the structure, and the legs have angular shapes. The doors have soft closing hinges. Six layers of polyurethane protect the surface and highlight the wood. The credenza can be placed along a wall in a room or a hallway, or used as a divider between areas.
About Gerardo Ríos
Gerardo Ríos's artistry and craftsmanship is a symbiotic reflection of what he believes in and often finds inspiration on “the daring romance and adventures that we find in people, history and our natural environment”. Ríos’ artistic spirit is inherited from a lineage of artists dating back to his great-great grandfather, the world-renowned painter José MarÍa Velasco. Each piece of furniture, whether it is a chair, a divan, or a chaise lounge, should create a sense of harmony and provoke a sensual response with the person who experiences it. For Gerardo Ríos, It is the need to communicate and the possibility of astonishment that defines the word “Design”.
Award Record
With this recognition, Gerardo Ríos is a winner of 10 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2014 - 2015 and the 2016 - 2017 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/56581
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/56581
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!56581
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/140486
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/2omB7Pk
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Picasso Credenza
- Function
- Credenza
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- White Smoke, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Olive and Silver
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Gerardo Ríos
- Country
- Mexico
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2016 - 2017
- Design ID
- #56581
Credits
- Team
- G. Ríos Furniture Factory
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This will undoubtedly be the most striking piece of art in the room. With a crazy personality, bold and full of energy, is an exciting conceptual statement. Glass panels painted in the back, and wooden legs of angular shapes, form the capricious lines that challenge to think of the powerful and unpredictable personality of the artist who gave its name to this collection.
- Inspiration
- The intention of the designer in this collection is to inspire to dare through a provocative and energetic mysticism. The angular shapes take the eye by surprise, inviting them to stop and contemplate this piece of furniture, as a spectator would do in front of a painting. Inspired by the whimsical but studied strokes of the painter Pablo Picasso, he tries to propose a bold avant-garde conceptual design.
- Research
- It implicated an extensive study of the work of Pablo Picasso, and technology needed to paint in several shapes the glass panels from behind. From there the designer extracted the purest and conceptual forms in order to make a more modern and interactive design.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge in this particular piece was the designing of the wooden joints with glass, and adjustments of the structure to glass, and the process to paint the glass in an industrial and yet unique way to paint all 5 pieces of front in the same alignment and similar look. Also a specific search of materials was made in order to find the correct ones that would give the desired effect and engage with all the rest of the elements in a practical, yet resistant way, without affecting the originality and luxurious projection.
- Realization and Technology
- The asymmetric forms of this piece have been achieved through a combination of Italian machinery and expert hand assembly and finish craftsmen. The wood is Tzalam, jointed by the technique of mortise and tenon, covered with glass panels painted from behind and sealed. Doors have a self soft closing hinges and structure of Tzalam solid wood. The finishing is made with polyurethane on 6 layers that highlight the wood richness, and gives durability to this piece of furniture.
- Operation and Interaction
- This piece can be used to bring character to any wall in a room, hallway or as a divider from elements, it intends to inspire and produce an art interactive ambiance of high interior design with a strong conceptual element... It projects emotions with color full back painted by hand and costume, which has make each piece a unique collectable piece of art.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started on February 2016 and was finished on August 2017.
- Specifications
- Solid Tzalam wood cut in CNC and hand finished. Back painted tempered glass panels with different color tones.
- Keywords
- Picasso, G.Ríos, High design, Colorful, Credenza, Console table, Modern Furniture, art furniture, Furniture, painted glass, Vintage, Stylish, Wood, Butterfly, Light, Handmade, Passion, Design, Color glass
