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Golden A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Goes to Turkish Coffe Cup Table Ware by Gungor Guner
Gungor Guner of Güngör Güner Seramik recognized for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware 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 confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category for Turkish Coffe Cup Table Ware by Gungor Guner of Güngör Güner Seramik. The award was conferred within the 2016 - 2017 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 Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Turkish Coffe Cup Table Ware
Turkish Coffe Cup is a porcelain coffee cup with a matching saucer. The form refers to Turkish cultural history: the geometric handle recalls the Seljuk period, the cloud motif recalls the Ottoman period, and the cylindrical body links both traditions. The shape was first made on a potter's wheel, then drawn on a computer. Production molds were made with a CNC lathe, and the pieces were cast in porcelain clay. The cup is 8 cm high and 6.5 cm wide. The saucer is 12.5 cm in diameter. The aim was to join the warmth of handwork with the precision of machine production.
About Gungor Guner
Prof. Dr. Gungor Guner, a faculty member, ceramic craftsman, artist and ceramic designer, is one of the second generation ceramicists in Turkey who received academic ceramic education. After graduating from DTGSYO (State Applied Fine Arts College) in 1958-62, GG also received ceramic art and ceramic engineering education in various art schools in Germany with a state scholarship. During her time in Germany, she interned in various institutions in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany during the summer vacations and some of her designs were purchased by Hutschenreuter and W. Goebel Companies with written agreements!
Award Record
Gungor Guner of Güngör Güner Seramik is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award
The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Typical entries include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. The awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/kitchenware
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/56676
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/56676
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!56676
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/116324
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.gungorguner.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Turkish Coffe Cup Table Ware
- Function
- Table Ware
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Silver, Dim Gray, Light Gray, Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Gungor Guner
- Country
- Turkiye
- Brand
- Güngör Güner Seramik
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2016 - 2017
- Design ID
- #56676
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- From Potter's Wheel to the CNC Lathe: The purpose of this study was to emphasize on the wide range of applications of this self-sufficient independent tool potter’s wheel and see how much and what kind of result CNC can contribute to the existing designs by actually using it.
- Inspiration
- Mental is this cup form is actually a summary of Turkish cultural history! Geometric handle Seljuk period; Cloud motif Ottoman period; while the cylindrical form represents the element that carries both cultures today ! I had already done this cup form on the potter's wheel. My next aim was to witness how the form will look when the same form is made on the CNC Lathe Also technical is this cup form also a visible result of the research work on "From the Potter's Wheel to the CNC Tool".
- Research
- Each and every product made by using potter’s wheel is an unique even if you perform mass production! The traces of the artist’s hands stay with the product until the destroying of the object. CNC lathe, on the other hand, provides perfection and mechanical feeling to the product, which also gives an unique elegant look!
- Challenge
- And the primary purpose here is mass production. What we wanted to do was to combine the warmth of potter’s wheel and precision of CNC lathe into a mass production ware.
- Realization and Technology
- For must production:The design was drawn on the computer. Production molds produced with CNC. The production was made with Casting by porcelain clay
- Operation and Interaction
- I've done this coffee cup on the potter's wheel before. Later, if I did the same form at the CNC, I wondered how it would look.
- Specifications
- plate Ø : 12.5cm h: 2cm cup total : 13cm Ø: 6.5 cm h: 8 cm
- Keywords
- From Potter’s Wheel to CNC Lathe
