Oro Arredamento · 2021
Vortex Camino
by Dario Sousa
- A' Design Award d'Oro 2021 in Arredamento
- CLIENT: Vortex
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 47,472
- Verification code 2A76399AFB · Verify this award
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About Vortex Camino
Vortex è un camino sospeso progettato per spazi pubblici e privati. La forma asimmetrica di Vortex richiama la deformazione dello spazio e conferisce al camino una forte presenza scenica. Vortex propone due opzioni di combustione: la legna tradizionale oppure un bruciatore automatico a bioetanolo. La versione a bioetanolo offre una fiamma reale senza fumo, cenere o odori. Vortex è realizzato in acciaio al carbonio, sagomato mediante taglio laser e saldatura, e rifinito con verniciatura a polvere resistente alle alte temperature. La potenza termica varia da 5,9 a 10,6 kilowatt.
About the A' Design Award d'Oro
Vortex Camino ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Oro, un riconoscimento immensamente prestigioso conferito a design di primissima qualità, meravigliosi e straordinari. I vincitori d'Oro sono creazioni estremamente innovative, visionarie e di un fascino abbagliante che riflettono il genio, la saggezza e l'abilità dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Vortex Camino sia un'invenzione molto elogiata, all'avanguardia e monumentale che offre un valore senza precedenti. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Oro è un progetto spettacolare e rispettato che giova grandemente ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Vortex Camino crea intensi sentimenti di desiderio, risveglia la passione, incoraggia la creatività e ci affascina.
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- Unique Properties
- Breaking with any definite convention of beauty, Vortex assumes itself as Shelter's brand image, establishing a new paradigm of fire harmony.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions: 1620 mm x 595 mm x 600 mm
Package: 1800 mm x 700 mm x 700 mm
Heat Output: 5,9 - 10,6 KW - Tags
- Fireplace, Bioethanol, Assimetric, Metal, Suspended
- Production Technology
- This design was created by hand drawing followed by CAD tech drawing.
Its realization consist in laser cutting and welding technology, and finished by thermo resistent powder coating paintingover its main material, carbon steel. - Design Challenge
- The biggest challenges in the Vortex design process are related to the need to develop a fireplace that at the same time fulfills its main function, heating, but without ever neglecting its aesthetic and sustainable aspect, fulfilling all the legal requirements for integration in public and private spaces.
- Research
- Most of the research carried out in the conception of Vortex, concerns the legal aspects and certification of fireplaces to be integrated in public and private places.
As for the research related to design, it was carried out in order to develop a wood combustion product, in which it is possible to insert an automatic Bioethanol burner. With regard to its visual aspect, Vortex is inspired by the strength of a black hole to suck all the material within reach, resulting in its asymmetrical shape. - Inspiration
- The Vortex by Shelter is customized by the lightness of its asymmetrical form, referring to an imagery of space deformation, resulting in its striking image and dominant presence.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2018 in Porto and finished in March 2019 in Porto, and was exhibited in Shelter - New Showroom Presentation in March 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Voetx presents two different combustion solutions:
Traditional Wood and with a Bioethanol Automatic Burner.
Bioethanol Vortex are a equipment that combine design with the comfort created by the real flame, with the added value of not emitting smoke, they do not create ash or smells. - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #2: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #3: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #4: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
Image #5: Photographer Diana Castro, Vortex; 2019
