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Innato Collection Tableware Set by Ana Maria Gonzalez Londono Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Ana Maria Gonzalez Londono honored for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Innato Collection Tableware Set by Ana Maria Gonzalez Londono, designed for Innato Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 evaluated 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 Innato Collection Tableware Set
The main challenge of the Innato Collection was to turn rapid prototyping into final products evidencing their design process and methods in a aesthetically coherent way. The product reflects the influence of technology and digital fabrication on the design of daily objects and use of traditional materials, in this case seen on the nesting and laser cutting of the 3d models. They evidence an almost direct transition from digital modeling, to prototype, to product, while showcasing the adaptability of such an organic material as ceramics into something geometric and modern.
About Ana Maria Gonzalez Londono
Ana Maria Gonzalez is an eclectic designer. Weaving past learnings from a diverse background and experience with everyday renewed awareness. She completed her design studies at Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, with focused on strategy, innovation and product design. Currently she is a MSc. candidate at Politecnico di Milano in Integrated Product Design. Ana has developed my career in diverse professional fields ranging from the furniture industry in Colombia, to the entrepreneurship ecosystem in NYC, and the advertising world while working for Cheil Colombia, and most recently she immersed into yet another field: strategic and innovation consulting.
Award Record
Ana Maria Gonzalez Londono 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. Awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/kitchenware
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/100055
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100055
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100055
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/271979
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Innato Collection Tableware Set
- Function
- Tableware Set
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- White Smoke, Gainsboro, Dim Gray, Silver and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Innato Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ana Maria Gonzalez Londono
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #100055
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #4 Optional Image, Adaptation (photoshop montage) from John Forson's photography, 2018
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Innato tableware set pieces reflect the influence of technology and digital fabrication in daily objects and traditional materials, in this case seen on the nesting and laser cutting of the 3d models. They evidence an almost direct transition from 3d modeling software, to prototype, to product. Furthermore, It gives people a chance to find pleasure in small, everyday things and elevate the ordinary to suit their creative demands, and have their belongings become conversation starters.
- Inspiration
- Innato is inspired by the duality between classic and modern styles and a constant blend between organic and geometric made possible by the main material itself. Ceramics, often used in very organic and classic scenarios can be given a contemporary/modern feel through shape, color and graphics. It is also inspired by the evolution of prototyping techniques aimed by technology and the impact they can have on how we conceive and design objects and the aesthetics that are somewhat forced by them.
- Research
- The project began as an exploration of the use of technology to design using natural materials like ceramics. Blending contradicting geometries and concepts. And exploiting the benefits of rapid prototyping.
- Challenge
- How to turn rapid prototyping into final products evidencing their design process and methods in a aesthetically coherent way.
- Realization and Technology
- Made of ceramics inn a mostly semi manual process. The initial matrix was 3d modeled, later nested and laser cut. The pieces glued and the matrix prepared to cast a plaster mold to then extract the ceramic pieces for further burning and enamelling.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Innato Tableware set is meant to be a functional yet decorative collection. The saucer plates have an indentation which adds stability during transport to the cups placed on it. The additional space created by the placement of the cup to a side allows to set a "snack" like biscuits, muffins or such in the plate at the same time making it visually appealing when serving a table.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project was started in 2016 and has continued to gradually evolve and develop over years. The latest piece added to the set was designed in 2019.
- Specifications
- Enameled ceramic mug. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Size: 7.5cm x 10cm x 7.5cm Enameled ceramic plate. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Size: 14cm x 14cm x 1.3cm
- Keywords
- ceramics, prototyping, geometrical design, tableware, homeware, Modern Design, coffee set, tea set
