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Stalker Chest of Drawers by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia acknowledged for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Stalker Chest of Drawers by Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia, designed for Studio Minus, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
About Stalker Chest of Drawers
Stalker is a chest of drawers designed to stand free in the centre of a room, so it can be approached from any side. The piece is made of beechwood, ash wood and plywood, with mirror, galvanized steel and tinned steel elements. Eleven non-identical drawers are placed unevenly on all four sides and are concealed behind a vertical dark texture, while tinned steel handles mark their positions. Four prismatic mirrors form a corner reflector that returns the gaze of the viewer from every standing point. Stalker was built by hand and sits between art and furniture design.
About Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia
Camil Octavian Milncu is a multidisciplinary person. He is an architect, designer, woodworker, and also artist. He believes that the best work one can do is from conception to the last detail. As a furniture designer, he executes his work, to control it to the detail.
Award Record
This recognition makes Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art
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/139136
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/139136
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!139136
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/324630
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.facebook.com/studiominus/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Stalker Chest of Drawers
- Function
- Chest of Drawers
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Black, Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Studio Minus
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Milincu Camil and Tudoran Otilia
- Country
- Romania
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #139136
Credits
- Team
- Milincu Octavian Camil and Tudoran Otilia Alexandra
- Image Credits
- 5: photographer: Diana Bilec, The Stalker, 2022.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The stalker is that piece of furniture that one can't ignore. He stares into one's soul, reflecting facets of the viewer's self. He is the alter ego with many secret drawers, hidden behind a vertical dark texture. Initially created as a mystery chest of drawers, the stalker also has four prismatic mirrors (corner reflectors) which reflect the viewer's eyes from every point one is standing. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it.
- Inspiration
- One of the things the Covid-19 Pandemic did to us was to make us reflect upon ourselves. The stalker is a vessel for our alter ego, constantly and obsessive looking back. As the mirror image must have a soul, Items, memory anchors of our past self are kept in its drawers, concealed behind a vertical dark texture. This piece of furniture creates a visual and philosophical dialogue with anyone who interacts with it. The stalker represents our alter ego, and is inspired by a person who discovers the partner's secrets, relating to the other person almost as to himself, as a mirror image, however keeping mysterious drawers.
- Research
- The nominated piece of furniture is at the border between art and furniture design. We believe that such a present piece of furniture as a chest of drawers must have a very personal touch, being a mirror of our personalities and representing us. The construction is made out of solid wood. The wooden frame contains eleven non-identical drawers, which are unevenly distributed on all four sides of the piece of furniture. All the drawers have different rights and fit in the whole depth of the structure. They are made using plywood, on which we applied a texture of wooden vertical wands which continue the general vertical pattern, subtly integrating the enclosures within the design.
- Challenge
- The most difficult challenge was designing, positioning and aligning the corner reflector within the chest of drawers followed by finding a way of making a symmetrical frame so that drawer fronts were possible to be placed on all sides. Great debate was generated along the final height of the piece, as it is meant to be a mirror image of an unknown person. Many finishing recipes were tested, and in order to make a proper evaluation, the samples had to be made with the same texture as the finished piece.
- Realization and Technology
- beechwood, ash wood, plywood, mirror, galvanized steel, tinned steel
- Operation and Interaction
- The stalker is a piece of furniture that can be positioned in the center of a room, so he can be approached from any side.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2020 and was finished in 2021 in Timisoara, Romania
- Specifications
- 400 mm X 400 mm X 1700 mm
- Keywords
- stalker, reflection, mirror, hidden drawer, corner reflector
