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Manga Sitting Bench by Enrique Minguez Ros Receives the A' Design Award in Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design
Enrique Minguez Ros recognized for garden and outdoor furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design category for Manga Sitting Bench by Enrique Minguez Ros, designed for QZ Urban Furniture. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Manga Sitting Bench
Urban elements contribute to giving cities a human scale, identity, and collective meaning. The design idea for the Manga Bench starts from the maritime context, a place for which it has been designed, using technology and materials typical of nautical engineering. Inspired by marine life it is capable of awakening emotions in urban and natural environments. The purity of the lines and the roundness between planes of the Manga Bench, reinforce the brightness and textures typical of fiberglass and concrete. When the bench is not occupied, its soft undulating shapes make it a sculptural element.
About Enrique Minguez Ros
Enrique Minguez Ros is an Industrial Design Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), with a BA (Hons) in IT Sligo (Ireland) and a research of his Master thesis at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden). He is currently working on his PhD thesis on new materials and parametric design in the field of furniture design at the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (Spain). His designs have received recognition from different institutions, such as: A+Awards from Architizer, finalist in SBID Product Design Awards, silver in the International Design Awards (IDA) and was officially selected in the London International Creative Competition.
Award Record
With this recognition, Enrique Minguez Ros is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design Award
The A' Outdoor Furniture Design Award is an international furniture design competition recognizing good outdoor furniture by designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to outdoor furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and outdoor furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include deck chairs, garden benches, picnic tables, patio sets, outdoor daybeds and hammocks. Awarded outdoor furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/outdoor-furniture
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/140197
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140197
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140197
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/259959
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://qzurbanfurniture.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Manga Sitting Bench
- Function
- Sitting Bench
- Category
- Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Light Slate Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Tan, Rosy Brown and Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- QZ Urban Furniture
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Enrique Minguez Ros
- Country
- Spain
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140197
Credits
- Team
- Enrique Mínguez Ros and Enrique Mínguez Martínez
- Image Credits
- Photographer David Frutos, Manga Bench, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A bench of elegant simplicity with organic shapes. The purity of the lines and the roundness between planes of the Manga Bench, reinforces the brightness and textures typical of fiberglass and concrete. When the bench is not occupied, its soft undulating shapes make it a sculptural element. Minimalist in design, its comfortable ergonomic profile and soft undulations invite contemplation and serenity.
- Inspiration
- The design idea for the Manga Bench starts from the maritime context, a place for which it has been designed, using technology and materials typical of nautical engineering. Inspired by marine life, it is capable of awakening emotions in urban and natural environments.
- Research
- The research is based on the design of an urban element that contributes to giving cities a human scale, identity and collective meaning. The aim was to create a piece based on marine life and the maritime context, using nautical engineering technologies and materials, so a model and a mould were developed to obtain the designed piece. The Manga bench has been made of fiberglass. A material that is capable of awakening emotions both in urban environments and in natural areas.
- Challenge
- The main challenge was the design of a large urban element with dynamic undulating forms. The big obstacle, given its size, was to demould the piece, so it was necessary to redraw the initial sketch. In a second phase, the thickness of the planned fiberglass layer was reduced and the upper part of the backrest was reinforced with fiberglass mesh. Today, thanks to the technology and materials used in nautical engineering, the production of fibreglass benches is very simple.
- Realization and Technology
- The materials used in the Manga Bench are committed to sustainability and the development of pioneering technologies (fiberglass, fiber-reinforced concrete or mechanical recycling of plastic R-PET). Environmentally friendly materials with a real component of sustainability, circularity and safety. Using technology and materials typical of nautical engineering, the Manga Bench has taken into account its environmental impact during all the stages of its existence: extraction of raw materials, production, distribution, use, reuse, recycling and waste management.
- Operation and Interaction
- This piece not only fulfils the function of a seat but also provides an aesthetic value when it is placed in the urban space: seafronts, ports, squares, streets and boulevards.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2019 and finished in June 2020 in Cartagena (Spain). It was exhibited in the port of Cartagena (2020) and Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Murcia (COAMU), Murcia, (Spain) in 2022.
- Specifications
- The measurements are 300 x 82 x 76 cm. The seat base is 44 cm from the ground.
- Keywords
- Marine life, Sculptural, Fiberglass, Sustainability, Minimalist, Ergonomic
