Press Release
Airy Office Desk by Ivana Wingham Is Granted the A' Design Award in Office Furniture Design
Ivana Wingham acknowledged for office furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Office Furniture Design category for Airy Office Desk by Ivana Wingham. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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.
The A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Airy Office Desk
The Airy worktable was made as an experimental prototype in response to studio space becoming increasingly spatially interchangeable, in which the identification anchor of design’s arena is one’s own worktable. Straddling the paradox between the intricate complexity of a bespoke piece of furniture and an extremely fast assembly and disassembly process, Airy adapts to individual habits from one place to another. This carefully crafted prototype is mobile, functional, adaptable and a bespoke friend in our workspaces. It offers: light mobility, formal functionality and oblique adaptability.
About Ivana Wingham
Ivana Wingham is an architect and academic, studied Architecture at Belgrade University (B.Sc.), at Architectural Association London (AA Grad Dipl., M.Phil.) Bartlett, UCL (Ph.D.). She worked at University of Manchester, University of Greenwich, University of Brighton and The Bartlett School of Architecture. Her work is concerned with making and drawing of uncertain productions in architecture and design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ivana Wingham is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Office Furniture Design Award
The A' Office Furniture Design Award is an international furniture design competition recognizing good office furniture by best designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to office furniture designers, industrial design studios, office furniture brands and office furniture manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include desks, chairs, file cabinets, conference tables, cubicles and workstations. Awarded office furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/office-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/146323
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/146323
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!146323
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/339034
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Airy Office Desk
- Function
- Office Desk
- Category
- Office Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Business
- Colors
- Snow, Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ivana Wingham
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #146323
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image No 1: Designer/Architect, Ivana Wingham; Photographer, Marko Poplasen; Manufacturer, Milan Zivkovic; Airy Front And Right Side View, 2021. Image No 2: Designer/Architect, Ivana Wingham; Photographer, Marko Poplasen; Manufacturer, Milan Zivkovic; Airy Left And Front Side View, 2021. Image No 3: Designer/Architect, Ivana Wingham; Photographer, Marko Poplasen; Manufacturer, Milan Zivkovic; Airy Process Of Assembling View Upside Down, 2021. Image No 4: Designer/Architect, Ivana Wingham; Photographer, Marko Poplasen; Manufacturer, Milan Zivkovic; Airy Back Left Side View, 2021. Image No 5: Designer/Architect, Ivana Wingham; Photographer, Marko Poplasen; Manufacturer, Milan Zivkovic; Airy Right Top Side View Detail, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Airy is designer’s mobile worktable where studio is a space of a desk, be it inside or outside. Curved table-top surrounds the body. Airiness of design offers lightness and a thorough view of any background. Its four unique sides make it uniquely adaptable to any place. Carefully crafted, sturdy and light, it straddles the paradox between complexity of a bespoke furniture and extremely fast assembly and disassembly process.
- Inspiration
- As studio space becomes spatially and virtually interchangeable the identification anchor for design place becomes its own worktable. AIRY is such an identifier, like a favourite travel bag, it adapts to individual habits from one place to another. A beautiful traveller, this carefully crafted prototype is mobile, functional, adaptable and bespoke friend in our workspace. It offers: Light Mobility, Formal Functionality and Oblique Adaptability.
- Research
- Design Research aim was to create a unique prototype for currently changing work space. Its objective was to make a bespoke design combined with a fast assembly and disassembly process. The method used was based on design and detailed drawings (1:1), high quality craft and numerous tests and experimentation on how to achieve such an outcome. While the prototype displays one option there is an opportunity to change such options without changing the nature of design.
- Challenge
- Designed in the UK and made in Serbia the biggest challenge was making the large press for tabletop due to unavailability of large machine vacuum presses. The press was made from numerous layers of chipboard sheets cut to shape fastened by specially designed metal bars and layered with metal sheets. Another challenge was choice and thickness of veneered material in which oak veneer proved to be too porous and the first tabletop attempt was discarded. Final option worked extremely well with ash veneer.
- Realization and Technology
- Airy work table’s production and materiality combine traditionally modernist techniques of making with digitally drawn precision of each element of the construction to provide 1:1 final production drawings while utilizing slow techniques to achieve a fast assembly process. Specially built two part presses were used to form curved panels. Glued, cross-grained ash veneers are laid between the two parts that are held together under pressure in the press. Metal support and legs were made from hollow bars resting on hollow studs. Side metalwork was laser cut and welded with great precision and finished in powder coating.
- Operation and Interaction
- Formal Functionality is present in airy-gap transitions between its parts for easy assemble and disassemble process. Oblique Adaptability is achieved by its design construction and materiality. Oblique Adaptability of the table makes its every elevation unique. Celebrating mobility, Airy anchors its place in each new environment. Bespoke design of table elements turns utility into designed seduction.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2019 in London and was completed in 2021 in Serbia. The project is located at present in Serbia and it has not been yet exhibited publicly.
- Specifications
- Due to its curved form and when fully assembled AIRY length and width dimensions vary depending how they are taken. Length is from 2200 to 2400 mm, width is from 600mm to 1000mm. The height of the tabletop is constant until it curves on one side and is 740mm. The packaging of the table would be packaging of its parts with instructions for home assembly.
- Keywords
- Airy, Work Table, Bespoke, Adaptable, Mobile, Unique, Oblique, Functional
