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Herringbone Dining Table by Alexandre Caldas Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Alexandre Caldas honored for 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 announced that Herringbone Dining Table by Alexandre Caldas, designed for AROUNDtheTREE, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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 Herringbone Dining Table
Herringbone is a dining table inspired by the structure of leaves and by the aim of removing what is superfluous. The internal structure stays visible, and the simple silhouette is fully exposed. The table is made of certified American solid wood with a natural oil finish, and measures 2500 by 1000 by 750 millimetres. Traditional woodworking techniques and the skills of master craftsmen are used, with as little glue as possible. The two large tops are shaped by hand. The table can be taken apart in three parts, yet behaves as a single piece.
About Alexandre Caldas
I`m Alexandre Caldas and i`m relevant like everyone else. Regard the importance, i think it`s better than being famous. To be important means to engage in people`s heart, not by imposition but because they care about us or our work. As for everything else, I offer 46 years of victories and defeats and my work reflects that. I Love what I and leave the evaluation for others, I don`t think that is wise the self evaluation.
Award Record
This recognition makes Alexandre Caldas a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2013 - 2014 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/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/148092
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148092
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148092
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/289856
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://aroundthetree.eu
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Herringbone Dining Table
- Function
- Dining Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gainsboro, Dark Slate Gray, Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- AROUNDtheTREE
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alexandre Caldas
- Country
- Portugal
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148092
Credits
- Image Credits
- AROUNDtheTREE/ Image / Alexandre Caldas / Designer / Heringbone Table / 2023
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Table Herringbone designed by Alexandre Caldas is Inspired by the structure of leaves and by the desire to eliminate what is superfluous, the internal structure of the table and its simple and beautiful silhouette is all exposed to the lovers of this type of construction. Using certified solid wood, using the least amount of glue possible, using one of the world's most recycled resources (glass), and all this with only the know-how of master craftsmen with traditional woodworking techniques, accomplish the mission perfectly. The simplicity is the is the truly sophistication
- Inspiration
- The inspirational muse and the starting point for any design was always sought around the tree, however, this time also in a perspective of looking at the tree and the possibility of reducing the use of its resources. In this logic the structure of the leaves (Herringbone) and the elimination of what is superfluous, left to show the whole internal structure and with it its simple and beautiful silhouette.
- Research
- to find the limit of the materials in order to have a piece that was elegant but resistant at the same time. Knowing that the choice of wood to be used would also define its strength, we started with a prototype in pine just to consolidate proportions, and then, in the production of the first piece already in American walnut, we gradually removed the excess in thickness while maintaining a good reliability in construction. This table is dismountable in 3 parts but its resistance and plasticity behave as if it were a single piece .
- Challenge
- The simplicity of the piece had no great technological challenges since it was designed to be built with the most basic woodworking tools. However, the fixation of the stringers that join the two parts , had to be made specifically for this model because there is nothing on the market capable of doing the job . The two large table tops are hand sculptured to take their final shape.
- Realization and Technology
- This piece was made utilizing only certified wood, and using only the know-how of the master craftsmen. It was made with only the most traditional techniques of woodworking in a simple way. Just Perfect.
- Operation and Interaction
- It is a simple and clearly honest object , what you see is what is . It presents no interaction mechanisms and it is meant to be appreciated in its simplicity .
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in January 2021 in Lisbon with the first sketches on paper, then moved to the 3D creation phase for general visualization, followed by Maketa in pine wood. The project was completed in September 2022 with the design of the first piece in American Walnut .
- Specifications
- 2500 x 1000 x 750 / American Solid Wood / Natural Oil Finished
- Keywords
- Herringbone table, Dining table, Glass Table, Alexandre Caldas Dining table, eco table, timeless table, solid wood table
