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Moose Multifunctional Cabinet by Priyam Doshi Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Priyam Doshi for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Moose Multifunctional Cabinet by Priyam Doshi, designed for Name Place Animal Thing. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Moose Multifunctional Cabinet
The Moose Cabinet is a handcrafted statement piece inspired by a Moose and is designed to be a Fun-ctional piece (Fun and Functional). The intriguing feature is the plug and play accessories. Antlers for your keys hats scarves, bowls for your accessories, open and closed shelves for what you want to display and store; mirrors to check your smile. It has push to open shutters, Moose's eye acts as a knob for the shutter and has beautiful green stained internals which astonishes everyone as no one expects it.
About Priyam Doshi
Priyam, founder of Name Place Animal Thing, is a designer known for playful, joyful lights, furniture, décor, and installations. With 15+ years in furniture, lighting, and spatial design, he’s developed over 1,000 SKUs and 100+ unique pieces since launching his studio. An EDIDA Young Talent (2023) and Elle Décor winner (2018), Priyam combines his engineering background with artisanal skill to create both bespoke statement pieces and accessible designs that inspire delight.
Award Record
Priyam Doshi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/149542
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149542
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149542
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/342159
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.nameplaceanimalthing.com/product-page/moose-cabi
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Moose Multifunctional Cabinet
- Function
- Multifunctional Cabinet
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Peru, Saddle Brown, Maroon, Sienna and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Name Place Animal Thing
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Priyam Doshi
- Country
- India
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149542
Credits
- Image Credits
- Creator Priyam Doshi, Photographer Isha Shah; Creator Priyam Doshi, Photographer Isha Shah Video Credits: Priyanka Itadkar.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Moose Cabinet is a handcrafted statement piece inspired by a Moose and is designed to be FUNctional piece (FUN & Functional). The intriguing feature are the plug & play accessories. Antlers for your keys-hats-scarves; Bowl for your accessories; Open & closed shelves for what you want to display & store; mirrors to check your smile. It has push-to-open shutters; Moose’s eye acts as a knob for the shutter & has beautiful green stained internals which astonishes everyone as no-one expects it
- Inspiration
- The inspiration was to add fun to the boring mundane lifestyles and objects around you. The Moose Cabinet is a handcrafted statement piece inspired by the animal, Moose and is designed to be FUNctional piece - FUN yet highly functional. Also in today’s times, with people’s lifestyles becoming more demanding & people looking at efficient uses of living spaces there is a need to have multifunctionality in the new products we are designing. So Plug and play accessories were added for the users.
- Research
- The online and offline research study was done on furniture marketplaces and markets/physical stores to understand if there are any multi-functional cabinets in the market. Visual data was collected via websites and by taking pictures of products in retail stores and homes (personal network). One of the insights was that the space above a cabinet usually isn’t utilized and a lot of daily knick-knacks, books, etc are just kept on the top surfaces of storage cabinets which eventually gets cluttered/messy. That was the starting point to add plug-and-play accessories to the moose cabinet which the user can use as per their needs.
- Challenge
- The Creative challenge was to not only break away from the stereotypical form/shape of boxy storage cabinets but also to make the cabinet highly functional. The trial and error of steam bending the Oak wood was the hardest and most challenging part, which wasn’t very successful in the first piece, but we are working on it to make it successful.
- Realization and Technology
- The Moose Cabinet is handmade by carpenters in a factory using Oak wood. The accessories were made by joining wood parts to turned metal rods. Finisih: Italian Water Based Matte Finish
- Operation and Interaction
- The Moose Cabinet is super FUNctional - Fun & highly functional. The intriguing feature of Moose is the easy to use, plug-and-play accessories that the user can choose to use as per their needs/desires. Antlers for your keys, caps, hats, or scarves; Bowl for your accessories and knick-knacks; Open and closed shelves for whatever you want to show/display and hide/store; mirrors to check your smile/face.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Project Started in July 2022 & Finished in November 2022 and was exhibited at Raw Collaborative( Baroda, India) in December 2022
- Specifications
- W:161 x D: 400 x H: 1085
- Keywords
- Multifunctional furniture, Storage furniture, Cabinet, Sideboard, Wood Furniture, Luxury Furniture, Statement furniture, Artsy Furniture
