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Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia ab Rita Kettaneh

Opus Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia a designatore Rita Kettaneh est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Certaminis Designatio Supellectilis.


FerrumSupellex· 2020

Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia

a Rita Kettaneh

Cliens: KRAY Studio

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Supellex

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Designum

De Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia

Textus Libri: Palette est mensa cafearia modularis ad colores miscendos destinata. Formatio ex serie "Homage to the Square" Josef Albers inspirationem ducit, quadratis inclusis in spatium tridimensionale translatis. Quaeque mensae superficies duas laminas acrylicas continet, quae se invicem tegentes colorum mixturas creant. Cum stratum superius ab una mensa ad aliam trahitur, nova compositio oritur. Pars superior in basi ex acie stabili inoxidabili firmatur, ita ut quaeque mensa tamquam unum corpus moveri possit. Plures mensae iuxta se dispositae maiorem superficiem efficere possunt.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Palette Munus Principale: Mensa Cafearia ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares
The Palette is a table for mixing colors inspired by Josef Albers' "Homage to the Square". It invites the users to engage in color experiments to suit their interior and state of mind. In simple sliding motions, the top layers are interchanged among tables like Albers' "platters to serve color" and the colors are mixed through overlapping sheets. The Palette is a coffee table that is modular and dynamic: multiple tables may be arranged side by side in one's layout of choice.
Dimensiones et Involucrum
Width x Depth x Height: 500 mm x 500 mm x 435 mm
Weight: 13.6 Kg
Notulae
palette, palette table, coffee table, rita kettaneh, kray studio, josef albers, hommage to the square, geometric table, colorful coffee table, color mix table
Technologia Productionis
The top section of the table is made up of steel sheets that are CNC laser-cut and bent with a press break. Welding is used to assemble the parts. The base is made up of stainless steel and is produced through a similar process. The top is powder-coated and includes two acrylic sheets, while the base has a brushed finish.
Provocatio Designandi
The design of the base had to embody the concept of the square while complementing the top's planar form and silhouette. Multiple designs were assessed through cardboard mockups and 3D modeling software.
Moreover, experiments were done to identify the best performing mechanisms. In terms of locking the top to the base, bolts provided smoother locking and unlocking than rods. As to the sliding mechanism, it was reduced to sliding bars so the top sheet is easy to carry and slide into place.
Investigatio
The color experiments were carried out in three stages: the first developed color schemes through overlapping sequences of acrylic samples. Next, a constraint was added which is that the scheme would be made up of three pairs of overlapping samples to correspond to three tables made up of two layers each. Thirdly, the color mixes had to go into Albers' configuration. Layers of foam core and acrylic samples were used to model the nested squares and colored paper was added to finetune the colors.
Inspiratio
This design was inspired by the works of the Bauhaus icon Josef Albers, namely his "Homage to the Square" where nested squares demonstrate how color interacts. The Palette deconstructs the squares into three dimensional space while preserving the play on transparency. It encourages users to create different moods by participating in color experiments as Albers advocated. Moreover, Palette answers a need to offer users the flexibility to tailor and refresh their space based on their preferences.
Duratio Operis
The project started in December 2018 in Kornet Chehwan, Lebanon and was completed a year and three months later in Mazraat Yachouh, Lebanon in February 2020 when the final prototype was produced.
Cursus Operationis
The user can experiment with colors by sliding the top layer off a table and unto another where the overlapping sheets result in a new color mix.
The entire top section of the table locks into the base to facilitate moving the table around as a single unit. This is done by fitting the pins of the top into their respective holes in the base and then sliding the top section sideways until the pins reach their stops and the top locks into place. The reverse motion is done to unlock the two parts.

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