Bronze Furniture Design · 2017
Mini Off Children Furniture
by Miguel Ángel Sánchez and Gloria Lozano
- A' Design Award 2017 Bronze Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2017
- CLIENT: Off Acustic
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 12,559
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About Mini Off Children Furniture
Mini Off is a children furniture line designed for nursery schools. Mini Off is made of Lanisor, a light acoustic material with a high level of sound absorption. Noise enters the surface and spreads inside the material, where friction between the fibres turns the kinetic energy into heat. This effect reduces the noise level in the room. The low weight allows children to lift the furniture and place it where they want. The soft surface also makes the furniture safer for children in case of falls or knocks.
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- Unique Properties
- It is designed with an acoustic material which is light and more comfortable. These make it perfect for children use. It is thought to be used in a nursery school and as it is light, children can place it where they want without any difficult. Its main purpose is the acoustic feature because it would minimize the environment noise.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Its key property is the acoustic feature. Noise penetrates the LANISOR surface and diffuses in the material. As a result of the friction on the fibre surfaces, the kinetic energy of the noise is dissipated as heat energy. The highly-compressed bres support this effect much more than conventional materials. The product dimensions are 2500mm x 1250mm.
- Tags
- furniture, children, acoustic, nursery school, acoustic furniture
- Production Technology
- It is made of the material LANISOR and it is computer controlled machine centers.
- Project Duration
- This project started in January 2017 and is currently in a prototype phase.
- Operation Flow
- It is children furniture made of acoustic material which make it perfect to be used in nursery schools because this material is not only going to minimize the noise in the room but it is also light and soft which contributes to the children security and safeness.
- Research
- Our experience in this field of acoustic projects has showed us that there are a great lack of acoustic in the field of lining and furniture. This is what lead us to look for solutions in public environments.
- Inspiration
- After several years working with acoustic materials we discovered this new material, Lanisor, which has absorption features and it is also a material easy to work with. Following acoustic office projects we decided to add the acoustic feature to our furniture. What inspired us to use acoustic was the noise inside a nursery school as well as its softness which makes it safer for children in case the get hit by it.
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Design Interview about Mini Off Children Furniture
Pursue the acoustic comfort in those places where it is most necessary and in which it is an increasingly forgotten factor.
Acoustics are children's spaces, as well as a design adapted to the needs of the little ones.
It just came up. After a long time working with the theme of acoustics and with products that incorporated this characteristic, one day came the idea of taking this concept to more unusual spaces but equally full of noise and noise: nurseries.
Working for the new company Off Acustic, we decided to design a product that went beyond the conventional, do something different and apply it in a space more forgotten by the world of design.
It belongs to Off Acustic, we will collaborate in its production and sale.
Nurseries and schools.
The target audience.
It is the combination of the brand with the diminutive "mini", a way to reflect the silence and acoustic absorption in the world of children.
Yes, behind it there is a whole analysis of acoustic absorption and materials.
We received an invitation from our association of designers.