Aks Sconcentrico Dining Table by Ascanio Zocchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
BronzeFurniture· 2020
Aks Sconcentrico Dining Table
Client: Marmomac Verona Italy
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
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About Aks Sconcentrico Dining Table
Table inspired by the natural phenomenon of karst erosion called Karren, present in the Dolomites. The concept of this object, made of precious Carrara statuary marble, represents the beauty and fragility of the mountain. Inside the grooves are placed steel balls that symbolize the flow of water that erodes the marble over time. Beauty, fragility, dynamism and energy enclosed in a single object.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Aks Sconcentrico Dining Table is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Aks Sconcentrico Dining Table is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Aks Sconcentrico Dining Table splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
the inspiration of this project comes from the study of the natural phenomenon of erosion of rainwater on the rocks of the dolomites, it represents the beauty and fragility of marble, the perplexing centers come together in one point, creating a game, represented by the spheres of steel that roll thanks to the slope of the top.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
create a table in precious Carrara marble, represent the beauty of the mountains carved by the streets that become an entertainment game for diners who can pass the time by rotating the steel balls in the circles
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
the awarded project will be placed in valuable restaurants.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- the aks table is unique in its kind, produced with Carrara statuary marble, made in a single monolithic block of marble, measuring a diameter of 160 cm. Carved using cnc water jet technology, smoothed and treated on the surface with a stain-resistant biological product that makes the surface impervious to stains.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- dimensions 160 cm in diameter height 75 cm.
- Tags
- tavolo, ristorante, marmomac, carrara, marmo, design,
- Production Technology
- Marble of Carrara quarry Michelangelo quarry, realization with the use of 6-axis cnc technology with water jet and diamond points, design with freehand and cad technology with 3D modeling
- Design Challenge
- the challenge was the realization, on a non-linear surface, the table in the center is 8 centimeters high and the sides are 2 centimeters, the Cnc machine had to be programmed with a particular program that follows the course of the difference in height without removing the functionality of the table, the excavations are uneven so that the steel balls can run at the same speed, but some go towards the edge and others go up towards the center, forming an optical illusion of movement and aesthetically pleasing to the eye and touch.
- Research
- inspiration and research has been done on the natural phenomenon of karst erosion called Karren, present in the Dolomites but also on the abrasion or erosion that we do when we climb the rock or go to the mountains to walk, the mountain seems strong to us but instead it is fragile and every time we go up a rock or trample some lawn we change the terrain and consequently the environment. the message of this table wants to bring to the attention of respect for the mountains, making it clear that the mountain is fragile and therefore must be treated with caution and respected, the game represents the relaxation of the moment but also wants to make it clear that respect for nature is not it's a game but a serious thing.
- Inspiration
- the inspiration comes from the study of the erosion of marble in a natural and artificial way, a perplexing Aks represents the erosion of the washout phenomenon of the rock called Karren, a drop of water turns into a trickle and erodes the rock forming lines and shapes, it also represents going to the mountains, taking a ride in the mountains, perplexing rides that meet in one place, the center, going to the mountains we also leave our signs with walking.
- Project Duration
- early April late September 2019 and move to The Italian Stone Theater exhibition and signature restaurant on the occasion of Marmomac 2019 international marble fair
- Operation Flow
- the use is as a dining or meeting table, conviviality or waiting or group work, it is characterized by these grooves carved in marble, with stainless steel spheres inside, given its shape with a central difference in height of 4 cm with respect to the edge, waiting for a meal or an appointment can be deceived by sliding the marbles in the grooves, playing to those who arrive first at the top of the table. each disconcerting circle intersects giving rise to decorative weaves and giving emotions and game difficulties.
- Patents
- registro progetti Adi Associazione Disegno Industriale
- Image Credits
- Ascanio Zocchi Fotografo
Ente fiere Verona ufficio stampa
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