Andrea Sosinski Is Honored with the Platinum A' Design Award for Firo Fire Cooking Set in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design

Andrea Sosinski honored for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ Firo Fire Cooking Set by Andrea Sosinski, designed for NIMTSCHKE DESIGN - Andrea Sosinski, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Platinum A' Design Award Means

The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.

About Firo Fire Cooking Set

FIRO is a multifunctional and portable 5kg cooking set for each open fire. The oven holds 4 pots, attached removable to a drawers rail construction with a swiveling support for maintaining the food level. Thus way FIRO can be easily and safely used like a drawer without spilling food while the oven lays half way in the fire. The pots are used for cooking and eating purposes and are handled with the cutlery tool which clips in each side of the pots to carry them in temperature insulation pockets while hot. It also includes a blanket which is as well a bag that holds all usefull equipment.

About Andrea Sosinski

Andrea Sosinski founded her company NIMTSCHKE DESIGN in 2006. Her award winning product designs are mostly out of ceramic (porcelain). That is her favourite material she also studied for 6 years at the renowned Burg Giebichenstein, university of art and design in Halle/Saale (Germany). Her passion is also graphic design and illustration. Since 2006 she does a lot of corporate design and gives with great success companies their individual and distinctive appearance.

Award Record

With this recognition, Andrea Sosinski is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award

The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Typical entries include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. The awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/kitchenware

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://desingers.org/59466
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/59466
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!59466
Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/210436
Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.nimtschke.de

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Firo Fire Cooking Set
Function: Fire Cooking Set
Category: Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
Colors: White, Dark Red, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Lavender
Images: 5
Client: NIMTSCHKE DESIGN - Andrea Sosinski

The Recognition

Laureate: Andrea Sosinski
Country: Germany
Recognition: Platinum A' Design Award
Edition: 2017 - 2018
Design ID: #59466

Credits

Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer and Creator Andrea Sosinski, 2006

Design Details

Unique Properties: The "Firo" cooking set opens a new era and sets a new standard for cooking outdoor. It combines the atmosphere of fire, good food and stimulates the communication between people. It can be used in each open fire. On the beach, in a fire bowl on the patio or in an open fireplace in the living room. The oven is portable, flexible in use and expandable up to 12 persons by using more "Gratino's" (eating bowls). While the oven is left half in the fire, you operate outside for your safety. The multifunctional set includes everything you need: oven, cooking and eating bowls, cutlery, blanket, gloves, covers.
Inspiration: In times of industrialisation and digitalisation people are longing for their roots and simplicity. There is the modern kitchen on the one hand, and the summer phenomen of barbeque on the other. Also electrical light next to candles, gas heating next to fire place or fire bowl. Fire is since 2 Mio years the center of life. But still there is no way to cook safely with real open fire. Either you have to get very close to the flames or you just use the burning ash to prepare your food. A change was needed.
Research: The leading aspect was the safety for the user and the food, to find a solution to keep the pots filled with food in upright position while cooking and to get them out again of the hot oven. I did a lot of material research for high temperature. I wanted to make everything as lightweighted and multifunctional as possible: The cutlery is fork, spoon and removal tool. The porcelain vessels are cooking and eating pots. The oven is for cooking and carriage cover for pots. The accessories bag is seat pad and storage. The heatproof jacket enable to hold the hot pot in the hand, so no table is required.
Challenge: Actually it is too hot to cook in fire. The material needs a good relation between heat conductivity and isolation, has to resist hot temperature without loosing its shape, is food compliant and as lightweighted as possible. The food should stay in the bowls even in slanting position. That's why I hung the bowls revolvable in the middle of the oven on a rail. So they can stay even inside while carrying or storing. The rail allows to open and close the oven like a drawer and helps to pull out the bowls in a fire free area. The right calculation for oven length and bowl sizes was important to get a light weighted transportable set.
Realization and Technology: The oven is made out of technical ceramic and the "Gratino"-Bowls out of porcelain. The cutlery is out of metall and is slightly flexible to be clicked in the hot bowl after cooking for easy handling without burning hands. All textiles are made non flammable in the colours dark grey and orange. "Firo" is not in production yet. It is a working concept and prototype and I am searching for a company that produces and markets it on license.
Operation and Interaction: "Firo" will be halfway placed in open fire. The handy "Gratino"-pots will be filled with food and put in the oven. Possible are four "Gratino's" at the same time for soup, gratin, ragout, dessert. The oven remains in the fire and will be handled like a drawer - open and close. Once the food is cooked, the multifunctional cutlery (fork and spoon) is clicked in the deepening of the pot and carried out in an isolating bag for eating.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in April 2005 and was finished in July 2006 in Halle (Saale)/Germany. It was first published in Leipzig/Germany at Designers' Open and won the first price "Designers' Open Award".
Specifications: Exact sizes are not shown to public: 1x "Firo" oven body (cook, transport, store) approximately half a meter // 4x "Gratino" bowls (cook and eat, cutlery is fork, spoon and removal tool) content size 250ml // 1x Accessories bag (bag and blanket for 2 persons) approximately 1000 x 500 mm // 1 "Firo" and 4 "Gratino" weight together 5kg.
Keywords: Firo, cooking set, open fire, campfire, oven, Gratino, multifunctional, Andrea Sosinski, Nimtschke Design