Opus B Fora Vas a designatore Nicolau dos Santos est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Certaminis Designatio Supellectilis.
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B Fora Vas
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Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Supellex
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De B Fora Vas
B Fora est vas fictile ad interiora domus ornanda excogitatum. Forma classicam amphoram Graecam denuo interpretatur atque superficies curvatas duasque ansas rectas adicit. Proportiones ita studiose consideratae sunt ut vas post e forma ablatum in aequilibrio maneat. Pars interior in tegumento crystallino nitido immergitur, quod vas contra aquam impenetrabile reddit, ita ut liquores tuto contineri possint. B Fora adhiberi potest ad potiones ministrandas, ad flores continendos vel tamquam res ornamenti. Vas ex fictili albo per artem "slipcasting" confectum est.
Agnitio
De Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
B Fora Vas victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur B Fora Vas opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. B Fora Vas creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
Post Designum
Fasciculus Nuntii
Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.
- Proprietates Singulares
- The idea is to redesign the classic greek amphora into a modern piece that perfectly fits our home interiors. A b side has been offered to an amphora to become a B fora. The curvy curves that characterize the vase and the two straight handles have been carefully designed to keep the vase in perfect balance once extracted from the mold. With the waterproof coating on his internal side, the vase can contain liquids inside.
- Dimensiones et Involucrum
- B fora
Material: Whiteware ceramic
External finish (depends on the edition):
Skin: acrylic coloring
My friend: transparent matte finishing
Special: depending on the artist choice
Internal finish: dipped it in the crystalline glossy and waterproof coating
Size: 165 x 120 x h.350 mm
Weight: 1200gr.
Packaging
Dimensions: 210 x 400 x h.150 mm
Material: white recycled cardboard with white shaped foam layer - Notulae
- vase, ceramic, interior, greekstyle, homedecor, amphora
- Technologia Productionis
- The B fora is born in the atelier of the Italian master ceramist Michele Puzzo. After realizing the render images and technical draws of the B fora, the vase has been craved on a plaster cylinder using the traditional pottery lathe and sculpting the femminile curves with an accurate handwork.
The production of the vases has been made with the slipcasting technique.
The shape of the vase has been carved inside the packaging into a layer of foam that prevents the vase from being knocked during the shippings. - Provocatio Designandi
- Finding the right balance between the aesthetic of the vase and its possible realization on a production that uses the slipcasting technique.
In particular, the challenge came out during the drying phase, after the vase was taken off from the mold. The narrowest parts of the vase have been designed several times to reach the right balance and avoid the collapse of the vase due to the weight. - Investigatio
- History: the vases have always been connected to the femininity because of their qualities of receiving and containing liquids. The pregnant woman who carries the baby in her lap protecting, feeding, and giving him/her everything needed can be a clear example of it.
Subconscious: in psychology also, the vase has always been associated with women. According to Freud, the vase symbolizes the woman and the relations with the opposite sex.
Alchemy: finally, in Medieval literature we find the Holy Grail, the vase which contains the elixir of life, an image that immediately suggests the woman gift of life. - Inspiratio
- B fora is born from the desire to combine the beauty and harmony of Greek conception of body perfection with our contemporary graceful female body silhouette.
Combining the Greek and the modern canons of beauty, a new side has been revealed: the B side. This new amphora is not just a piece of furniture, but a way to talk about the modern beauty as the ancients Greeks did. - Duratio Operis
- The project idea came in March 2019 after a personal study on ancient greek art. We started working on the shapes for more than 3 months, trying to combine the idea of the beauty perfection of ancient greeks with our contemporary conception. The prototyping phase started in June and took 3 months to reach the right shapes. From September till December we realized the production of the 70 vases, the packaging, and the gadgets connected to the product. Everything took place in Milan, Italy.
- Cursus Operationis
- B fora is a vase that can be used for serving beverage during your meals, for contains flowers and for interiors decor. In the documentation that can be found inside the packaging, there is a sticky hand toy, to spank the vase when it deserves it.
- Membra Turmae
- Designer: Nicolau dos Santos
Art director: Stephanie Blanchard - Agnitiones Imaginum
- Image #1 : Photographer Tiago Marques, B fora, 2020.
Image #2 : Photographer Tiago Marques, B fora, 2020.
Image #3 : Photographer Tiago Marques, B fora, 2020.
Image #4 : Photographer Tiago Marques, B fora, 2020.
Image #5 : Photographer Tiago Marques, B fora, 2020.
Video credits: Tania de Pascalis, B fora skin edition catalog, 2020.
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