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Aiko
Architonic ID: 20319168
Bekendstellingsjaar: 2022
Type
Sideboard
Structure
Veneered aluminum profiles and veneered MDF
Konsep
Aiko is a system of sideboards with clean lines and sophisticated details. Jean-Marie Massaud’s intuition has given life to a project that is a true compendium of Poliform’s know-how. Inspired by ancient sideboards, the cupboards are suspended on a base with feet, in line with the doors with shaped profiles. Attention to detail is key: from shelves that appear to be floating inside the volume thanks to the integrated shelf supports to the sophisticated lighting with; from the central foot that becomes an aesthetic feature to the hinge, developed ad hoc, that ends in a precious external metal plaque. The door finishes are also outstanding: in addition to the classic wood, there is a wicker-effect wood and a laminated glass version with a linen-effect fabric interior.
Hierdie produk behoort aan die volgende versameling:
Aluminium, Metal, Structure engineered wood, Wood

France
Since the beginning of his career (a 1990 graduate of Paris’ ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Paris Design Institute), Jean-Marie Massaud has been working on an extensive range of works, stretching from architecture to objects, from one-off project to serial ones, from macro environment down to micro contexts. Major brands such as Axor, Cassina, Christofle, Poliform, Toyota have solicited his ability to mix comfort and elegance, zeitgeist and heritage, generosity and distinction. Beyond these elegant designs, his quest for lightness – in matters of essence – synthesize three broader stakes: individual and collective fulfillment, economic and industrial efficiency, and environmental concerns. “I’m trying to find an honest, generous path with the idea that, somewhere between the hard economic data, there are users. People.” His creations, whether speculative or pragmatic, explore this imperative paradigm: reconciling pleasure with responsibility, the individual with the collective. When asked to imagine a new stadium for the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, he comes back with a never seen before cloud and volcano-shaped building, integrated in a vast urban-development program that re-unite leisure and culture, nature and urbanization, sport aficionados and local citizens. Instead of implanting a stadium, he proposed an environment. And the initial vision has proven a realistic approach: the project has come to life in July 2011. More recently, his concept car developed in partnership with Toyota, has the same objective. MEWE is a synthesis of economical and ecological concepts, integrating issues specific to each stakeholder: the user, industry, and the environment. A pioneering multiple-use platform that is a car for the people, with a body in expanded polypropylene foam: a major innovation. “When I’m working on a project, there’s always an attempt to renew the subject I’m involved in”. Another distinctive aspect of his approach.