About this product
Architonic ID: 1170507
H 127 cm x L 67 cm
Concept
Creativity meets with technique, harmonising functionality and look in Trame, the radiator with exciting lines and outstanding versatility, the latest edition to the Elements collection by Tubes. A Stefano Giovannoni design, Trame revolutionises the heating element with its free and light approach, introducing a totally new way to consider a household object which, until not that long ago, was seen as of little interest from an interior design point of view. This reinterpretation of the traditional radiator is a theme Tubes has been working on for some time now, obtaining results which at times have been on the edge of contemporary art- as with add-On, included in the Pompidou Centre collection in Paris. And now they have gone even further.
With Trame, the traditional steel tubular elements have become slim coloured threads which, with lightness and flexibility, follow-on from each other between the warp and the weft, creating a fabric of heat. Flowing lines repeat themselves in a delicate play of planes and spaces, while the metal lends itself to changeable, soft and three- dimensional effects to inhabit the walls of anywhere in the home. The project is a complete technological innovation: for the first time the valves are not dependent on the heater and are connected remotely, so as not to affect the softness of the design in any way. Depending on the light and the observer’s point of view, the fine tubular elements that make up Trame appear to change in consistency and move in a curved fashion, making the radiator a multifaceted object that is never the same.
Trame is available in horizontal and vertical versions from 51.5 to 190 cm and comes in three distinct models: TRAME 14, TRAME 20 and TRAME 28, based on the diameter of the tubular elements chosen. Giovannoni’s design fits perfectly with the ideal line which characterises the Elements collection, the expression of the research and experimental work with which Tubes explores a new concept of the radiator. Trame was conceived not only as a system component, but as an essential part of the architectural structure and interior design, with a strong personality and always able to guarantee the maximum in practical performance.
This product belongs to collection:
Interior construction
Italy
Biography Stefano Giovannoni was born in La Spezia in 1954 and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Florence in 1978. He lives and works in Milan. He taught and conducted research at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence from 1979 to 1991. He has been a professor at Domus Academy in Milan, at the Universitа del Progetto in Reggio Emilia and professor of Industrial Design at the Universitа di Architettura in Genoa. He works as an industrial and interior designer and architect. He has worked with companies such as Alessi, Amore Pacific, Artsana, Bisazza, Cederroth, Deborah, Elica, Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano, Fiat, Hannspree, Hanssem, Helit, Henkel, Honeywell, Inda, KDDI, Kokuyo, Laufen, Lavazza, LG Hausys, L’Oreal, Magis, Maletti, Meglio, Mikakuto, Moooi, Nestlй, Nissan, NTT Docomo, Oras, Oregon Scientific, Papernet, Promelit, Pulsar, Replay, Samsung, Seiko, Shaf, Siemens, Skitsch, Sodastream, SPC, Star, Telecom, Toto, 3M, Toto, Tubes, Veneta Cucine, Vondom and ZTE. He has designed hugely successful products including the “Girotondo” and “Mami” series in steel for Alessi and, also for Alessi numerous plastic characters fo the Family Follow Fiction collection. His bestsellers include the Bombo range for Magis. He designed IlBagnoAlessi One and the PandaAlessi. In 1980 he won first prize at the “Shinchenchiku Residential Design Competition” judged by Kisho Kurokawa. In the same year he won the competition for a square at Santa Croce sull’Arno (Pisa). In 1985 he won second prize at the Shinchenchiku Residential Design Competition judged by Tadao Ando. In 1989 he won the competition for the restructuring of the old town centre of Castel di Sangro (L’Aquila) with Andrea Branzi and Remo Buti. In 1991 he designed the Italian pavillon for the “Les Capitales Europйennes du nouveau design” exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. His design objects have won the “Design Plus Award” at the Frankfurt Fair-Ambiente 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2009; the “100% Design Award” in London in 1997, 2005 and 2009; the “Forum Design Hannover Award” in Hannover in 1999; the “ISH Award” in 2003, the Chicago Atheneum “Good Design Award” in 2010 and the “New York Interior Design 2012 Award”.
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