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Gear Desk

Héctor Esrawe

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Bronze
Alejandro Ramírez Orozco
Alejandro Ramírez Orozco
Alejandro Ramírez Orozco
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Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Furniture
6.90
6.55
7.45
6.25
6.79
Jukka Halminen
Jukka Halminen Founder and Creative Director at Design Office Koko3
5.13
5.2
4.29
4.22
4.71
Anette Skeie
Anette Skeie Head of Design at Norco Interior
4.9
5
4.8
4.9
4.9
Lara Francis El Hani
Lara Francis El Hani Senior Manager Interior Design – Head of Department at Kling Consult
3.12
5.7
3.04
3.36
3.81
Agata Kurzela
Agata Kurzela Founder and Design Director at Agata Kurzela Studio
4
5
5
4
4.5
Lori Ferriss
Lori Ferriss Executive Director at Built Buildings Lab
5
5.6
4.69
3.37
4.67
Shamsudin Kerimov
Shamsudin Kerimov Founder at Kerimov Architects
3.38
4.53
4.24
4.92
4.27
Alex Mok
Alex Mok Cofounder at Linehouse
4
6
6
4
5
Leali Ezzat
Leali Ezzat Founder and Design Director at ELE Interior
6.1
5.86
6.18
5
5.79
Mireia Luzarraga
Mireia Luzarraga Cofounder at TAKK
5.03
5.72
5.05
5.41
5.3
Javier Guzman
Javier Guzman Cofounder at Zooco Estudio
3.93
4.81
3.45
4.41
4.15
Louisa Fan
Louisa Fan Director of Design Luxury and Lifestyle Brand at IHG ® Hotels & Resorts
4.1
4.3
4
4
4.1
Rahul Bansal
Rahul Bansal Architect at group dca
4.59
4.08
4.46
3.7
4.21
Allen Zhou
Allen Zhou Founder at Shengtang Shijia Design Studio
5.81
5.4
5.98
5.98
5.79
Vineeta Singhania Sharma
Vineeta Singhania Sharma Founder at Confluence
6.07
5.49
3.38
5.2
5.04
Arianna Bavuso
Arianna Bavuso Cofounder at AB+AC Architects
6.5
6
6.5
6
6.25
Yang Yan
Yang Yan Founder and Chief Architect at y.ad studio
4.05
4.38
4.38
4.38
4.3
Ziwei Guo
Ziwei Guo Founder and Director at Pure Design
4
4.5
4.2
4
4.18
Dan Weber
Dan Weber Founder at Anacapa Architecture
4.37
4.37
6.08
4.75
4.89
Dimension
240 × 105 × h 73 cm 94 × 41 × h 29 in
Completion
2024
Material
Cast polished bronze or cast aluminium with patina finish.

For the Gear Collection, honeycomb cardboard, a material used as structural reinforcement for packaging, is the source of inspiration. The cardboard has a structural quality that is expressed through a honeycomb-shaped cardboard grid; when cut, it reveals a series of random vertical patterns on its edges that, when stacked, generate a texture of architectural and sculptural expression. The process of bringing the Gear Collection to life is highly complex and elaborate, requiring each piece to be made four times in different materials. After modeling and building silicone and wax models, it is in the casting process where accidents occur and the essence of the ‘Gear Collection’ emerges.

This process takes place under the sand, where the wax pieces are buried to then be melted, leaving a space to pour in the molten metal. In this way, not only the shapes of the original model are replicated, but also the imperfections and disruptions of the sand, creating unique pieces that reflect both the precision and the controlled chaos of the process.

Regardless of the number of pieces in the editions, each piece is unique and unrepeatable, as the artisan’s hand and the element of chance become part of the creation.

The Gear Desk is constructed out of cast polished bronze with patina finish. The honeycomb-shaped cardboard grid is the source of inspiration, when cut into irregular shapes it reveals aleatory vertical patterns along the edges, creating a sculptural expression. These patterns, materialized and contained in bronze with radial cuts, take on different formats and scales, defining objects with utilitarian functions, such as coffee tables, light sculptures, and now The Desk, all expressed as over-scaled jewels or geared ornaments.