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Product design

Tobias Sartori

G-Light Floor lamp with side table

Gioia Plant stand

Foglie Wall clock

III IV V

Italia Pizza cutter

Gesellenstück

Sideboard

Foglie - Wall clock

Group work in pairs / individual work

For a school project, a fixture was built to better understand machining with a CNC machine and end up milling something useful. The fixture was intended to facilitate small as well as complicated work and provide initial experience.

For inspiration, they looked for an object used in daily life, and a clock was chosen. The idea of using the branches as hands and recreating the grouping of leaves as a clock came from a previous jewelry project where leaves were recreated using the carving technique to be used as a necklace. Using the CNC machine, these leaves were made more efficiently and minimally. Looking at wallpaper and a beech hedge, the idea came up to arrange the leaves in the shape of a clock with the branches as hands.

Wood type of the leaves: pine

Type of wood of the hands: walnut

Size of the leaves: 90x45x16 mm

Dimensions: 460x270x32 mm

In the creation phase, after many sketches and shape attempts, I got stuck with these two clock shapes. In the end, I decided on the first variant because the design language of the individual leaves in the composition reflects the overall shape and results in an exciting and orderly clock shape that contrasts with the more classic round design of the second clock.

Construction and CNC programming

Once the design was established, it was a matter of planning and feasibility of the wall clock and its leaves. The fixture for milling the leaves consists of an MDF board with 4 pockets, each corner of which is drilled with 4 holes to make room for the angular wooden blocks. In addition, grooves for the foam rubber are milled and a central hole for the suction tube is let in to suck in the wooden blocks. Although spruce is a very light and easy material to work with, the milling passes had to be repeated often to keep the wooden blocks from jamming. Finally, some sandpaper had to be glued to the bottom of the pockets to increase adhesion. The curves at the corners are milled manually on the router, as well as when screwing the blades.

Group work in pairs / individual work

Group work in fives / individual work / class work

As part of my wood technology studies, we had the opportunity to plan and make a piece of furniture for the 3D house in Beckum in a group project. The only specifications were the use of form gluing and/or wood bending technology. Our group of 5 was inspired by the curves of the 3D house and quickly came up with the idea of designing a lamp with a side table.

In the second phase, where each group presented their ideas, our project was selected. The following steps document the exact process of the project. I personally was responsible for the development and design of an order form for the order processing of the „G-Lights“. The form is interactive and automatically calculates the final price based on the selected modules and additional requests.

The goal of the project was also for each of us to take on a job role. Finally, the project was completed as a class assignment where each participant had to build their own light fixture based on the orders.

Types of wood: ash, walnut

Dimensions:

1860x920x500 mm

Co. PERI

Requirements:

Deposit space

Rotating

Illuminated

Curved wood

Aesthetic

Stable

Shape and sizes decision

Different variants for the lighting

Rotary fitting

Group work in fives / individual work / class work

Registration of data for the buyer

Entering the features and adding the costs thanks to the conversion formula

Selection of the special features with illustration of the samples

Entering the signature for the purchase confirmation

Group work in fives / individual work / class work

Notch for protection against falling objects

Spotlight embedded in ash wood

Concrete look base plate with rotary hinge

On and off button with dimming function, hidden below the table

Gioia - plant stand

Individual work

gioia GIOIA

soll an einen Bilderrahmen erinnern, die Pflanze mit dem Hintergrund verbindet.

unterbrochene Rahmen lässt die Vase schwingen, aber nicht fallen.

Vereinfacht das Tragen mit einer Hand.

Maße: 1000x400x200 mm

Instagram: t_sarto

Email: tobi.sartori@gmail.com

My main inspiration is the work „lois“ by the architect couple Bergsteigerwolf. A functional frame that frames the panorama. The picture was taken in my native region of Trentino-Alto Adige.

Derived from this, the work „lois“ shows a world that can be viewed from a frame and is visible on both sides. In the frame is a potted plant that can be carried by the „roof“. My idea for the plant stand also follows this concept and is mobile. It presents the plant stand with the favorite plant and allows the plant to be placed between the two sides of the frame.

opper tube 22 mm 1000x400x300 mm

The „waiter arm“ of the plant stand is able to easily support heavy objects without falling. This is due to the effect of gravity and the free connection that allows adhesion between the arm and the object. The absence of a connection on the vertical tube allows the pot to swing, but it does not fall.

Italia - pizza cutter

Individual work

For the project theme „Grasp and Grasp“, where we were to work with different casting materials, I decided to design a pizza cutter. First, we were assigned a designer, in my case Marcel Wanders, who is known for very playful designs. In the first phase, we were to create mood boards, research and make sketches. Based on this, a product was to be planned and constructed as a master mold out of PUR, wood or modeling clay.

In the second step, we had to build a container box for the silicone negative mold and cast it. In the final step, various casting trials were to be carried out using plaster, PUR and epoxy. In the first failed attempts, the colors green, white and red were mixed together. To prevent this, the colors were cast in different time periods and separated with barriers.

INSPIRATIONS:

The idea of designing a pizza cutter in the shape of the Italian geographical boot came to me when thinking about the designer Aalto and his „Savoy“ in silhouette shape of the Swedish lakes. Being very attached to my origins and appreciating the peculiarities of Italy, the idea of a pizza cutter cutting a national pizza quickly occurred to me. With this feature, I

wanted to emphasize my origin and I added the Italian colors to make the shape even more prominent. The shape fits very well in the hand and the alpine chain protects it from slipping. During the development phase, I also created a prototype made of oregano, but I did not pursue it further.

Material pizza cutter: Epoxy

Colors pizza cutter: green-white-red (Italy)

Dimensions: 290x130x20 mm

The illustration does not show the correct handle position to allow a better illustration of the pizza cutter.

@Il_Pizzaiolo_Münster

Gesellenstück - Sideboard

Individual work

The journeyman‘s piece is a final project of the carpentry apprenticeship, where the apprentices are given the freedom to implement and present their own interests. In my requirements for the journeyman piece, the implementation of at least one movable part (in my case a flap) and a dovetailed and classically guided drawer (according to old tradition) was necessary. From these specifications, I decided to build a sideboard with a coffee grinder.

I wanted to tell a story with my journeyman piece and combine my origins in Italy with my training in Germany. As inspiration for the design and functionality I took the preparation of Moka coffee and the logo of the company.For the design and creation I won the second prize at „Die Gute Form“.

Types of wood: ziric ote, maple

Dimensions: 1278x226x226 mm

The traditional preparation of moka coffee has played an important role in the history and functionality of my journeyman piece.

I took the basic shape of my journeyman piece from the line and dot pattern of the company logo.

My journeyman piece stands for tradition, timeless design and contrasts (light-dark).

Inspired by the classic preparation of coffee, as it was prepared by my grandma, I have developed suitable storage for the necessary tools and the Moka.

My journeyman piece is veneered with ziricote on the outside and on the edges. The interior and the flap were painted with RAL 9010 and sealed with clear lacquer.

Thanks to push-to-open, the filigree flap is opened and then serves as a shelf for the preparation. It is supported by two stainless steel wires.

n the right cube is the coffee grinder I built myself. The body is open and serves two functions: on the one hand, it serves to present the grinder, and on the other hand, the scent of freshly ground coffee can be distributed unhindered in the room.