AWLIN IS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TABLE DESIGNED BY ATELIER GAPONT — IT CAN BE USED AS DINING TABLE, COFFEE TABLE, SIDE TABLE, OR BAR, DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S POSITIONED. TO PRODUCE AWLIN EFFICIENTLY AND LOCALLY, CNC MILLING WAS USED, LEFTING UNUSED MATERIAL BEHIND. RATHER THAN LETTING THESE PIECES GO TO WASTE, THE ZERO WASTE DESIGN COMPETITION WAS LAUNCHED TO CHALLENGE DESIGNERS TO TURN THEM INTO SOMETHING NEW AND PURPOSEFUL. (zerowaste.li)
DAPTIN WAS BORN FROM THIS COMPETITION. WITH A FOCUS ON ADAPTABILITY, DAPTIN TRANSFORMS LEFTOVER MATERIALS INTO A VERSATILE SEATING PIECE THAT FEELS DYNAMIC AND EFFORTLESS, BALANCING MASS AND LIGHTNESS, STABILITY AND MOVEMENT. THE GOAL WAS SIMPLE: TO CRAFT SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AND BEAUTIFUL FROM WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND. THE JURY PRAISED ITS THOUGHTFUL CONSTRUCTION AND VERSATILITY, RECOGNIZING HOW SEAMLESSLY IT COMPLEMENTS AWLIN’S MODULAR NATURE.
THE BEST IDEAS DON’T ALWAYS COME FROM STARTING FRESH BUT FROM SEEING NEW POSSIBILITIES IN WHAT ALREADY EXISTS. SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE SCRAPS.