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promising designers under 30: vito selma + geo table

Art, design, and science are three different fields. Art is more focused on form and concept. Design, on top of form and concept, would have an additional element of functionality. Science, like what was thought to us in elementary, is about the systematic organization and discovery knowledge.

It’s interesting to note that Vito Selma’s Geo Table, after being nominated for the 2008 Mugna awards, winning the 2010 Cebu Next Best Contemporary Design Award, and recently, winning the Industrial Design award for the 2010 DOST National Invention Contest for its string art-inspired design using wood dowel rods, gets recognized for all three categories! The reason behind DOST’s recognition of the Geo Table, apart from maximizing wood as a furniture material, is its creative demonstration of wood’s strength and possible limitations, using those thin and seemingly flimsy dowel rods as a material for a table’s base.

“I used the wooden waste and off-cuts from the other wooden furniture that we are producing. I feel that all of us must have an environmental responsibility and I thought of doing it through my designs.

Mathematical calculations were used in constructing the lines and the different pieces of the table. When viewed from different sides, the Geo Table never acquires the same look, thus it looks different, depending on the angle where it is seen.”

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Way to go Vito! We didn’t know you’re also a (nerd) scientist… haha, just kidding!

At 27, he has been to many places, tried so many things, and achieved so much. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he’s our first pick for our Designers Under 30 list!

What’s that list all about? For January, as Lilli and I say goodbye to our 20s later this month, we’re giving recognition to the young designers who, before reaching 30, have already been so successful in their respective creative fields. It’s our way of saying, “Haaay, kainggit!” Hahaha!

So, for those of you who missed that post on Vito Selma’s profile, you can find it here. -ardel

* photos via vitoselma.com

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