New Wardrobe Doors

Participation is free of charge and open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older. Participants can present one or more projects, but only the projects published on the www.desall.com web site, via the upload page related to “New Wardrobe Doors” will be accepted.

For the correct realisation of your proposals, keep into consideration the following guidelines:

Product typology: the collection you propose shall include two door typologies, sliding doors (to be presented in two length variants, see Size paragraph) and hinged doors (to be presented in three length variants, see Size paragraph), that differ in the way the user can open the wardrobe.
In particular, in the sliding doors version the user will move the doors along two parallel tracks – accordingly, when the wardrobe is open the two doors will be appear stacked.
In the hinged doors version, to be presented with two-leaf doors, the user will use a handle/integrated handle or other element to open the doors fixed on the wardrobe structure through their hinges.

Style: your collection of doors shall have a modern style, with a special care to details and materials.
The single components shall have a very refined design and be aimed at the creation of a visual composition, resulting in the overall aesthetics of the wardrobe system, main objective of the contest.
You may customise your composable wardrobe system through the juxtaposition of different doors, different finishes, decorations, geometric elements, etc.

The aesthetics of the doors shall be able to meet the taste and the requests of a heterogeneous and cosmopolitan public, while complying with the brand style and with the products available in its catalogue.
For more information about the products in their catalogue, please refer to the company websites: https://www.tomasella.it/en and https://www.zanette.it/en

In particular for sliding doors wardrobes please refer to:
https://www.tomasella.it/en/products/modern/night/sliding-door-wardrobes/
https://www.zanette.it/en/products/night/sliding-door-wardrobes/
and for the hinged doors wardrobes please refer to:
https://www.tomasella.it/en/products/modern/night/leaf-door-wardrobes/
https://www.zanette.it/en/products/night/hinged-door-wardrobes/

Additional functionalities (optional): proposals suggesting innovative functionalities that go beyond the standard functions for this product typology will be greatly welcomed, for example an innovative closing system, a special handle, etc.

Common distinctive trait (optional): the two doors typologies (sliding and hinged) might have a common distinctive trait (for ex. the handle shape, a decoration, etc.), with a view to creating a composable and interchangeable collection of products.

Size: the doors you design shall have the following dimensions (measures are referred to the single leaf door):
- sliding door module, 255 cm high, 117,2 cm and 136,2 cm long
- hinged door module, 255 cm high, 90 cm, 98 cm and 117,2 cm long.
For a better presentation of the product, it is advisable for participants to include it in a wardrobe system – the internal depth of the wardrobe side will be 59,5 cm. For more information about the wardrobe system size, please refer to the 3D files attached in the Material files.

Production technologies and materials: in order to ensure the industrial feasibility of your product, your design shall take into consideration mass production technologies. For some examples of the materials and of the finishes that you may use, please refer to the “Finishes-Catalogue.pdf” attached in the Material files.

Where to use and target: the wardrobe system shall be destined to hotels and private residencies, in the night zone or walk-in closets. The wardrobe system addresses both a young public, purchasing the bedroom furniture items for the first time, and couples renovating their bedroom furniture.

Deliverables: upload all the images that better present your projects (rendering, descriptions, CAD files, etc.) and, if necessary, remember that you can also attach a .ZIP archive containing extra materials.