IBILI
Founded in Bergara, Basque Country, in 1942, Ibili is dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of kitchenware.
True to its main values (innovation, design, quality, service and honesty), it has been adapting and evolving over the years to become what it is today: one of the leading kitchenware brands in the Spanish market. Ibili distributes its products in more than 60 countries around the world, thanks above all to its customers, suppliers and the human team that comprises it.
It stands out among customers and users for its wide variety of items, from the most traditional utensils to the most innovative, surprising and fun tools.
PROJECTS IN WHICH I PARTICIPATE
CHOCOLATE POT
The fourth edition of the HAU COMPETITION FOR THE DESIGN OF TRADITIONAL BASQUE OBJECTS proposed the chocolate pot as a piece to be reviewed, a vessel used to prepare chocolate. This tubular-shaped kitchen object, convex or ventruda in its lower half, smooth in the part of the mouth, was fitted with a handle. At the top, there is a lid with a hole in the middle for the wooden beater or grinder, which consists of a long bar that protrudes through the opening in the lid so that it can rotate on both sides, beating the ounces of chocolate immersed in water or milk until they melt and thicken the whole. Some of the pieces were placed on a base or on small legs.
The jury was made up of Agurtzane Garai (head of mediation at San Telmo Museoa), Fermín Leizaola (director of the Ethnography Department of the Aranzadi Science Society), Iosu Rodriguez and Jon Lamborena (IBILI Menaje), Elisabeth Urrutia (lecturer and researcher in industrial design at the University of Mondragon), Rafa Gorrotxategi and Carlos Sánchez (representing Bitamine Faktoria) awarded the prize to the NAHUA project, presented by JUNE LIZASO ODRIOZOLA and MARTA LOIDI URQUIZU.
The NAHUA project skilfully and sensitively combines the technical, functional and formal aspects of the object, proposing a design that stands out for its richness in the language used, maintaining fidelity to the original object and updating some of its main characteristics to current uses and customs.
The exhibition showing the winning project along with the most outstanding ones can be visited during the summer at San Telmo Museoa.
Bitamine Faktoria, organiser of the competition, would like to thank the collaborating institutions, the members of the Jury and the people who took part for their interest in this edition.
Prize
NAHUA - JUNE LIZASO ODRIOZOLA and MARTA LOIDI URQUIZU.
Special Mention
MOKAMA - NORA GONDAT UNZALU and EIDER SANCHEZ IMAZ
Outstanding finalist project
LA TXOKO - Aitor Marauri Jauregui, Oier Arevalillo Labayen
Finalist projects
GOXOPOT - Miren Loiti Jaca, Ibone Aboitiz Anakabe
IKATZ - Paula Iglesias Izcue, Eider Gabirondo Lopez
EDONORA - Maitane Urkiola Martinez, Ane Barandiaran Lopez de Audicana
GOXOKO - Malen Deniz Ayerbe, Mireia Elexpe Román
K'AKAW' - Arrate Serrano Otadui, Uxue Cabañes Iturbe
Photos: Oskar Moreno
chestnut roaster
The aim of the HAU Traditional Basque Objects Design Contest is to update the design of a traditional object present in the Basque culture. This means that we contribute, on the one hand, to the research and recovery of traditional uses and customs and, on the other hand, to the adaptation, renovation and reinterpretation of traditional objects from the point of view of contemporary design, establishing new relationships with our history and expanding the lines of research and fields of action of design.
Ultimately the aim is to recover the traces of our ethnographic experience through design, seeking to strengthen links between tradition and contemporaneity by combining respect for and recognition of craft-made design with the experimentation and potential of contemporary industrial design.
The piece to be reviewed in this call is the chestnut roaster.
In this edition, the Jury was made up of Fermín Leizaola Calvo (Director of the Ethnography Department of the Aranzadi Science Society), Elisabeth Urrutia Bea (Industrial Designer), Xabier Llordes (EIDE, a professional association of industrial, graphic and space designers in the Basque Country and Navarre), Jon Lamborena (Head of design at IBILI Menaje, Nagore Lauroba Izaguirre (Industrial Design Degree Coordinator, Mondragon Unibertsitatea-Goi Eskola Politeknikoa), Helga Massetani Piemonte (Director of Bitamine) and Agurtzane Garai Ibarluzea (Mediation Manager at San Telmo Museoa).
The jury decided to give its award to the project DINAK presented by Marta Loidi Urquizu.
It also selected the projects presented by the following participants for their exhibition alongside the award-winning work. Special mentions: ZESTA (Sergio Pena Tirado). Selected projects: AÏNA (Iker Leizaola), DAMAKI (Maialen Bertiz, Marina Ibáñez), TRIKU (Aroa Ochoa, Mónica González, Olatz Jausoro), REFRAKTARIO (Pedro Galdón), SUTAN (Alicia Comesaña, Paula Arrilucea) and LAKOTS (Luzaide Lizarralde, Uxue Sánchez, Maria Urquiza).
Photos: Iker Azurmendi.
CALLS IN WHICH PARTICIPATES
HAU #4
TRADITIONAL BASQUE OBJECTS DESIGN COMPETITION
The aim of this call is to update the design of a traditional object present in the Basque culture. In this way, we contribute on the one hand, to research and the eventual recovery of traditional customs and on the other hand, to an adaptation, renewal and reinterpretation from the point of view of contemporary design. We would like to establish new relationships with our history and to expand the lines of research and the action fields of design.
The piece to be reviewed in this call is the hot chocolate pot.
This call is opened to any person or legal entity of any age (students, professionals or collectives) in the design field (industrial and product design, architecture, engineering, fine arts, etc.) from any country. Participation in the competition is free.
DEADLINE
26 April 2020
Original photo
Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa. Archivo General de Gipuzkoa. AGG-GAO A03374
© CC BY-SA: Ojanguren, Indalecio
HAU #7
TRADITIONAL BASQUE OBJECTS DESIGN COMPETITION
The aim of this call is to update the design of a traditional object present in the Basque culture. In this way, we contribute on the one hand, to research and the eventual recovery of traditional customs and on the other hand, to an adaptation, renewal and reinterpretation from the point of view of contemporary design. We would like to establish new relationships with our history and to expand the lines of research and the action fields of design.
The piece to be reviewed in this call is the chestnut roaster.
This call is opened to any person or legal entity of any age (students, professionals or collectives) in the design field (industrial and product design, architecture, engineering, fine arts, etc.) from any country. Participation in the competition is free.
DEADLINE
12 may 2024