Nominator: Tvrtko Bojić and Karla Paliska

RE:GAL – MODULAR SHELVING SYSTEM
Re:gal is a modular shelving system developed as a reimagining of an archive shelving typology. Existing L-profiles and metal shelves served as the foundation for exploring expanded functionalities. Central to the process was working with height and with open, semi-closed, and closed spatial conditions within the system. All add-ons are fully modular and applicable across every system element. By design, the system can be integrated into space as furniture, functioning as a table, shelf, or wardrobe, or scaled to form walls and partitions where spatial definition is required.

The appearance of the system is derived from the utilitarian, raw character of conventional archive shelving, intentionally preserved and refined through details such as doors, feet, and hinges. The product is direct and materially honest in its expression, allowing it to function equally well as an office or workshop storage system, as well as furniture for residential and retail environments.

CIK / CAK

CIK / CAK is a metal holder designed for small personal objects. Its defining characteristic is that it arrives flat and requires the user to form it by hand. This initial act of interaction is intentional: by investing effort at the beginning, the user establishes a more direct relationship with the object. The product’s form is not fixed in advance, but emerges through users will, shifting the focus from object to experience and encouraging longer-term attachment and sustainability.
Specially designed slots deliberately weaken the metal at precise points, allowing controlled hand bending without tools. The holder can be formed into eight intended configurations, each resulting in a distinct form and function. These primary bending lines are complemented by additional laser-cut openings that suggest specific uses, guiding the user without prescribing a single outcome.

NORMAL SERIES – TABLECLOTH

The Normal series is a thesis project that explores tradition through the lens of upcycling. Tradition has long served designers as a source of inspiration, yet an analysis of furniture waste and landfill growth across European countries revealed a pressing contradiction: traditional furniture, despite its material and artisanal value, is largely absent from contemporary living spaces. This absence stems primarily from functional and aesthetic mismatches rather than from a lack of quality. In fact, research revealed that many traditional pieces possess material qualities rarely present in today’s furniture production.
The thesis proposes that existing furniture can be modified to overcome these functional and visual limitations through thoughtful design intervention. By introducing contemporary elements, traditional objects can be reactivated and reinserted into everyday use.

This approach is demonstrated through an old wooden table of high artisanal value that no longer fits contemporary domestic contexts and therefore remains unused. By adding a metal desk tray, the table gains new functionality and enters a dialogue with modern materials and visual language. The intervention enhances usability while preserving the reference to tradition - the tabletop reinterpreted as a contemporary version of a tablecloth.