Name: Tatanka Year: 2016 Client: Cyrcus Categories: Product Authors: Giulia Conte, Tal Bitton, Stefano Pardini and Vasyl Pavlyuchok

Overview ——

Tatanka is a cutlery holder developed and manufactured for the Italian company Cyrcus, in collaboration with designers Giulia Conte, Tal Bitton and Stefano Pardini.

Exhibited on Milan Design Week 2016 (Fuorisalone), and it is currently on sale online at Cyrcus Store.

The premise for this project was to develop a line of products dedicated to the home, such as furniture, lighting, and accessories, using digital fabrication technologies.

Brief ——

The product designed should have a logic of personalization in terms of sizes and materials. The project is a response to the need for renewal and finding new languages within the design sector, one substantial element of Made in Italy. Cyrcus believes in digital fabrication and promotes it as a tool that enables innovation and empowers the Italian design heritage and "Made in Italy" through its methodology and thanks to the involvement of designers on the platform. The technologies involved in Cyrcus's production are 3D printing, laser cutter, CNC, and water jet.

Inspiration ——

The product is inspired by the desire to give the kitchen an ethnic and original effect, resembling the feathers' hat of the Natives of America in a fun and recognizable way. It is designed to allow the placement of cutlery in a predefined pattern, adding a unique and decorative touch to the kitchen decor.

Tatanka is conceived as a practical and iconic cutlery holder, able to give the kitchen an ethnic and original tone.

Outcome ——

Developed for Cyrcus company, this product promotes the digital fabrication as according to the company's values and philosophy. This approach allows the possibility to buy the product directly from the customer's store in physical format, requesting its shipment to the desired address (in this case the product will be shipped flat as it is simple to assemble).

Moreover, thanks to the advantages of "digital fabrication", you can also download the file in digital format (.dxf ), send it to a stainless steel sheet laser cutting supplier in your area, and pick it up in a short time, thus saving shipping costs. For the correct final assembly of this product, it is necessary to use the correct thickness of stainless steel sheet for laser cutting, which in this case is 2 mm.

CMF ——

Designed to be obtained from cutting a stainless steel sheet by laser technology, this product can be shipped flat and then assembled by the user. It is possible to anodize the final product to give it a different and customized look according to the customer's preferences. The anodization process offers a wide variety of colors, some examples of which are listed below.

The thickness of the stainless steel sheet of this product is 2 mm. The assembled product size is 137x127x60mm.

available in different colors

Milano Design Week 2016 ——

Our product Tatanka was chosen by Cyrcus as finalist products and was exhibited at Milano Design Week 2016 (Fuorisalone), together with other products selected by the same company.

* updated version with engraving

Download the digital version of the file (.dxf) and assemble it at home.

Take this file to your nearest laser cutting supplier to avoid shipping costs and to reduce CO2. Remember to use 2 mm stainless steel sheet.