New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Project category

Identify the award category for which this project is being submitted
Regaining a sense of belonging

Email user
info@pevdp.com

Basic information
Project title
Abacus

Full Project Title
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Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
Abacus is a table composed of a powder-coated steel structure and natural or burnt solid oak tops. Abacus pushes conventions aside. The table tops glide and move freely along the structure without any constraints, leaving the user free to choose the layout. As the plates disappear, the structure reveals itself and becomes a graphic element that takes shape in space. From a dinner for two, to a family meal, the table is composed and broken down in a playful way.

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Cross-border/international

Where was your project implemented?
Location 1
France

Location 2
France
Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Belgium
If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2022-11-15

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project).
- First name: Pierre-Emmanuel
  Last name: Vandeputte
  Gender: Male
  Nationality: France
  If relevant, please select your other nationality: Belgium
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Rue du Cheval Noir, 17
  Town: Brussels
  Postal code: 1080
  Country: Belgium
  Direct Tel: +32 488 65 54 55
  E-mail: info@pevdp.com
  Website: https://www.pierreemmanuelvandeputte.com/
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): http://instagram.com/pevdp/
In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
Abacus is a table composed of a powder-coated steel structure and natural or burnt solid oak tops. Abacus pushes conventions aside. The table tops glide and move freely along the structure without any constraints, leaving the user free to choose the layout. As the plates disappear, the structure reveals itself and becomes a graphic element that takes shape in space. From a dinner for two, to a family meal, the table is composed and broken down in a playful way. Abacus is a game of translation and composition between the different guests where the placements are random and change according to our needs and desires.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
Table

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Adaptable

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Flexible

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Modular

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Adequation

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
We all have a table at home, but are we always 6 or 8 around this massive object? Why this object will not adapt to our daily needs? This is the purpose of the Abacus table. By moving, removing, one or the other trays, we make this object evolve with our daily needs.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The table becomes a living element of the house, from a dinner for two to a family reunion, the table will respond to its users by adjusting their needs.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The table becomes an interactive element, with which we are confronted. Its user plays with the object to give it back its real function.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
The table becomes a playful element of the house, reducing its imposing visual impact, until it becomes a sculptural object.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
This is a project made during the pandemic, a simple drawing to return to the essence of our domestic needs. I made the first prototype by hand, in my workshop located in Zaventem, on the outskirts of Brussels. In the same periphery where I bought my steel and my wood. After several tests, the product is now to be put on the market. A helping hand from you would increase its visibility and its distribution significantly.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
It is a unique creative process, and a desire to make objects with a real impact, and conveying a story behind! I have a classical training in industrial design, allowing me to have a pragmatic approach, while detaching myself from the constraints of mass production in order to bring the necessary narration to the object.

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
In general, the object questions. People wonder about the use, and this new perspective that I bring them.

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
PDF
PDF
- pdf-1-1262.pdf
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
If we analyze the current design market, we will find objects that meet practical, even pragmatic needs.
I am deeply convinced that we are beings, having more necessities than simply drinking, eating, and sleeping.
So why couldn't the object bring an answer?

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
The method is simple, I am fascinated by the "doing". I love visiting artisans' workshops and discovering knowledge, appropriating it, mixing it up, and creating anew.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
I believe the answer lies in the purpose, we all have a table. Certainly at different heights, but it is an object that we all have and all need.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
The main challenge is to change mentalities on the perception of the objects we have and their ways of using them.
Please attach at least 6 high resolution images (or other types of visual representations, if images are not possible) to your application.
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By submitting your application you confirm that you are the copyright owner of the images provided and that they can be used by the European Commission for the purposes of promoting the New European Bauhaus on all platforms (websites, print, social media and other).
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By ticking this box, you declare that you are not in in one or more of the exclusion situations foreseen under Article 136 of the Financial Regulation.
Yes

By submitting this application, I declare that I am not related to the entities subject to EU restricted measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and subject to Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)1, and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/05), which are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that all the information provided in this form is factually correct, that you assume sole liability in the event of a claim relating to the activities carried out in the framework of the contest, that the proposed project has not been proposed for the New European Bauhaus Prizes in any other category or strand and that it has not been subject to any type of investigation, which could lead to a financial correction because of irregularities or fraud.
Yes

By submitting your application, you guarantee that you are the author or have the rights to proceed with the application and to authorise the use of the project and that you have obtained any necessary consents, licenses or assignments from third parties and included copyright notices when necessary.
Yes

By submitting your application, you understand that all the applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be shared for the purposes of the selection processes, and notably published on the secured platform prizes.new-european-bauhaus.eu and for the purposes of the promotion of these on the New European Bauhaus website and/or other European Commission communication channels. In this sense, the applications would be widely available. Applicants should ensure that they present their projects, in such a way that they could be shared without giving rise to intellectual property related concerns. If your submission is selected as one of the finalists, it will additionally be shared for the purpose of the public vote that will take place. The European Union is granted a licence to use and share your application with the general public and the official external experts for the purposes of the selection process, including the voting. The European Union has the right to use the images and visual materials and the description provided in the application for communication purposes related to the contest and beyond. Rights granted comprise the right to store, reproduce, display, publish and communicate or distribute copies in electronic or digital format, including, but not only, through the internet. Unless you have disclosed your name, the European Commission has no obligation to share your name when using or disseminating your contribution to the public. The European Union cannot be held responsible in case any submitted project, is found to infringe third party’s rights. The European Union shall be neither responsible for the use that third parties may do of the applications or related content.
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By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you read and understand that the ‘Guide to Applicants’ of the NEB Prizes 2023, available online in the website of the NEB Prizes 2023, is an integral part of this application form and that it must therefore be observed when completing and submitting your application.
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