Winner
Iconic Award Special 2018

The work “BED VI” by Felix Schwake received the ICONIC AWARDS distinction in 2018.

The work emerged from the exploration of how a piece of furniture can become a calm architectural volume. The bed is not understood as a decorative object within a bedroom, but as part of a spatial order that enables concentration, calmness, and retreat.

The design follows a reduced geometric language. Functions are fully integrated into the form itself, allowing the object to appear calm and self-evident. The reduction does not serve formal strictness alone, but creates a conscious perception of material, light, and space.

“BED VI” consciously positions itself between architecture, interior design, and functional art. The work explores how everyday use and spatial atmosphere can be connected. Architecture is not understood as visual staging, but as a background for human experience and everyday life.

The distinction through the ICONIC AWARDS also reflects an international discourse surrounding reduced and materially oriented design. The focus lies not on decorative complexity, but on clarity, use, and atmospheric quality.

The work therefore follows a continuous design attitude that defines spaces and objects not through visual loudness, but through precision, material awareness, and the deliberate reduction to what is essential.