Ponto Butaca by Roberta Banqueri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

BronzeMobiliari· 2020

Ponto Butaca

by Roberta Banqueri

Client: Pontoeu

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About Ponto Butaca

Ponto és una butaca pensada per a espais reduïts i interiors variats. El disseny utilitza pocs elements. Una única línia llarga i corbada forma l'estructura, els braços i el respatller. El seient i el respatller estan encoixinats, i la forma anatòmica del seient afavoreix el confort. L'estructura exterior és de fusta massissa torejada, i un nucli tubular metàl·lic reforça els braços. Un suport tubular metàl·lic en forma d'X sosté el seient. Es poden combinar diferents tipus i colors de fusta a les unions de les peces torejades. Ponto forma part d'una família de seients.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Ponto Butaca és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Ponto Butaca sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Ponto Butaca satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The piece has a simple language, executed with few elements, a single elongated line and curves structure the seat, the arms and the backrest. At the point of fitting of turned parts can mix types and colors of wood, giving a unique effect to the whole. The seat and backrest are upholstered, the anotomic and organic form of the seat offer a user comfort. The wooden structure was reinforced with a metal tubular core.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600mm x 600mm x 740mm the chair
700mm x 700mm x 740mm the armchair
500mm x 500mm x 1000mm the stool
Tags: Brazil, Furniture, chair, robertabanqueri, braziliandesing, mobiliariobrasileiro
Production Technology: The execution of the product is due to the union of technology of a machining center of 6 axes with the use of handcrafted processes. The entire external structure was made of solid wood turned, it took an internal reinforcement in metal to give resistance to part of the arm, and to the assembly, the structure that supports the seat is a metallic X shaped tubular structure, the arms were initially made by hand, around manual and later the drawing passed to the program, being executed by the machining center.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to be so simple as to stand, was to be different from the products known in the market, without being pretentious, have personality and functionality, small and light, despite being in solid wood, to run we use a wood called Tauari, light although tough, has light color and allows for dyeing.
Research: The seemingly simple design contained a huge challenge, to make two big lines hold the whole set, to have a part that followed and turned an arm to support the user, it took some prototypes and tests of resistance, the first arms broke when subjected to weight that an adult human being applies to the sitting and lifting of the chair, then it was necessary to structure with a metal soul internally, but that alone was not sufficient, we had to study how much it should enter and what angle necessary for the solution to work.
Inspiration: The motivation was to have a simple and elegant product, while small and versatile to get into any space or decor. The language should be contemporary and universal, the use of wood turned and leather, refers us to brazilian modernism, and the minimal of the piece does not refer to the concept of scandinavian simplicity.
Project Duration: The project started in july 2018 and finished february 2019, was exhibited in 35 Paralela Fair in São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Operation Flow: The Ponto line is composed of a family of seats, will meet all the seating needs, simply and small, the seat being rounded and having narrow sides offers a large internal space, something that can only be perceived by sitting, thus, as the comfort that provides the anatomical seat.
Patents: Copyryghts by Roberta Banqueri Serra, 2019
Team Members: Designer Assistent: Rodrigo Costa da Silva
Woodworkers: Alinor Zanotto
Ricardo Zanotto
Valdecir Zanotto
Factory: Todo Ind. de Móveis
Image Credits: #1 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#2 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#3 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#4 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.
#5 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.