Sushi Sedia by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu di Mubilia Competition Category.

ArgentuMubilia· 2020

Sushi Sedia

by Linda Martins

Client: Studio Linda Martins

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Mubilia Category

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The Design

About Sushi Sedia

Sushi hè una sedia dissignata per e case è altri internii. A struttura hè fatta à manu cù legnu nobule è furmata cù linee simplici è anguli geomètrichi chjari. E parti sò fatte una à una è incuddate, secondu i metudi tradiziunali di a falegnameria. Tessuti tessulati portanu confortu à u sedile è à u spallieru cilindricu, mentre chì i dettagli in ottone cumplettanu u pezzu. U spallieru hè fissatu in modu chì permette di rimpiazzà u tessutu dopu. A sedia misura 520 mm di larghezza, 500 mm di prufundità è 810 mm d'altezza.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Sushi Sedia hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Sushi Sedia sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Sushi Sedia hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Created by hand, the Sushi chair translates the precepts of the old carpentry, having its parts glued, made one by one, it fuses the old and the new, with its contemporary lines. It is a funny chair, that reflect the purpose of the object in a geometric composition. The structure in wood, use angles and seemingly simple shapes and offers comfort and surprise. Noble wood in its purest form.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 520mm x Depth 500mm x Height 810mm
Tags: chair, wood, sushi, funny , comfort
Production Technology: The structure was handmade of noble wood, wood in its purest form. Textured fabrics bring the comfort of the piece and details in brass.
Design Challenge: The big challenge was to find a way to fix the cylindrical backrest, in a non-definitive way, so that in the future the fabric can be replaced. As the chair is produced by hand, the parts are permanently glued.
Research: The research was done on the form of artisanal production first. Creating lines that could be reproduced, but that keeped their complexity. Then, geometric shapes were added that gave the piece a contemporary and cheerful air.
Inspiration: The project brief was to design a comfortable chair, with simple lines in wood and with a iconic visual. Sushi, like there name, is a funny chair, but it can be sophisticated, its depends by the enviroment.
Project Duration: The chair was designed in 2019 in Rio Grande do Sul. The production phase, started and finished in Sao Paulo in March of 2020.
Operation Flow: A chair with a structure well worked in wood, using simple lines, which can be incorporated in various environments, bringing joy, sophistication and lightness. Materializes the basic act of sitting.
Team Members: Linda Martins
Image Credits: Image #1: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #2: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #3: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #4: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #5: Rodrigo Ortega