Cadeira Chair by Alvaro Wolmer Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design

Alvaro Wolmer honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Cadeira Chair by Alvaro Wolmer. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Regarding Cadeira Chair

This piece of furniture is more than a chair, it's also a collection of samples of 34 wooden species, from Brazil and all over the world; it's a chair one can learn about the diversity of this natural resource. The chair itself answers a question that the designer has been frequently asked in the last 35 years: Which wood is this? It's a comfortable chair that same people just sit down and some people read the names and start a conversation about wood.

About Alvaro Wolmer

Alvaro Wolmer is a conceptual artist and designer. He runs a woodworking shop since 1985 where he makes his own creations and the works of other contemporary artists, architects and designers from Brazil and abroad - Iran do Espirito Santo, Nelson Leirner, Regina Silveira, Guto Lacaz, Raphaël Zarka, Liliana Porter, Marcio Kogan and Isay Weinfeld, among others.

Award Record

Alvaro Wolmer is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Furniture Design Award

The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/137454
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/137454
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!137454
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/327634
Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.alvarowolmer.com.br

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Cadeira Chair
Function: Chair
Category: Furniture Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home
Colors: Saddle Brown, Gainsboro, Sienna, Chocolate and Burly Wood
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Alvaro Wolmer
Country: Brazil
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #137454

Credits

Team: Daniel Alberto Lavaroni and José de Deus Rocha
Image Credits: All the photos were taken by Ding Musa.

Design Details

Unique Properties: It is more than a chair, it is also a collection of samples of 34 wooden species; it's a chair one can learn about the diversity of this natural resource.
Inspiration: I have been collecting fine Brazilian woods and fine woods from all over the world in the past 35 years. I always liked to mix different woods, colors and textures, in my projects. At a certain point I realized that, in general, people are not familiar with wooden names. That was my starting point to design a chair made of 34 wooden species and engrave their common and scientific names on each part of it.
Research: I have been collecting fine woods from Brazil and all over the world in the past 35 years. I always liked to mix different woods in my projects, mixing colors and textures. At a certain point I realized that, in general, people are not familiar with wooden names; that was the starting point to design a chair made of 34 wooden species and engrave their common and scientific names on each part of it.
Challenge: It is a very basic chair regarding the shape, and a very basic woodworking construction for a chair. The main purpose was to show the fine woods in their best and identify them.
Realization and Technology: The chair is made in my woodworking shop, Alvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda, by two fine woodworkers. They joined the shop 30 and 25 years ago. We use the basic machines to work with wood, plus a CNC router to engrave the woods' names. Each chair takes 140 hours of work to be completed.
Operation and Interaction: It's a confortable chair that same people just sit down and some people read the names and start a conversation about wood. It's very common also to see people recognizing a wood of a piece of furniture of their childhood; a wood that they didn't know its name, fond memories.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in January 2020 in Sao Paulo and ended also in Sao Paulo in October 2020.
Specifications: Chair: 82 cm high x 60 cm wide x 60 cm deep. Plywood Crate: 85 cm high x 64 cm wide x 64 cm deep
Keywords: chair, wooden chair, fine furniture, fine woodworking, conceptual design