Cadeira Seĝo by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Bronza A' Design Award in Mebla Dezajno Competition Category.
BronzoMebloj· 2022
Cadeira Seĝo
Client: Alvaro Wolmer
Bronza A' Design Award Winner in Mebloj Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #137454The Design
About Cadeira Seĝo
Ĉi tiu meblo estas pli ol nur seĝo, ĝi estas ankaŭ kolekto de specimenoj de 34 lignospecioj, el Brazilo kaj el la tuta mondo; ĝi estas seĝo sur kiu oni povas komforte sidi kaj samtempe lerni pri la diverseco de ĉi tiu natura rimedo. La seĝo mem respondas demandon, kiun oni ofte faris al la dizajnisto dum la lastaj 35 jaroj: Kiu ligno estas ĉi tiu?
The Recognition
About the Bronza A' Design Award
Cadeira Seĝo estas gajninto de la Bronza A' Design Award, tre prestiĝa rekono donata al elstaraj dezajnoj distingitaj per kreemo, ingenieco kaj sagaco. La Bronzaj gajnintoj estas abunde lertaj kaj frape kreemaj artefaktoj, kiuj aŭtentikigas la vastan sperton, imagpovon kaj elturniĝemon de siaj dezajnistoj. Oni atendas, ke Cadeira Seĝo estu tre estimata, admirata kaj ŝatata objekto, kiu estas rimarkinde profesia kaj nova. Ĉi tiu dezajno gajninta la Bronzan A' Design Award enkorpigas plej bonajn praktikojn en arto, scienco, dezajno kaj teknologio, kaj estas bonega pro sia atento al detaloj. Cadeira Seĝo bonege kontentigas bezonojn, tuŝas dezirojn, ĉarmas sentojn kaj allogas scivolemon.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 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
- Tags
- chair, wooden chair, fine furniture, fine woodworking, conceptual design
- Production 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.
- Design 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2020 in Sao Paulo and ended also in Sao Paulo in October 2020.
- Operation Flow
- 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.
- Patents
- The design was registered in IAB - Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.
- Team Members
- Designer: Alvaro Wolmer
Master Woodworker: Daniel Alberto Lavaroni
Master Woodworker: José de Deus Rocha - Image Credits
- All the photos were taken by Ding Musa.
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