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Luar Brakseĝo by Lattoog

Luar Brakseĝo by Lattoog is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Arĝenta A' Design Award in Mebla Dezajno Competition Category.


ArĝentoMebloj· 2024

Luar Brakseĝo

by Lattoog

Client: Lattoog

Arĝenta A' Design Award Winner in Mebloj Category

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The Design

About Luar Brakseĝo

La Luar brakseĝo estas la rezulto de transformo en meblon de la ikonografiaj ŝtonaj trotuarmodeloj de Copacabana Plaĝo en Rio de Janeiro, la hejmurbo de la dezajnistoj. La brakseĝo prezentas komponaĵon de kontrastoj: Ligno, kun sia tuta svelteco kaj travidebleco, kontrastas kun tapiŝitaj elementoj kiuj estas fortikaj, molaj kaj komfortaj. Ĝia formo venas de tekniko kiun la firmaoj Lattoog kaj Schuster esploris dum dek jaroj. Premiitaj ligno-mikrolamenoj kiuj permesas senjunturajn, kurbliniajn kaj tre rezistajn strukturojn, kun optimuma uzado de la materialo.

The Recognition

About the Arĝenta A' Design Award

Luar Brakseĝo estas gajninto de la Arĝenta A' Design Award, grandege prestiĝa rekono donata al plejklasaj, belegaj kaj impresaj dezajnoj. La Arĝentaj gajnintoj estas treege brilaj kaj treege kreemaj verkoj, kiuj ilustras la elstaran sperton, talenton kaj sagacon de siaj dezajnistoj. Oni atendas, ke Luar Brakseĝo estu mirinda, montrinda verko, kiu estas rimarkinde profesia kaj profunde nova. Ĉi tiu dezajno gajninta la Arĝentan A' Design Award estas tre rimarkinda, admirata inventaĵo, kiu profitigas kaj antaŭenigas la limojn de arto, scienco, dezajno kaj teknologio. Luar Brakseĝo estas vaste enviata kreaĵo, kiu vekas dezirojn, alportas pozitivajn sentojn kaj ekbrilas miron kaj mirigon.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
We sought to apply to this armchair a technique that we have explored and refined over the last ten years with pressed wood microlaminates that allow seamless curvilinear, slender and very resistant forms, with optimal use of the raw material.
Here, we bring a composition of contrasts: wood with all its slenderness and transparency contrasting with upholstered elements, seat and back, that are rich, soft and comfortable.
Dimensions & Packaging
dimensions: width 940mm x depth 920mm x height 740mm
weight: 19,00 kg
dimensions of the recycled paper packaging: width 990mm x depth 970mm x height 790mm
Tags
armchair, wood technique, wood, brazilian design, curved wood, certified wood, sustainable, upholstery, ergonomic
Production Technology
Curved microlaminated brazilian wood tauari, recycled pet upholstery. Tauari is one of 22 alternative wood species whose use has been encouraged by the Brazilian Institute of The Environment and Renewable Resources, Ibama, for the manufacture of furniture.
Design Challenge
The process of redesigning the iconographic geometry of the sidewalks of Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, and its subsequent three dimensionalization, served as the core of the creative exercise that resulted in the design of the Luar armchair. One of the biggest challenges was transforming these two dimensional shapes into three dimensional forms that provided good ergonomics.
Research
A very present focus of study in the work of the design studio that created this armchair has been the transformation of urban elements and icons into pieces of furniture. In general, the main reference is Rio de Janeiro, the designers' hometown. Its construction technique was developed in partnership with the manufacturer and has been constantly refined during the last ten years: Pressed wood microlaminates that allow seamless curvilinear, slender and very resistant forms, with optimal use of the raw material.
Inspiration
The Luar armchair was born as a result of a three dimensionalization exercise of preexisting and very valuable graphic patterns within the creative process of Lattoog designers: the iconographic modular designs of the stone sidewalks on the shores of Ipanema and Copacabana beaches in Rio de Janeiro, hometown of the designers of this piece.
This armchair receives a romantic name in Portuguese: Luar, which means Moonlight in English.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2023 in Rio de Janeiro and was launched in March 2024 at the Sao Paolo Design Week.
Operation Flow
The Luar armchair is an indoor furniture designed to enhance and bring to homes two of Rio de Janeiro's main urban icons: the Copacabana and Ipanema beach stone sidewalks.
Team Members
Creative designer: Leonardo Lattavo, Lattoog
Creative designer: Pedro Moog, Lattoog
Designer: Sofia Backx, Lattoog
Manufacturer director: Wilson Schuster, Schuster Moveis
Design manager: Mila Rodrigues
Image Credits
Image #1: Lattoog, 2024. Image #2: Lattoog, 2024. Image #3: Lattoog, 2024. Image #4: Lattoog, 2024. Image #5: Lattoog, 2024.

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