Silhouette Silla de Comedor by Joana Santos Barbosa

Silhouette Silla de Comedor by Joana Santos Barbosa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

HierroMobiliario· 2024

Silhouette Silla de Comedor

by Joana Santos Barbosa

Client: InsidherLand

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Silhouette Silla de Comedor

Diseñada por la arquitecta Joana Santos Barbosa, Silhouette es una silla de comedor cautivadora que evoca las curvas sensuales de una mujer. Influenciada por artistas del siglo XX que pintaban varias realidades en una única dimensión, como músicos cuyos instrumentos formaban parte de sus propios cuerpos, Joana plasmó esta dimensión conjunta en un diseño sorprendentemente elegante. La estructura oscura revela el movimiento de las caderas de una mujer sentada en el objeto, mientras que el asiento curvo dibuja una sonrisa acogedora. Silhouette lleva consigo narrativa y simbolismo, y es verdaderamente fascinante.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Silhouette Silla de Comedor ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Silhouette Silla de Comedor sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Silhouette Silla de Comedor es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman's sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching dining chair.
The slightly curved seat draws an inviting smile that harmonizes with the structure, revealing the movement of the hips, as parts of a female body. Silhouette shows contours of a mysterious profile and presents the observer with feminine sensuality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height 87cm
Width 46cm
Depth 53cm
Seat Height 48cm
Tags: diningchair, chair, silhouette, luxurychair, organicdesign, modernchair, moderndesign, luxuryfurniture
Production Technology: Beech wood structure frame with translucent dark brown finish in high gloss varnish and luxury soft fabric with gold accents.
Design Challenge: The creative process of this chair was one of the most "suffered" among the pieces in Joana Santos Barbosa's portfolio. In fact, the design of this chair took more than two years to be completed between back and forth in the process because it carries such a strong symbolism that she wanted to transform it into a clean and sensual design.
The beech wood structure was hand crafted and carved to bring to mind the profile of a female body and was given a translucent brown finish that naturally stands out on the soft beige upholstery with fine golden threads that represent the delicacy of the female personality.
Research: The design of the Silhouette dining chair was influenced by the sensuality of a woman's curves. Both the woman and the functional object seem to merge naturally. It is thus possible to admire this integration in the surrounding perspectives of the chair, with special focus on the back, in which we identify parts of a body that seem to be living in the object.

The creative process was based on some works by twentieth century painters who applied the same technique of representing people and objects in a single dimension. However, working on the design of the chair in three dimensions, its development was carried out in full-scale prototypes, in order to get a functional and sensual final design that conveyed all its inspiration in an elegant look.
Inspiration: The representation of several realities seen simultaneously from a single point of view has become fascinating for several twentieth century artists like Paul Klee who drawn musicians and fragments of their musical instruments as an integral part of their own bodies.
The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced the Silhouette dining chair, whose elegant wooden structure uncovers parts of a woman’s body who sits on it.
Project Duration: Since the first sketch, the design took more than two years to be fully developed. The production is entirely made in the city of Porto, located in the north of Portugal.
Operation Flow: Being a chair made of a single structure in solid wood, the object cannot be manipulated to acquire other forms. This chair was specially designed for dining spaces that appreciate the high quality of manual manufacturing processes and luxurious finishes.