Ponto Sillón by Roberta Banqueri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

BronceMobiliario· 2020

Ponto Sillón

by Roberta Banqueri

Client: Pontoeu

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Ponto Sillón

Ponto es un sillón concebido para espacios reducidos e interiores diversos. El diseño emplea pocos elementos. Una única línea curva y prolongada configura la estructura, los brazos y el respaldo. El asiento y el respaldo están tapizados, y la forma anatómica del asiento favorece el confort. La estructura exterior está realizada en madera maciza torneada, y un núcleo tubular metálico refuerza los brazos. Un soporte tubular metálico en forma de X sostiene el asiento. En las uniones de las piezas torneadas pueden combinarse distintos tipos y colores de madera. Ponto forma parte de una familia de asientos.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Ponto Sillón ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Ponto Sillón sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. Ponto Sillón satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The piece has a simple language, executed with few elements, a single elongated line and curves structure the seat, the arms and the backrest. At the point of fitting of turned parts can mix types and colors of wood, giving a unique effect to the whole. The seat and backrest are upholstered, the anotomic and organic form of the seat offer a user comfort. The wooden structure was reinforced with a metal tubular core.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600mm x 600mm x 740mm the chair
700mm x 700mm x 740mm the armchair
500mm x 500mm x 1000mm the stool
Tags: Brazil, Furniture, chair, robertabanqueri, braziliandesing, mobiliariobrasileiro
Production Technology: The execution of the product is due to the union of technology of a machining center of 6 axes with the use of handcrafted processes. The entire external structure was made of solid wood turned, it took an internal reinforcement in metal to give resistance to part of the arm, and to the assembly, the structure that supports the seat is a metallic X shaped tubular structure, the arms were initially made by hand, around manual and later the drawing passed to the program, being executed by the machining center.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to be so simple as to stand, was to be different from the products known in the market, without being pretentious, have personality and functionality, small and light, despite being in solid wood, to run we use a wood called Tauari, light although tough, has light color and allows for dyeing.
Research: The seemingly simple design contained a huge challenge, to make two big lines hold the whole set, to have a part that followed and turned an arm to support the user, it took some prototypes and tests of resistance, the first arms broke when subjected to weight that an adult human being applies to the sitting and lifting of the chair, then it was necessary to structure with a metal soul internally, but that alone was not sufficient, we had to study how much it should enter and what angle necessary for the solution to work.
Inspiration: The motivation was to have a simple and elegant product, while small and versatile to get into any space or decor. The language should be contemporary and universal, the use of wood turned and leather, refers us to brazilian modernism, and the minimal of the piece does not refer to the concept of scandinavian simplicity.
Project Duration: The project started in july 2018 and finished february 2019, was exhibited in 35 Paralela Fair in São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Operation Flow: The Ponto line is composed of a family of seats, will meet all the seating needs, simply and small, the seat being rounded and having narrow sides offers a large internal space, something that can only be perceived by sitting, thus, as the comfort that provides the anatomical seat.
Patents: Copyryghts by Roberta Banqueri Serra, 2019
Team Members: Designer Assistent: Rodrigo Costa da Silva
Woodworkers: Alinor Zanotto
Ricardo Zanotto
Valdecir Zanotto
Factory: Todo Ind. de Móveis
Image Credits: #1 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#2 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#3 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#4 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.
#5 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.