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Oscarina Tuoli by Linda Martins

Oscarina Tuoli by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award in Huonekalumuotoilu Competition Category.


PronssiHuonekalut· 2021

Oscarina Tuoli

by Linda Martins

Client: Studio Linda Martins

Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Huonekalut Category

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The Design

About Oscarina Tuoli

Oscarina on käsintehty tuoli, jonka inspiraationa on 1950-luvun brasilialainen modernistinen huonekalusuunnittelu. Mallissa käytetään vain kahta materiaalia, puuta ja punottua rottinkia, jotka molemmat liittyvät läheisesti brasilialaiseen käsityöperinteeseen. Suorat linjat yhdistyvät sorvattuihin, käsin muotoiltuihin muotoihin. Kukin osa sahataan, hiotaan, sorvataan ja liimataan, sen jälkeen lakataan, ja rottinki kiinnitetään puuhun leikattuihin uriin. Nimi viittaa Oscar Niemeyerin suunnittelemaan Brasílian katedraaliin, joka inspiroi tuolin linjoja. Tuolin mitat ovat 525 x 497 x 858 millimetriä, ja se sopii moniin sisustuksiin.

The Recognition

About the Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award

Oscarina Tuoli on Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään erinomaisille designeille, joita luonnehtivat luovuus, nerokkuus ja oveluus. Pronssivoittajat ovat runsaan taitavia ja silmiinpistävän luovia taiteellisia tuotoksia, jotka todistavat suunnittelijoidensa laajaa kokemusta, mielikuvitusta ja kekseliäisyyttä. Oscarina Tuoli:n odotetaan olevan korkeassa arvossa pidetty, ihailtu ja rakastettu esine, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja innovatiivinen. Tämä Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign sisällyttää itseensä parhaita käytäntöjä taiteessa, tieteessä, designissa ja teknologiassa ja on erinomainen huomiollaan yksityiskohtiin. Oscarina Tuoli tyydyttää upeasti tarpeita, koskettaa haluja, viehättää tunteita ja vetoaa uteliaisuuteen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Using modernist lines and inspiration, Oscaria is Made by hand, to translates a Brazilian furniture face in the 50', when the constructive and material quality was the most important in a piece. The idea was use just two special and caracterist materials to compose this chair: wood and woven cane. The precepts of the old carpentry, having its parts glued, made one by one, it fuses the old and the new. Noble wood in its purest form.
Dimensions & Packaging
525mm x 497mm x 858 mm
Tags
chair, wood, modernist, comfort, Brazil, design
Production Technology
It is done manually with the aid of a lathe. It is done one by one to ensure a good finish. The wood is cut and sanded, then turned and the pieces glued together to receive varnish. Finally, the cane fabric is fixed in the wooden channels.
Design Challenge
The challenge was to fix the woven cane in the wooden channels. In an artisanal way, we used a string to fix it. Finally, we had the chair with anatomic design in woven cane with the comfort and safety that we desire.
Research
The research was done on the modernist period (big designers and materials used) and the way of artisanal production and we discovered that the constructive and material quality was the most important for a piece in this time. Than we research about materials, and we decided use just two: Wood and woven cane, so caracteristic of Brazil.
Inspiration
Is inspired by the period modernist and big names in the design of the time, like Lina Bo Bardi and Joaquin Tenreiro. As a basis, it uses lines inspired by the Cathedral of Brasilia, a work by Oscar Niemeyer, for this reason, it was named Oscarina. A combination of straight and hand-turned lines with noble and caracterist Brazilian materials such as wood and woven cane. The idea was to develop a chair with elements that point to a common identity in modernist furniture.
Project Duration
The project started in August 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Brazil.
Operation Flow
A chair with a structure well worked in wood, using simple lines, which can be incorporated in various environments, bringing sophistication and lightness. Materializes the basic act of sitting.
Team Members
Linda Martins
Image Credits
Image #1: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #2: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #3: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #4: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #5: Rodrigo Ortega

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