Dcl Cathair by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

IarannÀirneis· 2026

Dcl Cathair

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Álvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About Dcl Cathair

'S e cathair a th' ann an Dcl a chaidh a dhèanamh gu tur de bhòrd-snàithleach àrd-dhùmhlachd. Tha gach pàirt air a ghearradh le rùtair CNC. Tha a' chathair air a peantadh ann an dath soilleir aon-fhillte, agus faodar dath sam bith a chur oirre. Air fhaicinn bho astar, tha Dcl a' coimhead cha mhòr coltach ri bloca ciùbach de dhath aon-fhillte seach cathair. Tha an dealbhadh a' leantainn sgrùdadh cathrach leis an ailtire agus dealbhaiche Eadailteach Cesare Leonardi, a dh'fhan na mhodail fiodha agus nach deach a-riamh a chur an cèill mar thoradh. Tha an t-ainm Dcl a' seasamh airson Dopo Cesare Leonardi, a' ciallachadh Às dèidh Cesare Leonardi. Tha a' chathair a' tomhas 55 le 50 le 70 ceudameatairean.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha Dcl Cathair air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Dcl Cathair na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air Dcl Cathair airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It's a chair made entirely of HDF and painted with a bright solid color - any color - and looks like, when spotted, almost not a chair but a sort of a cubic block of solid massive color.
Dimensions & Packaging: 55 x 50 x 70 cm
Tags: chair, concept chair, contemporary chair, basic chair, colorful chair
Production Technology: HDF cut in a CNC router.
Design Challenge: In this particular case, there was not "a hardest part of design", which is very rare in any of my designs.
Research: I simply found in the internet a photo of one interesting study of chair made by the Italian architect and designer Cesare Leonardi. Since Leonardi's chair was not developed nor produced, I thought I could "devevelop it, as I was a Leonardi's team member, and started make a model of of it, changing material, changing form and proportions and making it in a more logic way, seaching for a better proportion and confort for a chair of plain HDF (Leonardi's chair was made of solid wood). The result: my chair is very basic, more logic than Leonardi's; my chair is a concept chair. DCL means Dopo Cesare Leonardi (After Cesare Leonardi).
Inspiration: My inspiration was a chair study made by Cesare Leonardi, an Italian architect and designer. Leonardi's chair was nothing more than a wooden model and was not developed nor produced.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2025 in São Paulo and finished in October 2025.
Operation Flow: It's a chair.
Patents: The design was registered at IAB (Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil)
Team Members: Álvaro Wolmer
Image Credits: All photos were made by Ding Musa in October 2025