Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe by Camilla Marcondes

Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe by Camilla Marcondes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lei a me Kahiko Competition Category.

KeleaweLei Kahiko· 2018

Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe

by Camilla Marcondes

Client: Camilla Marcondes Design

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lei Kahiko Category

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The Design

About Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe

E hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka makahiki 150 o nā noho kaulana a Thonet, hoʻohana ka kūpeʻe i kēia mea kaulana o ka hoʻolālā lako hale ma ke ʻano kumu hoʻāla manaʻo nui. Ma ka hui pū ʻana i ʻelua māmalu ʻo ka metala a me ka lāʻau, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka mea ma ke ʻano o kēia wā me ka paʻi kuhikuhi hale. ʻO nā mea hakahaka a pau ma ka lau metala, ka nui a me ka kikoʻī lāʻau i hoʻolālā ʻia e imi ana i ka kaulike o nā māmalu a me ka māmā o ka mea.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Thonet Tribute Kūpeʻe i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The jewelry piece uses a great classic of the furniture design as its main headline. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions (mm): Width 66 x Depth 55 x Height 60, Weight: 85g
Tags: Bracelet, Cuff, Thonet, Jewelry, Jewellery, Woven Cane, Web
Production Technology: Materials: Brass, wood, silver plated. The metals pieces are laser cut, bended into a cuff shape then plated separately. The thin wooden sheet is glued to the base metal and the top metal element is fixed by small rivets.
Design Challenge: The project had 2 big challenges. The first and the bigger one was to transform a multi layer braided fiber into a flat single metal sheet. Even being flated, the sheet had to look like the real woven cane web. The other challenge was how to fix the top metal sheet on the base one, since all the metal were plated and welding wasn't an option.
Research: The research was made using a real woven cane chair, measuring the entire braided pattern, sketching over it. After the vetorial drawing, many tests were made to determinate the size of the empty elements.
Inspiration: The 150th anniversary of Thonet's most popular design served as inspiration for the creation. The object of inspiration consists in handed woven cane seat and backrest and a wooden frame structure. The goal was to take the web pattern of the Thonet's chair, but using the metal as the main element of the jewelry.
Project Duration: The project started with its first sketches in September 2011 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. After drafts, alterations and prototypes, the project was launched in March 2012.
Operation Flow: Body ornament worn on the wrist or lower forearm
Team Members: Designer: Camilla Marcondes, Laser Cut: Harpia-Tec, Pieces Bending and Assembly: Camilla Marcondes, Silver Plating: Brilhante Folheados
Image Credits: Photographer: Ernane Pinho