Oscarina Kursi by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Furnitur Competition Category.
PerungguFurnitur· 2021
Oscarina Kursi
Client: Studio Linda Martins
A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Furnitur Category
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About Oscarina Kursi
Oscarina adalah kursi buatan tangan yang terinspirasi oleh furnitur modernis Brasil dari era 1950-an. Desainnya hanya menggunakan dua material, yaitu kayu dan rotan anyam, keduanya sangat erat kaitannya dengan tradisi kerajinan Brasil. Garis-garis lurus dipadukan dengan bentuk-bentuk hasil pembubutan tangan yang dibentuk pada mesin bubut. Setiap bagian dipotong, diamplas, dibubut, dan direkatkan, kemudian divernis, sementara rotan dipasang ke dalam kanal yang dipahat pada kayu. Namanya merujuk pada Katedral Brasilia karya Oscar Niemeyer, yang menginspirasi garis-garisnya. Kursi ini berukuran 525 kali 497 kali 858 milimeter dan cocok untuk berbagai jenis interior.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Perunggu
Oscarina Kursi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain luar biasa yang dicirikan oleh kreativitas, kecerdikan, dan ketajaman. Pemenang Perunggu adalah artefak yang sangat terampil dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imajinasi, dan kelihaian para desainernya. Oscarina Kursi diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ini menyertakan praktik terbaik dalam seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi, dan sangat baik dalam perhatiannya pada detail. Oscarina Kursi memuaskan kebutuhan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan, dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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
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Image #5: Rodrigo Ortega
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