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Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ by Alvaro Wolmer

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ngwaahịa Ìhè na Ihe E Kwụnyere Competition Category.


ỌlaọchaÌhè· 2022

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Espólio Família Cordeiro and Luciana Brito Galeria

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ìhè Category

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The Design

About Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro bụ ọkụ nke sitere na ọkụ ala nke otu onye nka Brazil mere n'ihe dịka afọ 1955. Naanị ihe ndekọ fọdụrụ nke ọkụ mbụ ahụ bụ obere foto akwụkwọ akụkọ. E ji ihe na usoro nke oge a mepụtaghachi ọkụ ahụ. E ji aluminum siri ike wuo ihe owuwu ya nke igwe kọmpụta na-achịkwa mere ma jiri agba electrostatic mechaa ya. Otu ihe na-enye ìhè LED nke 4W na-emepụta ọtụtụ agba ndò, site na isi awọ gbara ọchịchịrị ruo ọcha dị ọcha, site na ntụgharị ime na anya dị iche iche dị n'etiti isi mmalite na mgbanaka ndị ọcha.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Ọkụ bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
From a single source of light, due to internal reflections and the different distances from the source to the white rings, a 4W LED lamp can create a range of shades, varying from dark gray to pure white
Dimensions & Packaging
Lamp: 54 cm high x 30 cm of diameter x 3 kg. Luxury crate: 58.5 cm height x 33 cm x 33 cm x 3 kg of MDF. The crate can be used as a base to the lamp (a bonus)
Tags
artwork, table lamp, floor lamp, lighting design, Waldemar Cordeiro, Alvaro Wolmer
Production Technology
The lamp structure was made of solid aluminum using computerized machines by Alvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda, the woodworking and metal shop of the team's head designer, Alvaro Wolmer. The finishing is electrostatic painting
Design Challenge
In the first model, the architect and designer Andre Vainer reproduced the original one, with two lamps. The result was a good light and not so much of an effect regarding the shadings of light, but it was a very good starting point. I was hired to develop the product and produce a prototype of the lamp. I made models to establish the exact proportions then I came up with a simple solution: one simple LED round lamp that delivered a bright enough light. After finishing the pre-prototype, I turned on the light in a dark room - the result was stunning
Research
In c.1955 a fine Brazilian artist designed and made a lamp to illuminate a garden landscape designed by him. There is only a single register of the lamp: a small piece of journal with its photograph. That was the starting point to recreate the lamp and the magnificent light effect produced by it. In 2017 Analivia Cordeiro, the artist's collection curator and an artist herself, and Luciana Brito Galeria, that represents Cordeiro since 1997, both decided to recreate the original one, with contemporary materials and techniques
Inspiration
The original lamp, which only remaining reference is a small piece of newspaper, c. 1955, with a photo of a floor lamp made by Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973), a very important contemporary Brazilian artist. Cordeiro was a concrete artist, a theorist, and a landscape designer. The first artist of computer art, now called Digital Art, in Latin America. His works of art are in many important worldwide collections, including the MoMA NY
Project Duration
The project started in March 2017 in Sao Paulo and was finished also in Sao Paulo in October 2018
Operation Flow
There is a on/off press button underside the lamp
Patents
The design was registered in the IAB - Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.
Team Members
Lead Designer: Alvaro Wolmer
Analivia Cordeiro
Andre Vainer
Image Credits
All photos were taken by Ding Musa in October 2021

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