Sushi Primary Function: Akursi by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa in Afeṣṣel n Iferrasen Competition Category.
LfeṭṭaIferrasen· 2020
Sushi Primary Function: Akursi
Client: Studio Linda Martins
Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa Winner in Iferrasen Category
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About Sushi Primary Function: Akursi
Book Text: Sushi d akursi yettwaxedmen i wexxamen d wammuden nniḍen. Talɣa tettwaxdem s ufus s wesɣar aɛlayan yerna tettwafeṣṣel s yizirigen ifsusen d tɣemmar tijumitriyin iberrqen. Iferdisen ttwaxedmen yiwen yiwen yerna ttwalseqen, s ttbaɛ n tarrayin timensayin n tnejjart. Iceṭṭiḍen s uzeṭṭa ttawin talwit i wemḍiq n imuḥi d uzuggar aɣezfan asfaylan, ma d isefkiyen n nnḥas ttkemmilen aferdis. Azuggar yettwaqqen s wallal i yeǧǧan aceṭṭiḍ ad yettwabeddel deffir. Akursi ɣur-s tehri n 520 mm, lqed n 500 mm d teɣzi n 810 mm.
The Recognition
About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa
Sushi Primary Function: Akursi d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeḥlan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Lfeṭṭa d isnulfa yelhan akk, yesɛan tmusni d tazmert. Sushi Primary Function: Akursi ad yili d asnulfu amaynut, yelhan, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Created by hand, the Sushi chair translates the precepts of the old carpentry, having its parts glued, made one by one, it fuses the old and the new, with its contemporary lines. It is a funny chair, that reflect the purpose of the object in a geometric composition. The structure in wood, use angles and seemingly simple shapes and offers comfort and surprise. Noble wood in its purest form.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 520mm x Depth 500mm x Height 810mm
- Tags
- chair, wood, sushi, funny , comfort
- Production Technology
- The structure was handmade of noble wood, wood in its purest form. Textured fabrics bring the comfort of the piece and details in brass.
- Design Challenge
- The big challenge was to find a way to fix the cylindrical backrest, in a non-definitive way, so that in the future the fabric can be replaced. As the chair is produced by hand, the parts are permanently glued.
- Research
- The research was done on the form of artisanal production first. Creating lines that could be reproduced, but that keeped their complexity. Then, geometric shapes were added that gave the piece a contemporary and cheerful air.
- Inspiration
- The project brief was to design a comfortable chair, with simple lines in wood and with a iconic visual. Sushi, like there name, is a funny chair, but it can be sophisticated, its depends by the enviroment.
- Project Duration
- The chair was designed in 2019 in Rio Grande do Sul. The production phase, started and finished in Sao Paulo in March of 2020.
- Operation Flow
- A chair with a structure well worked in wood, using simple lines, which can be incorporated in various environments, bringing joy, 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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