Niemeyer II 안락의자 by Joana Santos Barbosa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 금상 in 가구 디자인 Competition Category.
금가구· 2022
Niemeyer II 안락의자
Client: InsidherLand
A' Design Award 금상 Winner in 가구 Category
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The Design
About Niemeyer II 안락의자
Joana Santos Barbosa가 디자인한 니마이어 II 안락의자의 둥근 형태는 Oscar Niemeyer의 모더니스트 건축인 카노아스 주택에서 영감을 받았습니다. 세련된 디자인과 건축적 디테일을 갖춘 이 안락의자는 미니멀하면서도 돋보이는 작품입니다. 업홀스터리 작업은 공중에서 바라본 평지붕의 후방 곡선을 재현하기 위해 솔기를 필수적인 부분만 남기고 최소화하는 등 매우 세심하게 이루어졌습니다. 특별히 직조된 부클레 원단으로 마감된 이 포근한 안락의자는 부드러운 포옹으로 사람들을 맞이하며, 공간에서 가장 편안한 곳으로 느껴집니다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 금상
Niemeyer II 안락의자, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 금상 수상작으로, 일류의 경이롭고 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 극히 권위 있는 인정입니다. 금상 수상작은 대단히 혁신적이고 선견지명이 있으며 눈부시게 빛나는 작품으로, 디자이너의 천재성, 지혜, 기량을 반영합니다. Niemeyer II 안락의자, 이 작품은 가장 높이 평가받는 트렌드 선도적이고 기념비적인 발명품으로서 전례 없는 가치를 제공할 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 금상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 장관을 이루는 존경받는 프로젝트입니다. Niemeyer II 안락의자, 이 작품은 강렬한 욕망을 불러일으키고 열정을 자아내며 창의성을 북돋우고 매료합니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is an armchair with a challenging design.
Having a strong narrative speaking behind its organic forms, the creative process was developed in a cohesive dialogue between the general rounded design and the focus on the correct location of the seams.
The symbolism is strong and so it’s the design itself. This armchair is almost minimal in its inner hidden complexity. Reduced to the essential, the design and the details create a graceful symbiosis between form and function. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions Height 86cm 33,86in Width 94cm 37,00in Depth 92cm 36,22in Seat Height 44cm 17,32in
- Tags
- roundarmchair, roundchair, chunkychair, modernchair, bouclechair
- Production Technology
- Fully handcrafted in the city of Porto, located in the North of Portugal, this armchair is produced by local artisans. The use of traditional techniques is applied to create new contemporary designs.
Product details
Upholstery in InsidherLand Woollen fabric
Base in oak finished in matt varnish - Design Challenge
- Challenges are part of the design process and a completely round armchair is no exception.
Inside, the wooden structure presents the necessary complexity for its clean exterior appearance. The construction process included several adjustments, both in the wooden structure and in the exact collation of the seams, to reach the final design, in which we find a total simplicity.
Another anticipated challenge was related to the stability of the chair. By reducing the contact of the base with the floor we were able to offer an enormous freedom to the design. However, several improvements have been defined for its stability.
This armchair is also available with a swivel option. - Research
- Being influenced by the assumptions modernist architecture such as freedom of forms and volumetric organicity, the goal was to create a free design. The handmade production was a process of adjustments between the free sketches, the technical drawings and the real scale modeling. The construction was carried out in full-scale prototypes. While upholstery was improved, the structure had to be adapted to the new demands. Since its launch, this armchair has quickly been a commercial success.
- Inspiration
- The rounded armchair is named after the Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer and its rounded forms are influenced by the House of Canoas designed in 1951.
The modern flat roof offers its flowing forms to the round seat. The backward movement of the curve that frames a large granite boulder is recreated by the location of the diagonal seams that flow all around the arms and seat of the armchair. Seen from above, it really recreates the exact movement into the comfortable seat. - Project Duration
- It took about a year to create the armchair and was released in September 2019 at Maison and Objet in Paris.
- Operation Flow
- Having a refined design and meticulous upholstery work, the Niemeyer II armchair is a best-seller among the designs created by Joana Santos Barbosa.
It is a luxurious armchair that catches the eye of the public, being both a minimal design, yet a statement piece.
Upholstered in a special woven bouclé, this armchair receives people with a gentle embrace and feels the most comfortable place in the room. It is also available with a swivel option. - Patents
- Copyright InsidherLand 2022, All Rights Reserved
- Image Credits
- Video: InsidherLand
Images white background: InsidherLand
Image in a house ambience: Weco Gallery
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