Oscarina Cathedra by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Supellectilis Competition Category.
AesSupellex· 2021
Oscarina Cathedra
Client: Studio Linda Martins
Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Supellex Category
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About Oscarina Cathedra
Oscarina cathedra manu facta est, a supellectili Brasiliana modernista annorum millesimorum nongentesimorum quinquagesimorum inspirata. Consilium duabus tantum materiis utitur, ligno scilicet et arundine texta, quae ambae arti traditionali Brasilianae artis propinque coniunguntur. Lineae rectae cum formis manu tornatis, in torno effictis, coniunguntur. Quaeque pars secatur, levigatur, tornatur et glutinatur, deinde vernice illinitur, arundoque in canalibus in ligno excisis figitur. Nomen ad Cathedralem Brasiliensem ab Oscare Niemeyer aedificatam refertur, quae lineas huius operis inspiravit. Cathedra quingentis viginti quinque per quadringenta nonaginta septem per octingenta quinquaginta octo millimetra metitur et pluribus interioribus spatiis apte convenit.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum
Oscarina Cathedra victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Oscarina Cathedra rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Oscarina Cathedra necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.
Behind the Design
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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
Image #4: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #5: Rodrigo Ortega
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