Niemeyer II Cathedra by Joana Santos Barbosa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Designatio Supellectilis Competition Category.
AurumSupellex· 2022
Niemeyer II Cathedra
Client: InsidherLand
Praemium A' Design Award Aureum Winner in Supellex Category
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The Design
About Niemeyer II Cathedra
Ab Ioana Santos Barbosa designata, formae rotundae Cathedrae Niemeyer II inspirantur ex Domo modernistica Canoas Oscari Niemeyer. Designatione eleganti cum elementis architectonicis praedita, haec cathedra simul minimalis et opus insigne est. Opus vestimenti accuratissimum est, suturis ad essentiale reductis, quo motus retrogradus tecti plani, desuper spectati, reproducatur. Textili bouclé speciali vestita, haec cathedra hospitalis homines amplexu leni recipit locusque commodissimus in conclavi videtur.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Aureum
Niemeyer II Cathedra victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur Niemeyer II Cathedra inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. Niemeyer II Cathedra cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.
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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