Thonet Tribute Armilla by Camilla Marcondes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Ornamentorum Competition Category.
AesOrnamenta· 2018
Thonet Tribute Armilla
Client: Camilla Marcondes Design
Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Ornamenta Category
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The Design
About Thonet Tribute Armilla
Sesquicentennale sellarum celebrium Thonet celebrans, armilla hoc exemplar classicum designationis supellectilis ut inspirationem principalem adhibit. Duo materialia, metallum et lignum, commiscens, opus stilo contemporaneo cum nota architectonica formatum est. Omnia elementa vacua laminae metallicae, volumen et particulare ligneum ad aequilibrium materialium levitatemque operis destinata sunt.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum
Thonet Tribute Armilla 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 Thonet Tribute Armilla 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. Thonet Tribute Armilla necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The jewelry piece uses a great classic of the furniture design as its main headline. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions (mm): Width 66 x Depth 55 x Height 60, Weight: 85g
- Tags
- Bracelet, Cuff, Thonet, Jewelry, Jewellery, Woven Cane, Web
- Production Technology
- Materials: Brass, wood, silver plated. The metals pieces are laser cut, bended into a cuff shape then plated separately. The thin wooden sheet is glued to the base metal and the top metal element is fixed by small rivets.
- Design Challenge
- The project had 2 big challenges. The first and the bigger one was to transform a multi layer braided fiber into a flat single metal sheet. Even being flated, the sheet had to look like the real woven cane web. The other challenge was how to fix the top metal sheet on the base one, since all the metal were plated and welding wasn't an option.
- Research
- The research was made using a real woven cane chair, measuring the entire braided pattern, sketching over it. After the vetorial drawing, many tests were made to determinate the size of the empty elements.
- Inspiration
- The 150th anniversary of Thonet's most popular design served as inspiration for the creation. The object of inspiration consists in handed woven cane seat and backrest and a wooden frame structure. The goal was to take the web pattern of the Thonet's chair, but using the metal as the main element of the jewelry.
- Project Duration
- The project started with its first sketches in September 2011 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. After drafts, alterations and prototypes, the project was launched in March 2012.
- Operation Flow
- Body ornament worn on the wrist or lower forearm
- Team Members
- Designer: Camilla Marcondes, Laser Cut: Harpia-Tec, Pieces Bending and Assembly: Camilla Marcondes, Silver Plating: Brilhante Folheados
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ernane Pinho
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