Cadeira Seza by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Varahina in Famolavolana Fanaka Competition Category.

VarahinaFanaka· 2022

Cadeira Seza

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Alvaro Wolmer

A' Design Award Varahina Winner in Fanaka Category

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The Design

About Cadeira Seza

Ity fanaka ity dia mihoatra noho ny seza tsotra, satria fitambaran'ireo santionany hazo 34 karazana avy any Brezila sy manerana izao tontolo izao ihany koa izy; seza azo ipetrahana ampahitomboana no sady ahafahana mianatra momba ny fahasamihafan'ity harena voajanahary ity. Ny seza mihitsy no mamaly ny fanontaniana matetika naposaky ny olona tamin'ny mpanao mombamomba an'io mandritra ny 35 taona lasa: Hazo karazana inona ity?

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Varahina

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ny famolavolana Cadeira Seza, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana miavaka izay mampiavaka ny fahaiza-mamorona, ny fahazotoana ary ny fahamaotinan-tsaina. Ny mpandresy Varahina dia zavatra vita tanana mahay dia mahay ary mamorona mivantana izay manamafy ny traikefa be dia be, ny sarintsaina ary ny fahaizan-kafoy an'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho zavatra ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana, mahay amin'ny asa sady vaovao ny famolavolana Cadeira Seza. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ity dia mitahiry ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia, ary tsara indrindra amin'ny fitandremana ny antsipirihany. Ny famolavolana Cadeira Seza dia mahafa-po ny filana tsara, mikasika ny faniriana, mahasarika ny fihetseham-po ary misarika ny fahalianana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: It is more than a chair, it is also a collection of samples of 34 wooden species; it's a chair one can learn about the diversity of this natural resource.
Dimensions & Packaging: Chair: 82 cm high x 60 cm wide x 60 cm deep. Plywood Crate: 85 cm high x 64 cm wide x 64 cm deep
Tags: chair, wooden chair, fine furniture, fine woodworking, conceptual design
Production Technology: The chair is made in my woodworking shop, Alvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda, by two fine woodworkers. They joined the shop 30 and 25 years ago. We use the basic machines to work with wood, plus a CNC router to engrave the woods' names. Each chair takes 140 hours of work to be completed.
Design Challenge: It is a very basic chair regarding the shape, and a very basic woodworking construction for a chair. The main purpose was to show the fine woods in their best and identify them.
Research: I have been collecting fine woods from Brazil and all over the world in the past 35 years. I always liked to mix different woods in my projects, mixing colors and textures. At a certain point I realized that, in general, people are not familiar with wooden names; that was the starting point to design a chair made of 34 wooden species and engrave their common and scientific names on each part of it.
Inspiration: I have been collecting fine Brazilian woods and fine woods from all over the world in the past 35 years. I always liked to mix different woods, colors and textures, in my projects. At a certain point I realized that, in general, people are not familiar with wooden names. That was my starting point to design a chair made of 34 wooden species and engrave their common and scientific names on each part of it.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 in Sao Paulo and ended also in Sao Paulo in October 2020.
Operation Flow: It's a confortable chair that same people just sit down and some people read the names and start a conversation about wood. It's very common also to see people recognizing a wood of a piece of furniture of their childhood; a wood that they didn't know its name, fond memories.
Patents: The design was registered in IAB - Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.
Team Members: Designer: Alvaro Wolmer
Master Woodworker: Daniel Alberto Lavaroni
Master Woodworker: José de Deus Rocha
Image Credits: All the photos were taken by Ding Musa.