Oscarina Tūru by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
ParahiTaputapu· 2021
Oscarina Tūru
Client: Studio Linda Martins
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Taputapu Category
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About Oscarina Tūru
Ko Oscarina he tūru mahi-ā-ringa i whakaawehia e ngā taonga rākau whakaahua-hōu o Parahi o ngā tau 1950. Ko te hoahoatanga e whakamahi ana i ngā rauemi e rua anake, te rākau me te kaho whiri, e piri pono ana ki te tikanga mahi-toi o Parahi. Ka honoa ngā rārangi tika ki ngā āhua i hangaia mā te ringa i runga i te miihini huri. Ka tapahia, ka oro, ka huri, ka piri tēnā wāhanga, tēnā wāhanga, ā, ka whakapaninahia i muri iho, ā, ka whakaūhia te kaho ki ngā ara i tapahia ki roto i te rākau. Ko te ingoa e pā ana ki te Whare Karakia Nui o Brasilia na Oscar Niemeyer, nāna i whakaawe ngā rārangi. Ko ngā ine o te tūru he 525 mā 497 mā 858 mirimita, ā, e tau ana ki ngā momo rūma maha.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Oscarina Tūru te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Oscarina Tūru he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Oscarina Tūru i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
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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