Sushi Kurisi by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

PerakParabot· 2020

Sushi Kurisi

by Linda Martins

Client: Studio Linda Martins

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Sushi Kurisi

Sushi adolah sabuah kurisi nan dirancang untuak rumah sarato ruangan dalam lainnyo. Strukturnyo dibuek jo tangan dari kayu nan bamutu tinggi sarato dibantuak jo garih-garih nan sadarhano sarato suduik geometri nan jaleh. Bagian-bagiannyo dibuek ciek-ciek sudah tu direkatkan, manuruik caro pertukangan tradisional. Kain nan batekstur mambao kanyamanan ka tampek duduak sarato ka sandaran punggung nan babantuak silinder, samantaro perincian kuningan malangkokkan karyo ko. Sandaran punggungnyo dipasang jo caro nan mambuek kainnyo bisa diganti kudian. Kurisi ko baukuran leba 520 mm, dalam 500 mm sarato tinggi 810 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Sushi Kurisi adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Sushi Kurisi dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Sushi Kurisi adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Created by hand, the Sushi chair translates the precepts of the old carpentry, having its parts glued, made one by one, it fuses the old and the new, with its contemporary lines. It is a funny chair, that reflect the purpose of the object in a geometric composition. The structure in wood, use angles and seemingly simple shapes and offers comfort and surprise. Noble wood in its purest form.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 520mm x Depth 500mm x Height 810mm
Tags: chair, wood, sushi, funny , comfort
Production Technology: The structure was handmade of noble wood, wood in its purest form. Textured fabrics bring the comfort of the piece and details in brass.
Design Challenge: The big challenge was to find a way to fix the cylindrical backrest, in a non-definitive way, so that in the future the fabric can be replaced. As the chair is produced by hand, the parts are permanently glued.
Research: The research was done on the form of artisanal production first. Creating lines that could be reproduced, but that keeped their complexity. Then, geometric shapes were added that gave the piece a contemporary and cheerful air.
Inspiration: The project brief was to design a comfortable chair, with simple lines in wood and with a iconic visual. Sushi, like there name, is a funny chair, but it can be sophisticated, its depends by the enviroment.
Project Duration: The chair was designed in 2019 in Rio Grande do Sul. The production phase, started and finished in Sao Paulo in March of 2020.
Operation Flow: A chair with a structure well worked in wood, using simple lines, which can be incorporated in various environments, bringing joy, 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