Oscarina Icpalli by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse in Caltlapechtli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

BronseCaltlapechtli· 2021

Oscarina Icpalli

by Linda Martins

Client: Studio Linda Martins

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse Winner in Caltlapechtli Category

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The Design

About Oscarina Icpalli

Oscarina ce icpalli tlachihchiuhtli ica maitl, tlanemililli itech cequi tlachihchiualli quali cualtzin brasiltecayotl tlen xihuitl 1950. Nin nechicholli quitequiuia zan ome tlamantli, cuahuitl huan ohuatl ihcuiloli, omentin melahuac quipohuiah itech in brasiltecayotl tlachihchihualiztli huehueyotl. In mecayotl melahuac mocentlalia ihuan tlamachiotl tlen mochihua ica maitl itech ce tlaolololoni. Cecen tlacotontli motequi, mocuecheloa, moyolteca ihuan mozaloa, zatepan motlapechhuia ica varniz, ihuan in ohuatl motlalia itech ohtli tlen motec itech cuahuitl. In tocaitl quiixnextia in Teopancalli Huey tlen Brasilia, tlen Oscar Niemeyer quichihuili, tlen otechititih in mecayotl. In icpalli quipia 525 ica 497 ica 858 milimetros ihuan cualli monamaca miac calnenemiloyan.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse

Oscarina Icpalli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli tlachihualli in motenehua ipampa yancuic tlamantli, tlamatiliztli ihuan ixtlamatiliztli. In quicuicah Bronse ca tlachihualli in quipia toltecayotl ihuan quinextia in cenca miac nemiliztli ihuan tlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Oscarina Icpalli ca tlazohtli tlamantli, mahuiztic ihuan cualli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Bronse quipia cualli toltecayotl ihuan quitta in tlen tepiton. Oscarina Icpalli quipaquiltia in tlacah ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia in intlanequiliz.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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
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Image #5: Rodrigo Ortega