Oscarina Mpando by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Fenicha Competition Category.
BronzeFenicha· 2021
Oscarina Mpando
Client: Studio Linda Martins
Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award Winner in Fenicha Category
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About Oscarina Mpando
Oscarina ndi mpando wopangidwa ndi manja wokhazikitsidwa pa mafano a zofunikira zamakono za ku Brazil za m'ma 1950. Kapangidwe kake kamagwiritsa ntchito zinthu ziwiri zokha, matabwa ndi nsungwi zoluka, zonse zomwe zili pafupi kwambiri ndi chikhalidwe cha luso la ku Brazil. Mizere yowongoka imaphatikizidwa ndi mawonekedwe opangidwa ndi manja pa makina osinthira (lathe). Chigawo chilichonse chimadulidwa, kupukutidwa, kusinthidwa ndi kumatidwa, kenako kuveka varanishi, ndipo nsungwi imakhomeredwa m'ngalande zosemedwa m'matabwa. Dzinalo limatanthauza Tchalitchi Chachikulu cha Brasilia chopangidwa ndi Oscar Niemeyer, chomwe chinalimbikitsa mizere imeneyi. Mpandowu uli ndi kutalika kwa mamilimita 525 ndi 497 ndi 858, ndipo umagwirizana bwino ndi mapangidwe osiyanasiyana amkati mwa nyumba.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award
Oscarina Mpando ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino kwambiri omwe amaonekera ndi luso lolenga, kuchenjera ndi nzeru zakuthwa. Opambana a Bronze ndi zinthu zaluso kwambiri ndi zolenga modabwitsa zomwe zimatsimikizira zochitika zazikulu, kulingalira ndi kuchenjera kwa opanga awo. Oscarina Mpando akuyembekezeka kukhala chinthu choyamikiridwa, chosirira ndi chokondedwa, chaukatswiri wapadera ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo ndipo ndi abwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamala kwawo zazing'ono. Oscarina Mpando amakwaniritsa zosowa mokongola, kukhudza zilakolako, kukopa mitima ndi kudzutsa chidwi.
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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