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Ponto Fotoliu by Roberta Banqueri

Ponto Fotoliu by Roberta Banqueri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronz in Design de Mobilier Competition Category.


BronzMobilier· 2020

Ponto Fotoliu

by Roberta Banqueri

Client: Pontoeu

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Mobilier Category

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The Design

About Ponto Fotoliu

Ponto este un fotoliu conceput pentru spații mici și interioare variate. Designul folosește puține elemente. O singură linie lungă și curbată formează structura, brațele și spătarul. Șezutul și spătarul sunt tapițate, iar forma anatomică a șezutului susține confortul. Structura exterioară este realizată din lemn masiv strunjit, iar un miez tubular din metal întărește brațele. Un suport tubular din metal, în formă de X, susține șezutul. Diferite tipuri și culori de lemn pot fi combinate la îmbinările pieselor strunjite. Ponto face parte dintr-o familie de scaune.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Ponto Fotoliu a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Ponto Fotoliu să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Ponto Fotoliu satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The piece has a simple language, executed with few elements, a single elongated line and curves structure the seat, the arms and the backrest. At the point of fitting of turned parts can mix types and colors of wood, giving a unique effect to the whole. The seat and backrest are upholstered, the anotomic and organic form of the seat offer a user comfort. The wooden structure was reinforced with a metal tubular core.
Dimensions & Packaging
600mm x 600mm x 740mm the chair
700mm x 700mm x 740mm the armchair
500mm x 500mm x 1000mm the stool
Tags
Brazil, Furniture, chair, robertabanqueri, braziliandesing, mobiliariobrasileiro
Production Technology
The execution of the product is due to the union of technology of a machining center of 6 axes with the use of handcrafted processes. The entire external structure was made of solid wood turned, it took an internal reinforcement in metal to give resistance to part of the arm, and to the assembly, the structure that supports the seat is a metallic X shaped tubular structure, the arms were initially made by hand, around manual and later the drawing passed to the program, being executed by the machining center.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was to be so simple as to stand, was to be different from the products known in the market, without being pretentious, have personality and functionality, small and light, despite being in solid wood, to run we use a wood called Tauari, light although tough, has light color and allows for dyeing.
Research
The seemingly simple design contained a huge challenge, to make two big lines hold the whole set, to have a part that followed and turned an arm to support the user, it took some prototypes and tests of resistance, the first arms broke when subjected to weight that an adult human being applies to the sitting and lifting of the chair, then it was necessary to structure with a metal soul internally, but that alone was not sufficient, we had to study how much it should enter and what angle necessary for the solution to work.
Inspiration
The motivation was to have a simple and elegant product, while small and versatile to get into any space or decor. The language should be contemporary and universal, the use of wood turned and leather, refers us to brazilian modernism, and the minimal of the piece does not refer to the concept of scandinavian simplicity.
Project Duration
The project started in july 2018 and finished february 2019, was exhibited in 35 Paralela Fair in São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Operation Flow
The Ponto line is composed of a family of seats, will meet all the seating needs, simply and small, the seat being rounded and having narrow sides offers a large internal space, something that can only be perceived by sitting, thus, as the comfort that provides the anatomical seat.
Patents
Copyryghts by Roberta Banqueri Serra, 2019
Team Members
Designer Assistent: Rodrigo Costa da Silva
Woodworkers: Alinor Zanotto
Ricardo Zanotto
Valdecir Zanotto
Factory: Todo Ind. de Móveis
Image Credits
#1 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#2 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#3 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#4 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.
#5 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.

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