Oscarina Intebe by Linda Martins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Imitako Competition Category.

BuronzeImitako· 2021

Oscarina Intebe

by Linda Martins

Client: Studio Linda Martins

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Imitako Category

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The Design

About Oscarina Intebe

Oscarina ni intebe ikorwa n'intoki ishingiye ku myubakire y'ibikoresho bya kijyambere byo muri Berezili yo mu myaka ya 1950. Igishushanyo gikoresha ibikoresho bibiri gusa, igiti n'uruhindu rurukiranwa, byombi bifitanye isano ya hafi n'umuco w'ubukorikori bwa Berezili. Imirongo itunganye ihuzwa n'imiterere ikoreshejwe ukuboko ku mashini y'ubutumburuke (lathe). Buri gice kirabagwa, gikandagizwa umucanga, gitunganywa ku mashini kandi gikomatanywa, hanyuma gicishwa irangi, naho uruhindu rushyirwa mu myobo yabaziwe mu giti. Izina ryerekeza kuri Kiliziya Nkuru ya Brasilia yubatswe na Oscar Niemeyer, ari na yo yatanze inkomoko y'imirongo yayo. Iyi ntebe ipima milimetero 525 ku 497 ku 858, kandi ihuye n'imyubakire myinshi yo mu nzu.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Oscarina Intebe ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Oscarina Intebe biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Oscarina Intebe ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

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
Image #4: Rodrigo Ortega
Image #5: Rodrigo Ortega