Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara by Alvaro Wolmer

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Urumuri Competition Category.

IfezaUrumuri· 2022

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Espólio Família Cordeiro and Luciana Brito Galeria

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Urumuri Category

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The Design

About Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro ni itara ryahumekewe n'itara ryo hasi ryakozwe n'umuhanzi wo muri Brezili ahagana mu 1955. Icyapa cyonyine gisigaye cy'itara rya mbere ni ifoto ntoya yo mu kinyamakuru. Iri tara ryongeye gukorwa hakoreshejwe ibikoresho n'uburyo bugezweho. Imiterere yaryo ikozwe muri aluminiyumu ikomeye yashushanyijwe n'imashini zigenzurwa na mudasobwa kandi irangizwa n'irangi rya elegitirositatike. Isoko ry'urumuri rimwe rya LED rya 4W rirema urwego rw'amabara atandukanye, kuva ku ijimye ry'ubururu bwijimye kugeza ku mweru wuzuye, binyuze mu bugarurwa bw'imbere n'intera zitandukanye hagati y'isoko n'impeta zera.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro Itara ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: From a single source of light, due to internal reflections and the different distances from the source to the white rings, a 4W LED lamp can create a range of shades, varying from dark gray to pure white
Dimensions & Packaging: Lamp: 54 cm high x 30 cm of diameter x 3 kg. Luxury crate: 58.5 cm height x 33 cm x 33 cm x 3 kg of MDF. The crate can be used as a base to the lamp (a bonus)
Tags: artwork, table lamp, floor lamp, lighting design, Waldemar Cordeiro, Alvaro Wolmer
Production Technology: The lamp structure was made of solid aluminum using computerized machines by Alvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda, the woodworking and metal shop of the team's head designer, Alvaro Wolmer. The finishing is electrostatic painting
Design Challenge: In the first model, the architect and designer Andre Vainer reproduced the original one, with two lamps. The result was a good light and not so much of an effect regarding the shadings of light, but it was a very good starting point. I was hired to develop the product and produce a prototype of the lamp. I made models to establish the exact proportions then I came up with a simple solution: one simple LED round lamp that delivered a bright enough light. After finishing the pre-prototype, I turned on the light in a dark room - the result was stunning
Research: In c.1955 a fine Brazilian artist designed and made a lamp to illuminate a garden landscape designed by him. There is only a single register of the lamp: a small piece of journal with its photograph. That was the starting point to recreate the lamp and the magnificent light effect produced by it. In 2017 Analivia Cordeiro, the artist's collection curator and an artist herself, and Luciana Brito Galeria, that represents Cordeiro since 1997, both decided to recreate the original one, with contemporary materials and techniques
Inspiration: The original lamp, which only remaining reference is a small piece of newspaper, c. 1955, with a photo of a floor lamp made by Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973), a very important contemporary Brazilian artist. Cordeiro was a concrete artist, a theorist, and a landscape designer. The first artist of computer art, now called Digital Art, in Latin America. His works of art are in many important worldwide collections, including the MoMA NY
Project Duration: The project started in March 2017 in Sao Paulo and was finished also in Sao Paulo in October 2018
Operation Flow: There is a on/off press button underside the lamp
Patents: The design was registered in the IAB - Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.
Team Members: Lead Designer: Alvaro Wolmer
Analivia Cordeiro
Andre Vainer
Image Credits: All photos were taken by Ding Musa in October 2021