Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara by Alvaro Wolmer

Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Imitako Competition Category.

BuronzeImitako· 2022

Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Alvaro Wolmer

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

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The Design

About Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara

Iki gikoresho cy'ameubles si intebe gusa, ni na koleksiyo y'ingero z'ubwoko 34 bw'ibiti, biva mu Buraziliya no ku isi yose; ni intebe umuntu ashobora kwicarwaho neza akanamenya ku bijyanye n'ubwinshi bw'ubu butunzi kamere. Iyi ntebe ubwayo isubiza ikibazo umunyamerekanyi yabajijwe kenshi mu myaka 35 ishize: Ni ubuhe bwoko bw'igiti gikoreshejwe hano?

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara 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. Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara 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. Cadeira Umwanya wo Kwicara 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: It is more than a chair, it is also a collection of samples of 34 wooden species; it's a chair one can learn about the diversity of this natural resource.
Dimensions & Packaging: Chair: 82 cm high x 60 cm wide x 60 cm deep. Plywood Crate: 85 cm high x 64 cm wide x 64 cm deep
Tags: chair, wooden chair, fine furniture, fine woodworking, conceptual design
Production Technology: The chair is made in my woodworking shop, Alvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda, by two fine woodworkers. They joined the shop 30 and 25 years ago. We use the basic machines to work with wood, plus a CNC router to engrave the woods' names. Each chair takes 140 hours of work to be completed.
Design Challenge: It is a very basic chair regarding the shape, and a very basic woodworking construction for a chair. The main purpose was to show the fine woods in their best and identify them.
Research: I have been collecting fine woods from Brazil and all over the world in the past 35 years. I always liked to mix different woods in my projects, mixing colors and textures. At a certain point I realized that, in general, people are not familiar with wooden names; that was the starting point to design a chair made of 34 wooden species and engrave their common and scientific names on each part of it.
Inspiration: I have been collecting fine Brazilian woods and fine woods from all over the world in the past 35 years. I always liked to mix different woods, colors and textures, in my projects. At a certain point I realized that, in general, people are not familiar with wooden names. That was my starting point to design a chair made of 34 wooden species and engrave their common and scientific names on each part of it.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 in Sao Paulo and ended also in Sao Paulo in October 2020.
Operation Flow: It's a confortable chair that same people just sit down and some people read the names and start a conversation about wood. It's very common also to see people recognizing a wood of a piece of furniture of their childhood; a wood that they didn't know its name, fond memories.
Patents: The design was registered in IAB - Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.
Team Members: Designer: Alvaro Wolmer
Master Woodworker: Daniel Alberto Lavaroni
Master Woodworker: José de Deus Rocha
Image Credits: All the photos were taken by Ding Musa.