Cadeira Karrige by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Çmimi i Bronztë A' Design Award in Dizajni i Mobiljeve Competition Category.

BronziMobilje· 2022

Cadeira Karrige

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Alvaro Wolmer

Çmimi i Bronztë A' Design Award Winner in Mobilje Category

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The Design

About Cadeira Karrige

Ky mobilie është më shumë se një karrige, është gjithashtu një koleksion mostrash prej 34 llojesh drurësh, nga Brazili dhe nga e gjithë bota; është një karrige në të cilën mund të ulesh me rehati dhe të mësosh mbi diversitetin e këtij burimi natyror. Karrigja në vetvete përgjigjet një pyetjeje që i është bërë shpesh dizajnerit në 35 vitet e fundit: Cili dru është ky?

The Recognition

About the Çmimi i Bronztë A' Design Award

Cadeira Karrige është fitues i Çmimit të Bronztë A' Design Award, një njohje shumë prestigjioze që u akordohet dizajneve të shquara, të dalluara për krijimtari, shpikësi dhe mprehtësi. Fituesit e Bronztë janë objekte shumë të aftë dhe goditëse në krijimtarinë e tyre, që vërtetojnë përvojën e gjerë, imagjinatën dhe shkathtësinë e dizajnerëve të tyre. Cadeira Karrige pritet të jetë një objekt shumë i vlerësuar, i admiruar e i dashur, jashtëzakonisht profesional dhe inovativ. Ky dizajn fitues i Çmimit të Bronztë A' Design Award përfshin praktikat më të mira në art, shkencë, dizajn dhe teknologji dhe shquhet për vëmendjen ndaj detajeve. Cadeira Karrige i plotëson shkëlqyeshëm nevojat, prek dëshirat, magjepson ndjenjat dhe tërheq kureshtjen.

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.