Cadeira Korsi by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

PerungguParabot· 2022

Cadeira Korsi

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Alvaro Wolmer

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Cadeira Korsi

Tèks Buku: Perabot ieu langkung ti sakadar korsi, ieu ogé mangrupa kumpulan conto 34 spésiés kayu, ti Brazil sareng ti sakuliah dunya; ieu téh korsi anu bisa dianggo diuk kalayan nyaman bari diajar ngeunaan kaanekaragaman sumber daya alam ieu. Korsi ieu sorangan ngajawab pertanyaan anu sering ditaros ka desainer salami 35 taun ka tukang: Kayu naon ieu?

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Cadeira Korsi mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perunggu, pangakuan anu pohara bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain unggul anu dicirikeun ku kréativitas, kacerdikan jeung kawaspadaan. Para juara Perunggu téh artéfak anu lobaan kaahlian jeung kréatif pisan anu ngabuktikeun pangalaman anu lega, imajinasi jeung kacerdasan para désainerna. Cadeira Korsi diharepkeun jadi objék anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu profésional jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perunggu ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna dina seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi, sarta unggul dina perhatian kana détail. Cadeira Korsi minuhan kabutuhan kalayan éndah, nyentuh kahayang, nyenangkeun rasa, jeung narik rasa panasaran.

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.