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Silhouette Nahar stuly by Joana Santos Barbosa

Silhouette Nahar stuly by Joana Santos Barbosa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Demir Baýragy in Mebel Dizaýny Competition Category.


DemirMebel· 2024

Silhouette Nahar stuly

by Joana Santos Barbosa

Client: InsidherLand

A' Design Award Demir Baýragy Winner in Mebel Category

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The Design

About Silhouette Nahar stuly

Arhitektor Joana Santos Barbosa tarapyndan dizaýn edilen Silhouette, aýalyň duýgur egrilerini ýatladýan göze ilýän nahar stuludyr. Ýigriminji asyryň bir ölçegde birnäçe hakykatygy suratlandyran, mysal üçin saz gurallary öz bedenleriniň bir bölegi hökmünde görkezilen sazandalar ýaly suratkeşlerden ylham alyp, Joana bu bilelikdäki ölçegi geň galdyryjy owadan dizaýna öwürdi. Gara gurluş, obýekte oturan aýalyň böwrüniň hereketini görkezýär, egri oturgyç bolsa myhmançyl ýylgyrşy çyzýar. Silhouette hekaýat we simwolizm bilen baýdyr we hakykatdanam haýran galdyrýar.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Demir Baýragy

Silhouette Nahar stuly A' Design Award Demir Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu gowy dizaýn edilen eserlerden garaşylýan hünär we senagat talaplaryny kanagatlandyrýan gowy dizaýnlara berilýän abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Demir ýeňijileri döredijileriniň uly başarnygyny, ýokary ugurlaşygyny, hünärmen düşünjesini we döredijilik ukybyny görkezýär. Silhouette Nahar stuly uly baha berilýän, haýran galynýan we söýülýän, amaly we täzelikçi eser bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Demir Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn pudagyň iň oňat tejribelerini birleşdirýär we bilim we zehin bilen baglanyşykly ukyply tehniki aýratynlyklara eýedir. Silhouette Nahar stuly jikme-jikligi üçin hormatlanylýar we dünýäni has gowy ýere öwürmäge kömek edýän ýaşaýyş hilini gowulandyrýan zatlary hödürlemek üçin dizaýn edilendir.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman's sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching dining chair.
The slightly curved seat draws an inviting smile that harmonizes with the structure, revealing the movement of the hips, as parts of a female body. Silhouette shows contours of a mysterious profile and presents the observer with feminine sensuality.
Dimensions & Packaging
Height 87cm
Width 46cm
Depth 53cm
Seat Height 48cm
Tags
diningchair, chair, silhouette, luxurychair, organicdesign, modernchair, moderndesign, luxuryfurniture
Production Technology
Beech wood structure frame with translucent dark brown finish in high gloss varnish and luxury soft fabric with gold accents.
Design Challenge
The creative process of this chair was one of the most "suffered" among the pieces in Joana Santos Barbosa's portfolio. In fact, the design of this chair took more than two years to be completed between back and forth in the process because it carries such a strong symbolism that she wanted to transform it into a clean and sensual design.
The beech wood structure was hand crafted and carved to bring to mind the profile of a female body and was given a translucent brown finish that naturally stands out on the soft beige upholstery with fine golden threads that represent the delicacy of the female personality.
Research
The design of the Silhouette dining chair was influenced by the sensuality of a woman's curves. Both the woman and the functional object seem to merge naturally. It is thus possible to admire this integration in the surrounding perspectives of the chair, with special focus on the back, in which we identify parts of a body that seem to be living in the object.

The creative process was based on some works by twentieth century painters who applied the same technique of representing people and objects in a single dimension. However, working on the design of the chair in three dimensions, its development was carried out in full-scale prototypes, in order to get a functional and sensual final design that conveyed all its inspiration in an elegant look.
Inspiration
The representation of several realities seen simultaneously from a single point of view has become fascinating for several twentieth century artists like Paul Klee who drawn musicians and fragments of their musical instruments as an integral part of their own bodies.
The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced the Silhouette dining chair, whose elegant wooden structure uncovers parts of a woman’s body who sits on it.
Project Duration
Since the first sketch, the design took more than two years to be fully developed. The production is entirely made in the city of Porto, located in the north of Portugal.
Operation Flow
Being a chair made of a single structure in solid wood, the object cannot be manipulated to acquire other forms. This chair was specially designed for dining spaces that appreciate the high quality of manual manufacturing processes and luxurious finishes.
Patents
© InsidherLand
Image Credits
© InsidherLand | All images are InsidherLand property

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