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Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی by Joana Santos Barbosa

Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی by Joana Santos Barbosa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award آہنی انعام in فرنیچر ڈیزائن Competition Category.


لوہافرنیچر· 2024

Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی

by Joana Santos Barbosa

Client: InsidherLand

A' Design Award آہنی انعام Winner in فرنیچر Category

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The Design

About Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی

آرکیٹیکٹ جوانا سانٹوس باربوسا کی جانب سے ڈیزائن کیا گیا، سلائیٹ ایک دلکش کھانے کی کرسی ہے جو ایک خاتون کے دلفریب خطوط کی یاد دلاتی ہے۔ بیسویں صدی کے ان فنکاروں سے متاثر ہو کر جنہوں نے ایک ہی جہت میں متعدد حقیقتیں پینٹ کیں، جیسے موسیقار جن کے آلات موسیقی ان کے اپنے جسموں کا حصہ ہوں، جوانا نے اس مشترکہ جہت کو حیرت انگیز طور پر نفیس ڈیزائن میں سمو دیا۔ گہرا ڈھانچہ ایک خاتون کے کولہوں کی حرکت کو ظاہر کرتا ہے جو اس پر بیٹھی ہو، جبکہ خمیدہ نشست ایک دعوتی مسکراہٹ کی تصویر بناتی ہے۔ سلائیٹ بیانیہ اور علامتیت کا حامل ہے اور واقعی مسحور کن ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آہنی انعام

Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی A' Design Award آہنی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان اچھے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا باوقار اعتراف ہے جو اچھی طرح ڈیزائن کی گئی تخلیقات سے متوقع پیشہ ورانہ اور صنعتی تقاضوں کو پورا کرتے ہیں۔ آہنی انعام کے فاتحین اپنے تخلیق کاروں کی عظیم مہارت، اعلیٰ تخصص، ماہرانہ فہم اور تخلیقی صلاحیت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز تخلیق ہوگا جو عملی اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award آہنی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن صنعت کے بہترین طریقوں کو یکجا کرتا ہے اور مہارت اور ہنر سے جڑی ہوئی قابل تکنیکی خصوصیات رکھتا ہے۔ Silhouette کھانے کی کرسی اپنی باریک بینی کی وجہ سے قابل احترام ہے اور معیار زندگی کی ایسی بہتری فراہم کرنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے جو دنیا کو ایک بہتر جگہ بنانے میں مدد دیتی ہے۔

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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