Vani 椅子 by Alexandre Kasper is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铜家具· 2021

Vani 椅子

by Alexandre Kasper

Client: Kasper.arq (Alexandre Kasper) + CGS Móveis

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Vani 椅子

Vani椅的设计以斯堪的纳维亚榫卯接合工艺为基础，内置坐垫能够为腰部提供恰当的支撑，既适用于餐厅空间，也可作为小型空间中的扶手椅使用，并可根据使用者的需求灵活调整。这一产品的构思在于优化空间利用，并将巴西与斯堪的纳维亚木工技艺相融合，将软包部分完全隐藏于结构之中；借助先进的技术能力，设计探索了复杂的机械加工工艺，使产品呈现出完美的线性形态。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Vani 椅子是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Vani 椅子将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Vani 椅子出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: With a complex machining, the Vani chair unites the highest manufacturing power, machined in 5 axes, its anatomical backrest in wood plus its joint in finger join behind the resistance and main lashing of the product, its turned back feet function as industrial pillars, already the upholstered part fills the comfort that the armchair indicates having an inner cushion that chambers the lumbar bringing immediate comfort to the user.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600mm.x600mm.x810mm.
Tags: armchair, chair, vani, comfort, joinery, brazilian design, inspiration, minimalism
Production Technology: Vani chair developed through machines with 5 flexing axes, promoting the greatest complexity of the product, joints with finger system and Brazilian joinery technique.
Design Challenge: The biggest difficulty was to develop an ergonomic backrest, changing the part of the idea that armchairs need cushions, we integrated it into the backrest, bringing the same comfort to the backrest with a minimalism in its design.
Research: The concept used was the idea of a product that optimizes space combined with the techniques of Brazilian and Scandinavian carpentry, and hiding the entire part of the tapestry, the idea was to optimize both the construction and the use of the product making it a unique and comfortable product.
Inspiration: The Vani Chair was designed based on Scandinavian woodworking techniques, with the ergonomics of the chair more inclined than the conventional one, making it more comfortable to sit, read, watch or talk.
Project Duration: started in October 2019 and completed in December 2020
Operation Flow: A Vani chair was developed with maximum comfort, with a cushion that projects the lumbar correctly, it works in dining room environments and as armchairs for small environments, adjusting according to the customer's need.
Patents: Alexendare Kasper, 2020, KASPER.ARQ PARTNERSHIP CGS MÓVEIS
Team Members: Alexandre Kasper
Image Credits: Alexandre Kasper Brazilian designer in partnership with CGS Móveis