Ponto 扶手椅 by Roberta Banqueri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铜家具· 2020

Ponto 扶手椅

by Roberta Banqueri

Client: Pontoeu

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Ponto 扶手椅

Ponto 是一款专为小空间及多样化室内环境打造的扶手椅。设计语言极为凝练，仅以少量元素构成：一条修长的连续曲线勾勒出整体结构、扶手与靠背。座面与靠背均采用软包处理，符合人体工学的座面造型带来舒适的坐感。外部结构由实木车削而成，扶手内部以金属管芯加固，座面则由 X 形金属管支架支撑。车削部件的接合处可搭配不同种类与色彩的木材，营造丰富的视觉层次。Ponto 是一个座椅系列家族中的一员。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Ponto 扶手椅是 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Ponto 扶手椅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。Ponto 扶手椅出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The piece has a simple language, executed with few elements, a single elongated line and curves structure the seat, the arms and the backrest. At the point of fitting of turned parts can mix types and colors of wood, giving a unique effect to the whole. The seat and backrest are upholstered, the anotomic and organic form of the seat offer a user comfort. The wooden structure was reinforced with a metal tubular core.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600mm x 600mm x 740mm the chair
700mm x 700mm x 740mm the armchair
500mm x 500mm x 1000mm the stool
Tags: Brazil, Furniture, chair, robertabanqueri, braziliandesing, mobiliariobrasileiro
Production Technology: The execution of the product is due to the union of technology of a machining center of 6 axes with the use of handcrafted processes. The entire external structure was made of solid wood turned, it took an internal reinforcement in metal to give resistance to part of the arm, and to the assembly, the structure that supports the seat is a metallic X shaped tubular structure, the arms were initially made by hand, around manual and later the drawing passed to the program, being executed by the machining center.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to be so simple as to stand, was to be different from the products known in the market, without being pretentious, have personality and functionality, small and light, despite being in solid wood, to run we use a wood called Tauari, light although tough, has light color and allows for dyeing.
Research: The seemingly simple design contained a huge challenge, to make two big lines hold the whole set, to have a part that followed and turned an arm to support the user, it took some prototypes and tests of resistance, the first arms broke when subjected to weight that an adult human being applies to the sitting and lifting of the chair, then it was necessary to structure with a metal soul internally, but that alone was not sufficient, we had to study how much it should enter and what angle necessary for the solution to work.
Inspiration: The motivation was to have a simple and elegant product, while small and versatile to get into any space or decor. The language should be contemporary and universal, the use of wood turned and leather, refers us to brazilian modernism, and the minimal of the piece does not refer to the concept of scandinavian simplicity.
Project Duration: The project started in july 2018 and finished february 2019, was exhibited in 35 Paralela Fair in São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Operation Flow: The Ponto line is composed of a family of seats, will meet all the seating needs, simply and small, the seat being rounded and having narrow sides offers a large internal space, something that can only be perceived by sitting, thus, as the comfort that provides the anatomical seat.
Patents: Copyryghts by Roberta Banqueri Serra, 2019
Team Members: Designer Assistent: Rodrigo Costa da Silva
Woodworkers: Alinor Zanotto
Ricardo Zanotto
Valdecir Zanotto
Factory: Todo Ind. de Móveis
Image Credits: #1 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#2 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#3 Moresco, Ponto, 2019.
#4 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.
#5 Paulino, Ponto, 2020.