Press Release
Gabriela Campos Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Sertao Side Table in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Gabriela Campos for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Sertao Side Table by Gabriela Campos, designed for Mais Alma Arquitetura and Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Sertao Side Table
Sertao is a side table inspired by the painting Abaporu, created in 1928 by Tarsila do Amaral, a symbol of modernism in Brazil. The rounded form follows fluid and organic lines that reinterpret the movement and the playful spirit of the painting. Soft and vivid tones complete the composition. The table has an MDF structure with lacquer paint and an American oak finish. It measures 45 cm in width, 30 cm in depth and 50 cm in height. Each piece is handcrafted by local artisans in Cruzilia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
About Gabriela Campos
Gabriela Campos is a Brazilian architect and designer, founder of Estúdio Mais Alma, working at the intersection of art and collectible design. Her practice reinterprets Brazilian modernism into sculptural furniture that balances form, materiality, and function. Internationally recognized, her work has received awards such as the A’ Design Award and Good Design Award, and has been exhibited in major design events worldwide. Through her work, she preserves and recontextualizes cultural narratives, creating pieces conceived as future relics—objects that carry meaning, emotion, and permanence across generations.
Award Record
Gabriela Campos is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/142081
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142081
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142081
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/333665
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.maisalmaarquitetura.com.br
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sertao Side Table
- Function
- Side Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Cadet Blue, Sky Blue and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Mais Alma Arquitetura and Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Gabriela Campos
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142081
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer: MCA Estúdio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a piece with a challenging design with a strong symbolism supporting it. With a narrative behind its organic forms, alludes to several elements contained in the work of Tarsila. Regarding the colors in the composition, the choice was to bring the soft and at the same time vivid tones of the work. As for the shape, the intention was to recreate the movement with fluid and organic lines, a challenge to the eye of the sense of balance, proportion and with a playful soul. A graceful balance between form and function.
- Inspiration
- The rounded shaped side table is a hommage of the work Abaporu (1928), by Tarsila do Amaral, a great symbol of modernism in Brazil. The artist spent a lot of time studying in France, going through ateliers like Fernand Leger's, and returns to Brazil bringing this background to create her unmistakable signature. Abaporu, with its vivid colors and rounded shapes, is speculated to be the most valued Brazilian work in the world. The inspiration came from trying to develop a work of reinterpreting Abaporu and reproducing it in my world of design, keeping its essence and its message.
- Research
- Being influenced by the modernist atmosphere around the world of Tarsila, the goal was to create a design that has this soul. The production was a process of evolving from sketches, technical drawings, and the real scale modeling. The execution was carried out in full-scale prototype.
- Challenge
- The challenge was in the study of shapes and specially the stability of the table, so that I could achieve a viable piece, economically and in terms of execution and, at the same time, that brought the lightness and organic shapes I was looking for.
- Realization and Technology
- Fully handcrafted in the city of Cruzilia, Minas Gerais, this sidetable is produced by local artisans. The piece has an mdf structure with lacquer paint and American oak finish.
- Operation and Interaction
- Having a refined design, the piece brings a graceful balance between form and function. It is a unique side table that catches the eye of the public, being both an organic and clean, yet a statement piece.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2022 and finished in May 2022, in Rio de Janeiro.
- Specifications
- Dimensions Width 45 cm 17,7 in / Depth 30 cm 11,80 in / Height 50 cm 19,70 in
- Keywords
- table, side table, modernism, Brazilian furniture, Brazilian Design
