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Delirios Armchair by Guto Requena Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Guto Requena acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Delirios Armchair by Guto Requena, designed for +55design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Delirios Armchair
Delirios is an armchair that combines craft work with digital production methods. The base was designed using parametric waffle programming, a type of 3D modeling that creates a flowing structure joined by fittings. The base is cut by CNC machines from certified multi-laminated wood. The backrest and the seat are made by hand and rest lightly on the wooden structure. The base meets the floor at four points of support. Upholstery is available in leather, wool, thread or cotton. Delirios unites digital technology with Brazilian craft traditions.
About Guto Requena
Guto Requena was born in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo State in 1979. He is an architect with a Master in Architecture & Urban Planning from USP - University of São Paulo. For nine years, he was a researcher at NOMADS.USP – Center for Interactive Living Studies of the University of São Paulo. In 2007 he presented his master’s dissertation, “Hybrid Habitation: Interactivity and Experience in the Cyberculture Era”. In 2008, Guto founded Estudio Guto Requena. Since then, he has won several awards, and lectured and exhibited in more than 20 countries worldwide.
Award Record
With this recognition, Guto Requena is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/136947
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136947
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136947
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/328084
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://en.55-design.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Delirios Armchair
- Function
- Armchair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Gainsboro, Black, Sienna and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- +55design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guto Requena
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136947
Credits
- Image Credits
- #1 Photographer Peu Campos - São Paulo 2020 #2 Photographer Peu Campos - São Paulo 2020 #3 Photographer Peu Campos - São Paulo 2020 #4 Photographer Peu Campos - São Paulo 2020 #5 Photographer Peu Campos - São Paulo 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Delirios is an armchair that uses both craftwork and digital ways of production, and comes from an attempt to unite digital to analog and technology to essencial Brazilian culture. Its basis was digitally designed using parametric waffle programming, a type of 3D modeling that creates a flow structure made with fittings. This structure was digitally made by CNC in certified wood pieces, while the backrest and seat are made from craftwork production.
- Inspiration
- Delirios came from the desire to experiment with digital technologies together with artisanal methods, in order to unite technological advances with the Brazilian cultural legacy. The name Delirios was chosen as a tribute to Flavio de Carvalho, the Brazilian artist who mixed in his creations design, painting, performances, set design and architecture as powerful social criticism.
- Research
- Studies on waffle parametric programming to develop the wooden basis.
- Challenge
- Creating a furniture that, through parametric programming, assembles analog to digital.
- Realization and Technology
- Mixing analog and digital, the basis in multi-laminated wood was designed using parametric programming so that the structure could be fluid and fixed by fittings. The fabrication of the structure was made from CNC. While the upholstered rests by the basis in a light and subtle way, the basis touches the floor through four points of support, also lightly.
- Operation and Interaction
- The basis of the armchair is digitally designed using parametric programming and built through the fittings of the cut laminated wood pieces. The backrest subtly rests on the wooden structure, which touches the floor through four supports, also subtly and lightly. A super comfortable armchair with a unique design.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Delirios Armchair was presented at the launch of the Mais55 Design brand in Sao Paulo in June 2020.
- Specifications
- 950 mm x 1140 mm x 1040 mm Certified multi-laminated wood basis; Upholstery available in leather, wool, thread or cotton.
- Keywords
- Armchair, Parametric design, Waffle programming, CNC, Brazilian design, Brazilian wood, Digital Design, Fittings, Hybrid Design, Technology
