Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Ponto Armchair by Roberta Banqueri
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Roberta Banqueri for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Ponto Armchair by Roberta Banqueri, designed for Pontoeu, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored 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.
Regarding Ponto Armchair
Ponto is an armchair made for small spaces and varied interiors. The design uses few elements. A single long curved line forms the structure, the arms and the backrest. The seat and backrest are upholstered, and the anatomic form of the seat supports comfort. The outer structure is made of solid turned wood, and a metal tubular core reinforces the arms. A metal tubular support in an X shape holds the seat. Different types and colors of wood can be combined at the joints of the turned parts. Ponto is part of a family of seats.
About Roberta Banqueri
About Roberta Banqueri, creator by essence, at the beginning only of thoughts, stories, after training and as Interior Designer conceived many environments, then with the Graduation in architecture designed several spatial solutions, and now dedicates himself to the specialization and development in design of products. It sees that there is no limit to be realized with creation, from the immaterial to the real, from the large volume to the small object. After 20 years of work in the area of architecture and interior design, having developed several projects for different clients and uses, Roberta Banqueri surrendered to the desire of years of working with product design.
Award Record
Roberta Banqueri is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/83334
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/83334
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!83334
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/228770
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.pontoeu.com.br
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ponto Armchair
- Function
- Armchair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, Light Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Pontoeu
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Roberta Banqueri
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #83334
Credits
- Team
- Rodrigo Costa da Silva, Alinor Zanotto, Ricardo Zanotto, Valdecir Zanotto and 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.
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in july 2018 and finished february 2019, was exhibited in 35 Paralela Fair in São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Specifications
- 600mm x 600mm x 740mm the chair 700mm x 700mm x 740mm the armchair 500mm x 500mm x 1000mm the stool
- Keywords
- Brazil, Furniture, chair, robertabanqueri, braziliandesing, mobiliariobrasileiro
