Álvaro Wolmer
BRAZIL
Meet Álvaro Wolmer - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in Brazil. Álvaro Wolmer's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Álvaro Wolmer's impressive haul of 4 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Furniture, Limited Edition and Lighting, Álvaro Wolmer's work stands as a living testament to a steadfast commitment to design excellence, serving as a beacon of inspiration for designers globally. With each project, Álvaro Wolmer masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Álvaro Wolmer's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
View Profile Consult Now Hire NowThe inspiration was a chair study made by Cesare Leonardi, an Italian architect and designer. Leonardi's chair was nothing more than a wooden model and was not developed nor produced. The DCL chair is entirely made of Hdf, all pieces cut in a Cnc router, and painted with a bright solid color, any color, and looks like, when spotted, almost not a chair but a sort of a cubic block of solid massive color. DCL means Dopo Cesare Leonardi: After Cesare Leonardi.
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The walking sticks are made to perfection of best quality red or white oak. Handles can have a C shape or a T shape. Walking sticks for men have a diameter of 25 mm; walking sticks for women are a little slimmer: 22 mm of diameter. The oak is FSC certified. All the handles of the walking sticks are reinforced with jacaranda paulista (Machaerium villosum), a Brazilian native wood. The walking sticks are finished, basically, with tung oil. The replaceable tips are made of aluminum and laminated rubber.
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In c.1955 a Brazilian artist designed and made a lamp to illuminate a garden landscape designed by him. There is only a single register of the lamp: a small piece of journal with its photograph. That was the starting point to recreate the lamp and the light effect produced by it: from a single source of light, due to internal reflections and the different distances from the source to the white rings, a 4W LED lamp can create a range of shades, varying from dark gray to pure white.
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This piece of furniture is more than a chair, it's also a collection of samples of 34 wooden species, from Brazil and all over the world; it's a chair one can learn about the diversity of this natural resource. The chair itself answers a question that the designer has been frequently asked in the last 35 years: Which wood is this? It's a comfortable chair that same people just sit down and some people read the names and start a conversation about wood.
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