Guilherme Torres
BRAZIL
Meet Guilherme Torres - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in Brazil. Guilherme Torres's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Guilherme Torres's impressive haul of 2 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Furniture and Fine Art, Guilherme Torres'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, Guilherme Torres masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Guilherme Torres's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
View Profile Consult Now Hire NowThe metal-covered surface of the body also quotes futuristic designs of the era, but it is a clearly contemporary design. The glass or marble covered tabletop floats above a base with rounded edges. The three sizes are coordinated in a way that allows the tables to be arranged individually or as a group and with overlapping tabletops, like a dynamic sculpture, resulting in a generous and multi-level storage surface.
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Designed by the Brazilian architect Guilherme Torres for Swarovski Crystal Palace, the instalation is a big Voronoi diagram, which describes the division of spaces into cells with corresponding focal points, combined with the mangrove-root imagery, leding Torres and his team to design angled structures of acrylic tubes that are filled with amber-colored crystals and illuminated from within by LEDs. These root structures, which Torres wanted to look as if they were made of crystals, are set into shallow pools of water, against a backdrop of projections of an Amazonian sunset.
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