Qu4tro
Qu4tro Stool or Sidetable by Marcos Bravo is a winner of the 2019 Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design.
Qu4tro is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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Qu4tro stool is made of four identical parts produced by lasercutting and folding sheet metal. The design aims to create a three-dimensional and functional object from a flat material with a gesture as simple as cutting and folding paper. Sheet metal was choosen for it's similarity to paper when it comes to slenderness, reciclability and structural behavior. Qu4tro fabrication process is designed to make the most out of the sheet area. Parametric design and digital fabrication allows product customization and decentralized production.
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Qu4tro by Marcos Bravo
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Stool or Sidetable
Accolades
Furniture Design Award Winner in 2019.
Bronze Winner
Qu4tro Stool or Sidetable
Qu4tro is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Qu4tro is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Qu4tro splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Marcos Bravo
Marcos Bravo is an architect from Rio de Janeiro. His work focuses on the relation of craft and time and also the emergence of digital design and fabrication. Inspiration comes from within the workshop where he designs and builds many of his creations. Over ten years of conceiving furniture and ephemeral spaces Marcos has developed a style that combines minimalistic aesthetics with a certain ease of making that reflects the understanding of materials and processes used.
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Vital Oficina
Vital Oficina is a design studio and workshop led by the architect Marcos Bravo and based in São Paulo. The studio focuses on product design and ephemeral architecture with an enfasis on design & build workflow. The studio's creations often take advantage of digital design and fabrication methods combined with carefully handicrafted finishing.
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