Kamanar
Year: 2018, for Foundawtion.
Foundawtion is a non-profit organization that carries out vernacular projects to address architectural needs in economically disadvantaged areas. CEM Kamanar, led by the Daw Office architecture studio, is the first project of this foundation: a school for more than 500 high school students in Thionck Essyl, a village in the Casamance area, south of Senegal.
This manual is a project in collaboration with Bendita Gloria for the foundation. More than the result of the work done, these pages contain everything that was necessary for the manufacture of the furniture collection designed for the CEM Kamanar school.
A collection that has sought the most optimal relationship between efficiency and comfort, prioritizing making things as easy as possible for each stage of the process: from design, material selection, construction, and/or maintenance.
Chaise S and L prototypes
The school in operation in 2020.
Throughout the design and manufacturing period of all the furniture, workshops and related projects were carried out to raise funds and promote the project.
A good example is L'Art de Construir, a workshop organized by Ester Rovira and in collaboration with Claudia Valsells. During a week and with a group of more than 20 children, more than 30 chairs from the collection were manufactured and painted.
Installation during the Dakar Art Bienal 2022
Chaise S painted by Antonio Ballester Moreno
Chaise S painted by Leticia Feduchi
Chaise S painted by Guim Tió
Chaise S painted by Klas Ernflo
Chaise S painted by Claudia Valsells
Chaise S painted by Xavier Mariscal
Chaise S painted by Marria Pratts
Árboles at Marta Gallery in Los Angeles.
Solid Chaise S de especialidad.
Solid Echelle de especialidad.
Joc Tamborets
Koto
Year: 2024
Joc de Tamborets is both a wood sample collection and a construction game. It consists of 8 scaled-down stools, each a caricature of its original design: including Manolito, Kamanar, Tripo, Taco, ATA and 3MO.
All of them have been rescaled and adjusted to a modular ratio, encouraging the creation of balanced structures, much like a construction game.
It also serves as a showcase of the most commonly used woods in my projects, featuring varieties such as pine, ash, cherry, beech, iroko, koto and oak.
Ash
Pine
Oak
Yellow pine
Kamanar
Cherry
Beech
More Work
And here is a random and condensed selection of various other works completed in recent years:
Firma Black, 2017.
Carabí, 2022.
Lucas, 2018.
Narrow shop, 2020.
Sofa Port, 2018.
Muri, 2015.
Mesas de Choque, 2021.
Rosca (Light attempt), 2016.
Blau, 2022.
Mountain, 2016.
Estantería Atico, 2019.
Mesa Camión, 2025.
El Hombre de Sal, 2019.
Cama Martín, 2020.
Shelving System IV Groc, 2022.
Pis O, 2017.
Mesa Forat, 2018.
Mesas Atico, 2019.
Red & Green, 2022.
Superligera, 2022.
Trineu FCB, 2018.
Mesa Elefante, 2018.
Martín, 2020.
Green Kitchen, 2019.
Frontón, 2017.
Taco, 2022.
Six Pack, 2024.
Grada Groga, 2022.
Pepa, 2021.
Pre 8, 2018.
Shelving System I, 2019.
Window Panels, 2018.
Yellow, 2017.
Coeurs, 2020.
Marta, 2020.
Shelving System II, 2021.
Ari, 2021.
Valsells, 2022.
Mel Gibson, 2015.
Mesa Y, 2026.
Biografia Antoni Arola, 2015.
Colgador Bolas, 2023.
Bonay Hello, 2015.
Shelving System III, 2021.
Aloha Freewall workshop, 2022.
Mesas Baraja, 2022.
Mesa Z, 2026.
Botijo Baldosa, 2024.
Mesón, 2014.
Mesa DAC, 2022.
Red Balls, 2021.
Ikea Vitra Vitra Ikea, 2021.
Brown, 2021.
Armario Alba, 2018.
Mana Mana Lima, 2022.
Inca, 2021.
Mesa Port, 2018.
HTH, 2020.
Atico Kitchen, 2019.
L Table, 2021.
Ari's, 2017.
AOO bag, 2015.
Pieza 1 HP, 2005.
Bar en una botella, 2023.
Mesa X, 2026.
Otrolibro I de Otrascosas de Villar-Rosàs (2009-2012).
Mesarraca, 2019.
Save tables, 2018.
Jabalí, 2016.
Mesa Gala, 2019.
Gordito, 2021.
Boisbuchet workshop, 2023.
Peana Ricard, 2021.
Sabadell, 2019.
Bluejey, 2015.
Bendita Mesa, 2015.
Leon, 2022.
Ping Pong Ping, 2018.
Telmo, 2018.
My Body Office, 2021.
Silla Arco, 2022.
Shelving System IV, 2022.
Mari, 2022.
Ibon Kitchen, 2018.