The Campos chair is a reinterpretation of a popular design, maintaining the materials and its traditional manufacturing system, modifying only a series of measurements and proportions to make it somewhat more comfortable and fresh.
Joc Tamborets
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.
First Silla 8 prototype everThe first rough pre-series of 6 units of Silla 8 was the Tregebov, as it was commissioned by Pablo Tregebov upon seeing the first prototype
Silla 8 is the result of an exercise in which flat plywood sheets are curved under pressure and in a simple way (without machinery), using different structures as support. Instantly and without molds, this process generates what end up being seats and backrests.
The resulting pieces consist of two frames joined together and stripped of any decorative element. Together with the backrest and seat, they create a comfortable, light, and uniquely designed chair.
The final version is made of solid koto wood and poplar plywood, making it ultralight.
Silla 8 NaturalSilla 8 TregebovSilla 8 Natural BrazosSilla 8 prototypes
To enhance its visual uniqueness, I collaborated with the artist Claudia Valsells, with whom we developed a series of color combinations that reflect her exploration of beauty. The chair conveys the tactile nature of the artwork through the palette; because what can be touched is tangible and brings us closer to its reality.
Each chair is painted in more than one color to emphasize the meaning of each when contrasted with the others.
First color combination test on a Silla 8 with Claudia Valsells
7 Sillas 8 is the result of a collaboration that is not normally seen in the world of art and design; it is a dialogue between disciplines that converges on a common and unlikely final point for each of the participants and, ultimately, an excuse between two professionals that ends with a good friendship.
A Frankenstein between the Salvador chair and the Silla 8Black Silla 8 at Marta Gallery in Los Angeles.
