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.
Taburete 8
Year: 2021 Produced by HAY since 2024.
Prototype height 60cm in china red.
Taburete 8 is the final piece and the peak of the Familia 8 collection, which began with the chair: Silla 8.
It features a simple metal structure made from standard sections, with just a piece of plywood serving as the seat. This plywood piece curves once it is placed in position under pressure. What I like most about this stool is that it would be difficult to change or remove anything from it, since it's been optimized to the fullest.
Prototype made of wooden structure
Family 8
Red and oak 65cm height.
White and oak 75cm height.
Black and black oak 75cm height.
Red and oak 75cm height.
Green and oak 65cm height.
Black and black oak 65cm height.
Green and oak 75cm height.
Olmo O
Year: 2022 Available on demand, always in pairs.
Olmo is a set of stackable MDF boxes with double layers and inverted colors.
O are containers made from simple wooden structures and leather around their entire perimeter. In a way, they were a previous step before reaching Olmo.