Ordinary objects for extraordinary people Catalogue 2015
Ordinary objects for extraordinary people
About us Vicara is a Portuguese brand that develops products by exploring the frontiers of design. Created in 2011, Vicara has already been recognised worldwide for unconventional and distinctive design approaches on unexpected materials. Our commitment, in collaboration with Portuguese partners and designers, is to constantly search for innovative production processes, autochthon components and concepts that go beyond the established way of thinking. We believe that unique products share unique relations with people. Challenging and idiosyncratic harmonies that become meaningful in the eye of the beholder. We design objects, you make them whole.
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Cartonado Table Lamp Design by Fรกbio Afonso
Table lamp made of cardboard profiles. It is easily mountable, simple, lightweight, recyclable, long-lasting, safe. Beautiful. 6
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Cartonado Suspension Lamp Design by Fรกbio Afonso
Suspended lamp in cardboard profiles that can be personalised. The original cardboard brown color is a warm color that can be ideal for interior ambiences.
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RG19 Suspension Lamp Design by Rui Grazina
RG19 is a lightning object constituted by two parts, a steel rod and a light bulb. The components normal logic was inverted. The light bulb is just a representation, an illumination sign. The secondary component, the rod, gives it its utility; where we find the object’s main function. 10
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Nata Table Lamp Design by Gonรงalo Campos
A ceramic lamp, with gentle curves and a classical look, borrowed from the shapes of table top ceramic wear. It is actually made from a rehabilitaded mould, only rearanged... The result is this gentle and familiar shape, that only with slight changes now serves a whole new purpose. 12
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Corkmatterslugh Suspension Lamp Design by Tiago Sรก da Costa
Corkmatters is a series of objects that combine mathematics and the uniqueness of the material to unfold agglomerate cork sheets in three-dimensional shapes. These lamps cast shadows and light in a diffuse and warm way.
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Acessories
Chpada Umbrella Design by Paulo Sellmayer
We are not always in war nor it is always raining. The sword protects us in case of war, whereas the umbrella is our weapon against the rain.
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Cristo Purificador Car air freshener Design by Paulo Sellmayer
The crucifix and the air fresheners are the most common rear-view mirror trinkets used in Portuguese cars. Since they both occupy the same place, Cristo Purificador seeks to solve this dispute, by merging both of them in one object. 20
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Corkybowl Bread Basket Design by Tiago Sรก da Costa
A natural and eco-friendly basket made of cork. It has a traditional look and feel suitable for bread or fruit.
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Medallion Candle Holder Design by Gonçalo Campos & Maria Bruno NÊo
Inspired by the age old tradition of crochet and decorative knitting, Medallion is a candleholder with a unique knitted handle. All the details and lightness of the knots are preserved in porcelain so that everyone is able to see the hard work and beauty of this art form. 26
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Jarrra Jar Design by Paulo Sellmayer
This object departs from the most traditional ceramic typologies and the constant will to change an object’s shape. Having three different profiles, this jar will always escape obsolescence with a simple rotation.
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“ Terra is based on the primitive natural elements used
by mankind in the construction of handmade artifacts. The unique works in Terra result from the exploration of self-production methods and processes that cherish our ancestral interaction with everyday objects and the feelings derived from that tactile experience.� Paulo Sellmayer, creative director
Caruma Vases Design by Eneida Tavares
A series of vases elaborated through ceramic and basket weaving aiming to prove that there can be an interdependent connection between separate materials with distant origins.
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Cimento Vases Design by Jorge Carreira
A collection of containers in thin cement, resulting from a self-production process that enables the adaptability of a material we tend to see as being stiff and inflexible. 34
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Cerne Bottle Design by Samuel Reis
Cerne represents the core of a tree trunk that does not take part on the conduction of water. The use of the trunk’s core as a mold for glass comes from the idea of rehabilitating emptiness. The shapes of these blown glass containers are formed by the will of nature.
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Pinha Decorative Vase Design by Paulo Sellmayer
These vases pay homage to pine trees, using their “fruit�, the cones, as a decorative element on a lathed eucalyptus trunk. 38
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Mocho Stool / Bench Design by Jo茫o Tim贸teo & Helena Fernandes
Reinterpreting the traditional Portuguese Stool, Mocho questions the use of pine wood as a component by being applied in its natural raw state. Two independent holders allow the elevation of the pine tree trunk.
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Pico Suspension Lamp Design by João & Maria
Pico Lamp is an aesthetic play on the materials properties, in which the visual weight of the basalt brings to the lamp an elegant roughness that offsets the smooth simplicity of the brass pipe. This lamp is a result of an artistic residency at Pico do Refúgio - Casas de Campo, in São Miguel, in Azores
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People Designers
Eneida Tavares
Fábio Afonso
Gonçalo Campos
Helena Fernandes
João Timóteo
João & Maria
She studied at ESAD.cr, from which she holds a MA in Product Design.Her work is aimed at the research of her biological roots through materials and artisanal techniques, which lead her to ceramics and basketry, whithin other references.
He graduated from Industrial Design at ESAD.cr Caldas da Rainha in 2010. Co.founder of VICARA in 2011, he has worked for Projecto 84, developing interiors and 3D modelling spaces. Currently work as an interior designer at Concentra, in Luanda/Angola. His works is charaterized by the use of honest materials, simple and functional shapes.
He prides on finding simple solutions, through the sound use of materials and production methods, in a process that starts from within the object towards the outside. This results in recognizingly “smart” objects, often with a certain humor; reflex of a relaxed way of thinking and curious attitude.
Studying in the Product Design MA at ESAD.cr, in her projects she reflects upon a critical and pragmatic thinking, in which she questions the relations between the material world and its present value.
Studying in the Product Design MA at ESAD.cr, he has been working with various languages, having interest in performance, video and sound. He likes to design new realities with different approaches, belonging not only to the design world.
Two different persons, two different generations, two different designers, two different points of view. One Studio.Their work is based on contrasts, antonyms, disagreements, dissimilarities and that is the balance they have found for their projects, objects and spaces.
She has designed and produces Caruma for Vicara.
He designed the Cartonado lamps.
He designed Nata lamp and, in collaboration with Maria Bruno Néo, Medallion candleholder.
She co-designed Mocho for Vicara.
He co-designed Mocho for Vicara.
They designed Pico Lamp.
VICARA is made of by a lot of people, some design, some produce and some are on the team. We are not just what we sell, but who we are.
Jorge Carreira
Maria Bruno Néo
Paulo Sellmayer
Samuel Reis
Tiago Sá da Costa
He studied at ESAD.cr from which he holds a MA in Product Design. His works focuses on the making. Making objects which go from material experimentation to the creation of machines for their production. Deep down, processes which make him little by little autonomous and independent.
She soon developed a critical thinking and curiosity about the world and how things were done. This interest brought her to add a little bit of everything in every project that she does, trying to mix rationality with feelings and tradition, so the projects become part of people’s life.
He is a portuguese/german designer based in Leiria, Portugal, graduated in Industrial Design at ESAD.cr. He is the creative director at VICARA. His main interests as a professional designer are the relationships between Man->Nature | Man>Machine/Objects, the cultural implications of the objects, its materiality and symbology.
He studied at ESAD.cr, from which he holds a MA in Product Design. Observer and recollector of the natural environment, his work aims at the research and exploration of natural forms and materiails, which can be afterwards used ou integrated in the conception of objets. He reccurs to Nature as a creative agent.
He was the first designer that VICARA contacted to edit two of his cork pieces. Graduated in Lisbon he lives in The Netherlands for some years now, working as a freelancer and developing his own work.
He designed Cristo purificador, Chpada, Jarrra and Pinha.
He designed Cerne for Vicara.
He designed and produces Cimento for Vicara.
She designed Medallion, candleholder, in collaboration with Gonçalo Campos.
He designed Corky Bowl and Corkmatters Lugh.
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Technical information
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Cartonado // Suspension Lamp Pages: 8;9 Materials: Corrugated Cardboard Dimensions: 70x 70cm Additional information: Includes energysaving bulb 15 W. Socket
Nata // Table Lamp
Pages: 12;13 Materials: Stone ware, glazing Dimensions: 15x 10cm
Cartonado // Table Lamp Page: 6;7 Materials: Corrugated Cardboard Dimensions: 35hx 30cm
RG19 // Suspension Lamp
Pages: 10;11 Materials: Black clay, steel rod and LED stripe. Dimensions: Light Bulb: 30x 18 cm Steel Rod and LED stripe: adjustable
Corkmatters // Suspension Lamp Pages: 14;15 Materials: Cork aglomerate Dimensions: 58x 27cm
Acessories
Cristo // Car air freshener
Page: 20;21 Materials: Recycled cotton board, embedded with pine tree essence. Dimensions: 13x8cm
Chpada // Umbrella
Page: 18;19 Materials: Hand sculped Hazel and Ash wooden handle Dimensions: 7x100cm
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Decor
Medallion // Candle holder
Pages: 26;27 Materials: Porcelain and cotton thread Dimensions: 6x 3,5cm
Corkybowl //Bread Basket Pages: 24;25 Materials: Cork aglomerate Dimensions: 9x 18cm
Jarrra // Jar
Pages: 28;29 Materials: Stone ware, glazing Dimensions: 30x 12cm Color: White,yellow and blue
Terra
Caruma // Vases
Pages: 36;37 Materials: Stone ware and Pine tree needle basketry Dimensions: 60x 35cm (variable according to the series)
Cerne // Bottle
Pages: 40;41 Materials: Blown glass / Carob tree mould Dimensions: 19x 11cm
Cimento // Vases
Pages: 38;39 Materials: Cement mix Dimensions: 35x 10cm (variable according to the series)
Pinha // Decorative Vase
Pages: 42;43 Materials: eucalyptus wood, pine cones Dimensions: 35x 12cm
Mocho // Stool / Bench
Pages: 44;45 Materials: Treated Pine Wood / Pine Trunk (optional) Dimensions: 35x25cm (trunk lenght variable)
Pico Lamp // Suspension lamp Pages: 26;27 Materials: basalt, brass tubes Dimensions: 25x 11cm
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Terms and conditions By making any order to our company you are agreeing to comply and be bound by the following terms and conditions. Ordering Policy
Shipping and Delivery
We sell to public and trade. If you are not in trade please contact us directly and we will help to provide a solution. Interested in selling our products? Please contact us by email. If you are interested in using our products in an interior design project, we will provide everything you need. We are also open to custom solutions, matching your needs.
If the product is in stock we will ship asap, otherwise we’ll ship within 1 to 2 weeks after receiving the payment. VICARA will always make an effort to respect all datelines accorded with all clients, but due to the fact that all our products are handmade, unpredictable circumstances can alter the period of manufacture. International shipping delivery times takes 5 business days to Europe and 7 business days or more to the rest of the world.
We make every effort to ensure our inventory is accurate and up to date, but in the event of us not having your chosen product we will call or email you and offer either a refund or a later delivery if possible. Please note that pictures may not be to scale; always check dimensions. Colours and textures are reproduced as accurately as possible, however, as with all photography; there may be some slight variation. Some of our products, due to their production nature, hand made and in small series, may have some slight discrepancies in material texture or shape. We think this makes the pieces uniques. Please check previously with us the available version. This is specially true to Terra Collection. Payment Except for special conditions, which should be previously negotiated, the company’s payment policy is 50% of the final price after confirming the order and the last 50% when the products are ready to delivery. In special orders, made to measure, or with different colors, materials, or dimensions, the payment will be 100% when ordering. We accept all payments via PayPal or bank transfer. We offer a good discount for resellers or large quantity orders. Contact us for a quote.
Upgrades are possible. If you want insurance, shipment tracking or express delivery contact us before placing the order and we will try to figure out what’s possible and how much it costs. VICARA will be responsible for transportation in Portugal. We ship worldwide, send us your complete address and we send you a quote. Returns VICARA doesn’t accept returns. We only produce upon ordering. Wen you place an order, a special furniture will made for you.
Credits Catalogue_ Joรฃo Carvalho Photography_ Ivano Salonia ; Ana Rita Sousa Text_ Kevin Silva All images and content featured on this catalogue are property of VICARA and are subject to copyright laws. Duplication, processing, distribution, or any form of commercialization of such material requires prior written consent. All the products designs are duly registered and protected by EU laws of industrial property.
Contacts: Email info@vicara.org Address R. Sรก de Miranda,20-1ยบA 2410-273 Leiria PORTUGAL Phone number +351 911906934
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