the gentle furniture forms of Guilherme Wentz

26 year-old Guilherme Wentz is a furniture designer based in Brazil. Many say that a designer is remembered for his chairs. Perhaps this is the great icon design, and their history, a major challenge for any designer. Eva is the beginning of a collection that celebrates the simplicity as a lifestyle. Eva chair was created with two seating options: a curved shell that stands out about the structure and can be coated fabrics such as felt and leather, and an option on the screen, which reveals the fine structure of the chair.

With an amazing background of awards-filling history, he recently released a series of wooden pieces called Gambito, consisting of a sideboard, cupboard, and bookcase that balance on minimal structures. There is something very poetic in a mass lying on a fragile support to withstand gravity. While that physical condition is a given, the physical appearance of these furnishings is customizable — giving one the ability to make this series a truly unique and personal possession. The cantilevered sideboard is characterized by its asymmetry and its push for imbalance. The concept is not new to architecture, but can be to furnitures to test the limit of functionality. Simple and daring, the Gambito Collection challenges its users to reevaluate the stronghold of structural proportions, as well as the direct translation of that into minimal designs. [1]

Backyard collection is the result of a collaborative design project between designers William Wentz, Leonardo Dalle Laste and Marina Gatelli. The project created for NOVA: Brazilian Joinery is the label's first collection was presented at the event and Home Brazil 2013.

[1] Ref. http://minimalissimo.com/2013/12/gambito-collection/