{"id":93770,"date":"2017-05-21T06:04:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T10:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=93770"},"modified":"2017-05-19T17:06:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T21:06:14","slug":"design-havana-sustainable-art-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/visual-arts\/design-havana-sustainable-art-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Havana, sustainable art in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago the First International Design Biennial of Havana officially announced the Design Havana Contest to promote on the island the design of ecologically sustainable furniture and lights. The closing date for entries ended on February 28, 2017 with a total of 37 projects of which five finalists and a winner were chosen, recently announced during the 14th Design Week in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Design Havana Contest is the first step of the EcoArt Project in Cuba. Our goal was to inculcate the ideas of ecological sustainability in all Cuban designers. It also has the aim of interconnecting the design made here with other much more international tendencies and to teach the ecologically sustainable, technological and culturally knowhow,\u201d said Pino Fortunato, president of the jury and executive director of the EcoArt Project, a New York-based institution that works for the combination of sustainable art, design and development.<\/p>\n<p>The lights and pieces of furniture chosen by the jury \u2013 made up by experts in design, architecture and style and communication from Italy, Cuba and the United States \u2013 were built taking into account the material and supplies chosen, their recycling and the dismantling of the pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The five finalist projects, according to what Fortunato said to <strong>OnCuba<\/strong>, were among the proposals that were most in keeping with the quality parameters in design, contemporary use of lines and finish and combination between furniture and lights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93785\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93785\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pino Fortunato, president of the jury of the Design Havana Contest and executive director of the EcoArt Project. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pino Fortunato, president of the jury of the Design Havana Contest and executive director of the EcoArt Project. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut we not only took into account the product\u2019s finish but also the concept that is behind the design, everything that comprises the composition, the dialogue and the foundation that backs it. And in addition to the object we analyzed the person, we investigated a bit the contestants\u2019 record to see what they have done until now and to imagine what they could do later,\u201d Pino added.<\/p>\n<p>The contest\u2019s five finalist pieces remain on exhibit since last May 10 in the Lab26 gallery, in El Vedado:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFranca y mogote,\u201d by Adri\u00e1n Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez: Table and chair built of Cuban marble with beech wood. It is a combination of both materials. Beech was chosen because it is an inexpensive and easy to assemble type of wood. The bottles that make up the lamps are inspired on the mogotes (round-top hills) characteristic of the landscape in the country\u2019s western region.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-93770 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-5-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-5-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\u201cFranca y mogote,\u201d by Adri\u00e1n Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-93788\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-93788'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cFranca y mogote,\u201d by Adri\u00e1n Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-6-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\u201cFranca y mogote,\u201d by Adri\u00e1n Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-93789\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-93789'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cFranca y mogote,\u201d by Adri\u00e1n Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cTumbona de Hormig\u00f3n Ligero,\u201d by Jorge Gustavo Gonz\u00e1lez Boffil: Chair for exterior made from teak wood, which is used in outdoor furniture due to its natural durability in extreme weather conditions. In addition it has a teak varnish that makes it resistant and also light concrete sheets. If the piece breaks it is very easy to reconstruct because it is made using the cast iron method.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93791\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-8-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93791\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cTumbona de Hormig\u00f3n Ligero,\u201d by Jorge Gustavo Gonz\u00e1lez Boffil. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cTumbona de Hormig\u00f3n Ligero,\u201d by Jorge Gustavo Gonz\u00e1lez Boffil. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCohn,\u201d by Lisandra Buiria Sanabria: Lamp built with mahogany wood pieces. The letters of the piece\u2019s title represent Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen, the principal components of the wood. The author was inspired on the chemical structure of the material, even the layout of the elements of the lamp respond to those compositions and their distribution in the periodic table. It\u2019s fundamentally an artisanal construction, with left-over wooden pieces that were arranged and clued, thus its ecological value.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93787\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93787\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cCohn,\u201d by Lisandra Buiria Sanabria. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cCohn,\u201d by Lisandra Buiria Sanabria. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSit down,\u201d by Osmay Manuel Cabrera Carrazana: Armchair with bookcase in the back, which functions as the chair\u2019s added value. The fundamental essence of the furniture is that the user feels comfortable and comes into contact with the environment, although it is designed for interiors as well as exteriors. The general structure is made of steel which guarantees safety; therefore the wood only meets an aesthetic function. Built with 23 steel pieces and 43 of wood, of which 29 can be taken from leftovers.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-93770 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-3-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\u201cSit down,\u201d by Osmay Manuel Cabrera Carrazana. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-93786\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-93786'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cSit down,\u201d by Osmay Manuel Cabrera Carrazana. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-12-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-12-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\u201cSit down,\u201d by Osmay Manuel Cabrera Carrazana. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-93793\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-93793'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cSit down,\u201d by Osmay Manuel Cabrera Carrazana. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cCosmos,\u201d by Amalia Mart\u00ednez Caballero. Multifurniture with interchangeable lamp and stools, totally built with plywood panels. The author\u2019s idea was to build a multifunctional piece and that it could be placed anywhere, but above all thinking of small spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The latter piece was the winner of the first Design Havana Contest. The contest\u2019s prize consists of a residence in Italy, in which Havana designer Amalia Mart\u00ednez Caballero will receive a personalized design course in Rome and Salandra.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the selection of \u201cCosmos\u201d as the winning work, Amalia spoke of her project\u2019s intentions: \u201cMy idea was basically to make the utmost use of the plywood panel. The shape is inspired on the planets, the possibility they have of circling their own axis and some of them of shining. In addition to the stools they reminded me of the Sputniks, the first satellites launched into space by the Soviet Union. Its name comes from that, because the shelves encompass a bit of all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition the plywood panel is completely used; in fact all the pieces that comprise the shelf come from there, even the circular removals made on the furniture are the ones that are later used for the stool\u2019s support. The boxes are all separated so users can place them in diverse ways and accommodate them according to their needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On what style is the design inspired?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I actually was seeking that it be a piece of furniture that did not establish itself visually as part of any specific style, in order for it to last longer, because we are speaking of an ecological piece of furniture and which we want it to last and to have the less possible impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Thus if I make it based on a certain style people copy the idea, purchase it and throw it away. My piece can last in time and is ideal for any space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93790\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-7-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93790\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/design-havana_semana-de-dise\u00f1o_-ismario-rodriguez-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Amalia Mart\u00ednez with Pino Fortunato and the rest of the Design Havana Contest\u2019s finalists. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amalia Mart\u00ednez with Pino Fortunato and the rest of the Design Havana Contest\u2019s finalists. Photo: Ismario Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Design Havana, which started off being a workshop of cultural exchange, with its first tangible results has already become the pioneer project of the eco design in Cuba, Fortunato explained. \u201cOur philosophy is to go a step further, not only stay in ideas and concepts but rather to make a reality the pieces of furniture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For five days, from May 8 to 12, the 14th Design Week in Cuba took up different spaces in the city, favoring the exchange and promotion of design on the island, highlighting the importance of the Work of Design in the state, cooperative and private sector, how brands are managed and the relation between design and other specialties like communication, the economy and architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The event concluded last Friday in the Hispanic-American Culture Center with the awarding of the Honorary Prize in Design Work to Mirta Mu\u00f1iz Egea and the 2017 National Prize for Design to Carlos Alberto Masvidal Saavedra.<\/p>\n<p>The latter jury awarded the prize to Masvidal for his more than three decades of professional trajectory as the designer of magazines, books, newspapers, visual identities and publicity campaigns in sites like the magazines <strong>Bohemia<\/strong>, <strong>Alma Mater<\/strong>, <strong>Nuestra Am\u00e9rica<\/strong>, <strong>Revoluci\u00f3n y Cultura<\/strong>, Bolo\u00f1a publishers, Gran Caribe and Habanos S.A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago the First International Design Biennial of Havana officially announced the Design Havana Contest to promote on the island the design of ecologically sustainable furniture and lights. 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