Chair wins international award
Portuguese Roots Chair by the designer Alexandre Caldas won the Silver Award of A Design Awards. The designer who created the AROUNDtheTREE project reinterpreted the iconic Portuguese chair in wood, iron and cork. In addition to the award, the item was invited to form part of the permanent exhibition of MUDE – the National Design Museum. Alexandre Caldas thus developed a modern and ecological project with original Portuguese raw materials in a chair with a strong identity.