Maria
Maria Armchair by Alexandre Kasper is a winner of the 2026 Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design.
Maria is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs.
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The Maria Armchair is a product crafted with care and attention, consolidating Brazilian design and carrying a genuinely national name. Its design emphasizes ergonomics and comfort, combined with the precision of CNC machining and refined handcrafted finishing. Its uniqueness lies in the harmony between sculptural forms and balanced proportions, conveying lightness without sacrificing robustness, resulting in an authorial and timeless piece.
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Maria by Alexandre Kasper
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Armchair
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Furniture Design Award Winner in 2026.
Silver Winner
Maria Armchair
Maria is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Maria is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Maria is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparkles amazement and wonderment.
Winner Designer
Alexandre Kasper
Alexandre Kasper, a renowned Brazilian architect and product designer, has been shaping the furniture market with his innovative creations for over a decade. With a career marked by excellence, Kasper has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including the A’ Design Award, the European Design Award, and national honors such as the Museu da Casa Brasileira Award, the Brasil Design Award, and the Museu do Objeto Brasileiro Prize. Kasper’s work has been showcased on international stages such as the Salone del Mobile (Isalone) and ICFF, cementing his global recognition. His exclusive designs for the esteemed Brazilian manufacturer CGS Móveis highlight his commitment to craftsmanship, functionality, and timeless aesthetics. In addition to his contributions to furniture design, Kasper co-founded the architectural firm Kasco Arquitetura alongside Leonardo Corrente. The company specializes in high-end residential and commercial projects throughout Brazil, blending innovation with the highest standards of architectural excellence.
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CGS Móveis
CGS Moveis began its activities in 1990 and since then has achieved more space and notoriety in the national furniture scene. Today, CGS Móveis has a line of more than 180 products, including: chairs, tables, bases for dining tables, counters, sideboards, racks and coffee tables. Recognition for the effort dedicated to constant improvement comes through awards, which highlight the company among the three best remembered in the segment of highly decorated dining rooms the country. collecting several national and international awards, such as MCB (Brazilian house museum) Brasil design Award and the A'Design Award
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