Gis Chair by Sepehr Mehrdadfar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
SilverFurniture· 2022
Gis Chair
Client: Hamoun
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
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About Gis Chair
Gis is a three legged wooden chair with bronze feet and is carved out from two walnut logs with exquisite craftsmanship to seem as a sculpture. The wood knots and scars are remained exposed to give the objects a special characteristic. Despite its uncanny appearance, Gis is ergonomic due to the careful design of curves and angles. The design is an exploration of solid wood possibilities and also is a walk on the edge of Art and Design, Beauty and Function.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Gis Chair 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. Gis Chair 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. Gis Chair is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
Where to Get It
Bespoke Furniture Design with Persian Contemporary Aesthetics
We create sculptural furniture that balances artistry with function. Our Tehran-based studio specializes in handcrafted wooden pieces that evoke emotion while serving purpose. Drawing from Persian heritage, we design bespoke furniture that transforms interiors into meaningful spaces.
Discuss Your ProjectInterviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative fusion of Persian aesthetics with contemporary furniture design in the Gis Chair is striking - could you elaborate on how you achieved this delicate balance between cultural heritage and modern functionality?
This is a thoughtful question. In designing Gis, my goal was to create a form that is both timeless and innovative, familiar yet fresh. Instead of relying on well-known Iranian motifs, I drew from a deep, intuitive connection with my cultural heritage. This intuitive process, influenced by my visual and Iranian subconscious, allowed me to blend traditional beauty with modern functionality seamlessly.
The Gis Chair's distinctive three-legged design with bronze feet creates an intriguing visual tension - what inspired you to explore this unconventional structural approach, and how did you ensure ergonomic comfort while maintaining its sculptural qualities?
Addressing the ergonomic challenges in Gis was straightforward. The comfort and usability were ensured through the design of the chair's upper surface, the part that directly contacts the body. The sculptural essence of the chair, however, lies in its lower surface and legs, which demanded specific design emphasis. To highlight these areas, I incorporated distinctive curves and, in the final stage, added bronze to the ends of the legs to enhance their brilliance and visual impact.
The exposed wood knots and scars in the Gis Chair create a compelling narrative about imperfection and beauty - could you share your philosophy behind preserving these natural elements rather than concealing them?
In my view, the knots and scars in Gis do not signify imperfections; instead, they tell a story of authenticity. These natural elements reveal the true character of the material, contributing to the unique beauty of Gis. Embracing these features allows the wood's inherent narrative to shine, adding depth and personality to the design.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Gis is a three-legged wooden chair with bronze feet and is carved out from two walnut logs with exquisite craftsmanship to seem as a sculpture. The wood knots and scars are remained exposed to give the objects a special characteristic. Despite its uncanny appearance, Gis is ergonomic due to the careful design of curves and angles. The design is an exploration of solid wood possibilities and also is a walk on the edge of "Art" and "Design", "Beauty" and "Function".
- Dimensions & Packaging
- width 600mm
depth 1000 mm
height 800 mm - Tags
- Design, Chair, Furniture, Art, Persian, Contemporary
- Production Technology
- Materials: Walnut Solid Wood, Bronze.
Completely Handcrafted. - Design Challenge
- The holy grail of this design was to reach a sculptural Persian aesthetic as the sprit for the body of “furniture design”.
- Research
- This chair is a part of the Konj-e-Hess collection.
This collection is an exploration through which we try to answer a question: “Unrelated to the surrounding space, can we create objects that intrinsically radiate a place of their own, and create a “Konj-e-Hess”.
Konj-e-Hess was after a new measuring unit for aesthetics in design. Quite similar to how Iran and its culture sit in the middle on the world map, Konj-e-Hess tells a centrist narrative too. Somewhere on a sharp blade, it cuts off “tenacious design assumptions”; preconceived notions of the sort that “Media” inundates our minds with. - Inspiration
- Gis has odd yet familiar visual qualities. That is why it steals the spotlight and sets its own place. The main leg's dainty form is inspired by a girl's ponytail; the premise from which the chair takes its name from. In Farsi, "Gis" means the tumble of a woman’s hair.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2019 and finished in September 2019 in Tehran, Iran and was exhibited as a part of "Konj-e-Hess" exhibition.
- Operation Flow
- Gis has sculptural qualities in its presence in the interior space. This chair is designed with an artistic approach in design to be a "good chair" and also an elegence piece of "art".
- Image Credits
- Main Image: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #1: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #2: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #3: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #4: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
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