Chic Chair by Vasil Velchev is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
IronFurniture· 2019
Chic Chair
Client: MAGMA graphics
A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #79212The Design
About Chic Chair
This chair is meant to be the most fetching part of the interior, the focus of attention. And it's really have the characteristics to do that. Taking a quick glimpse it leaves an impression of a sculpture, a piece of art, like enlivened 3D painting of Wassily Kandinsky. And imagine that you can have it in your room like a piece of the environment. Far from the norms how a typical chair should look like it has a very specific and recognizable shape. The most unique feature of this chair is its unusual design. It represents geometric abstraction where art is in favor of the functionality.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Chic Chair is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Chic Chair is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Chic Chair is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to geometric abstraction in Chic Chair, inspired by Wassily Kandinsky's compositions, is striking - could you elaborate on how you translated these artistic principles into functional furniture design?
I didnt start this project using Wassily Kandinsky's work as a starting point. After completion of the chair it reminded me of his incredible art.
The sculptural quality of Chic Chair challenges traditional seating norms - what inspired you to push beyond conventional furniture design boundaries and create this artistic-functional hybrid?
My attempts in design are always to create something never seen before. I can use everything as inspiration, using our surroundings adding a piece of my imagination.
As the creator of Chic Chair, which received recognition at the A' Design Award competition, how did your background in electrical engineering and graphic design influence your unique approach to furniture design?
No matter if you have background in electrical engineering or graphic design, all acquired skills during the years, have extremely important role. It helps you think a little bit more practical, becase if an idea cannot be manufactured now, it is simple not for this time.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The most unique feature of this chair is its unusual design. Far from the norms and trends how a typical chair should look like it has a very specific and recognizable shape.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions - Width 485 mm x Depth 785 mm x Height 950 mm
- Tags
- Chic, Chair, Magma, Graphics, Furniture, Design, Bulgaria
- Production Technology
- Body, seat and backrest can be either wooden or plastic. Legs - chromed pipes.
- Design Challenge
- Shape of the legs has been changed several times. Using analysis to identify the need of vertical supports.
- Research
- Following the aim of creating unique and recognizable chair i started to experiment with extremely unusual forms. Several shapes of body and legs have been produced and then evaluated and selected.
- Inspiration
- The unusual shape of this chair was inspired by the compositions of the famous painter Wassily Kandinsky. It represents geometric abstraction where the art is in favor of the functionality.
- Project Duration
- Engineering - 3 months, Prototype - in progress, Location - Bulgaria.
- Operation Flow
- Easy for manufacturing, easy for assembling.
- Team Members
- Vasil Velchev
- Image Credits
- Vasil Velchev
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