Pure Chair by Xu Le and Chen Xin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
BronzeFurniture· 2020
Pure Chair
Client: Zhijiang college of zhejiang university of technology
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
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About Pure Chair
Pure is a wooden chair inspired by the Ming style ring chair. The form follows the gentle curve of the traditional chair ring and goose neck, and the lines are concise and clear. The curved seat is shaped for comfort and support. The frame is joined with a traditional tenon and mortise structure, which is stable, solid, easy to process and suitable for mass production. Beech and North American walnut are used. The chair measures 597 by 484 by 760 millimetres and weighs 4.8 kilograms. The design removes extra lines to return to a simple and natural state.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Pure Chair is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Pure Chair is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Pure Chair splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Style was inspired by the Ming-style ring chair. Draws on the gentle curve of its chair ring and goose neck, the lines are concise and clear which play a turning point and put a strong force. The curved design of the seat cushion is more ergonomic and comfortable, and also reflects the exquisite craftsmanship. Connection, using the traditional tenon joint structure, are stable,solid, easy to process and suitable for mass production.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Product Size: 597*484*760 (mm)
Product weight: 4.8 kg
Product volume: 0.22 m3 - Tags
- C,H,A,I,R
- Production Technology
- Production：Tenon-and-mortise structure technology
Product Materials: Beech, North American walnut - Design Challenge
- Through the study of traditional furniture structure, 3D model making and mechanical analysis, some new connection structures are created and applied to the design and manufacture of the chair.The flowing lines on the armrests and backrests are extremely challenging, while maintaining the comfort while maintaining the elegance and consistency of the shape curve.
Use the method of making sludge models to consider the details and precise dimensions. - Research
- Background:
We know that industrialized production has replaced most traditional handicraft production, but through the improvement of production technology, more traditional processes can also be manufactured by machines. We dig out excellent traditional culture and combine contemporary aesthetics and production technology to design a chair.Measurement data: In order to make the chair more comfortable, the size of the traditional chair was measured, and the average size data of contemporary adults was combined to determine the specific size of the chair. - Inspiration
- The idea"the beauty of simplicity surpasses all things in world " originated from the article"Heaven"by Zhuangzi . Only the most natural beauty can never fade, and other forms of beauty can not compare with it. The design concept of Pure Cchair originated from this.Introducing the concept of "returning to nature", the design of the chair removes some extra lines, making it a natural original state.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2017 in Hangzhou and finished in August 2019 in Milano.
- Operation Flow
- Design comes from the in-depth consideration of interaction between people and daily necessities. The chair is a part of our daily life and an indispensable furniture. The chair urges us to communicate with people. The simple appearance of Pure chair and the simplicity of log materials make the people who use it more close to each other in conversation
- Team Members
- Designer:Xu Le
Designer:Zhai Weimin
Designer:Lin Xingmin
Designer:Lu Heng
Designer:Bao Liyuan
Designer:Chen Xin
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