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Curved Стол by Beijing Forestry University

Curved Стол by Beijing Forestry University is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Сребърна награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на мебели Competition Category.


СреброМебели· 2025

Curved Стол

by Beijing Forestry University

Client: Beijing Forestry University

Сребърна награда A' Design Award Winner in Мебели Category

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The Design

About Curved Стол

Curved е стол, изработен от естествен индонезийски ратан. Дизайнът съчетава традиционното майсторство на плетене на ратан с модерна естетика. Плавните извити линии от ратан напомнят за планините и течащата вода от традиционната китайска живопис с туш. Формата е оформена на ръка чрез подбор на материала, обработка с пара, горещо огъване, моделиране, полиране и боядисване. Височината на подлакътниците, стабилността на краката и извивките на седалката и облегалката следват ергономично проучване и поддържат кръста и гърба. Столът е с размери 630 на 850 на 900 милиметра и е подходящ за интериорни и екстериорни пространства.

The Recognition

About the Сребърна награда A' Design Award

Curved Стол е носител на Сребърната награда A' Design Award — извънредно престижно признание, присъждано на дизайни от най-висока класа, великолепни и впечатляващи. Сребърните победители са изключително блестящи и крайно творчески творби, които илюстрират изключителната компетентност, талант и проницателност на своите дизайнери. Очаква се Curved Стол да бъде прекрасна, показна творба, забележително професионална и дълбоко иновативна. Този дизайн, спечелил Сребърната награда A' Design Award, е високо забележимо, възхищавано изобретение, което е от полза и разширява границите на изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите. Curved Стол е творение, на което мнозина завиждат, което събужда желания, внася положителни чувства и разпалва изумление и възхита.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
This aesthetically pleasing and practical curved chair is made of understated, pliable natural rattan. It subtly marries traditional rattan weaving craftsmanship with modern aesthetics to highlight the liveliness and grace of mountains and water through smooth curved rattan, conveying a peaceful attitude towards life and a profound philosophy of life. Moreover, the chair designed based on ergonomics improves comfort of use while ensuring visual appeal.
Dimensions & Packaging
630mm*850mm*900mm
Tags
rattan weaving craftsmanship, modern design, natural material, high mountains and flowing water, an integration of traditional and modern elements
Production Technology
This chair adopts premium Indonesian rattan that is waterproof, durable, and pliable with a soft luster and unique textures, achieving a refined style and rich visual effects. The superb techniques are used in material selection, steaming, hot bending, shaping, polishing, painting and other multiple manual processes, which equip each finished product with delicate details, a comfortable touch, and good load bearing performance, bringing visual and tactile enjoyment for a better user experience.
Design Challenge
The challenge was how to integrate the natural material, traditional craftsmanship, and modern aesthetics. To address that, the design team, breaking away from stereotyped designs in rattan furniture, has created a new rattan chair form by using minimalistic, dynamic curves to mimic the soft and graceful brushstrokes in Chinese landscape paintings. The product, while pursuing visual appeal, takes into account comfort and stability, striking a balance between aesthetics and functionality.
Research
Rattan is pliable and expressive. Thus, rattan chairs can showcase natural flowing dynamism through the ingenious combination of rattan lines. This product marries traditional rattan weaving craftsmanship with modern design concepts, which utilizes the natural material to reproduce the ethereal mountains and water in Chinese ink paintings. As a result, it achieves a simple yet elegant aesthetic, able to harmonize with various indoor and outdoor environments.
Inspiration
The chair, inspired by high mountains and flowing water in traditional Chinese ink paintings, utilizes understated, pliable natural rattan to outline rolling mountains and flowing water through smooth curves, bringing to mind a lively, graceful, and magnificent scene of mountains and water intertwined. This not only creates a serene atmosphere for users to relax, but also embodies a perfect fusion of cultural inheritance and modern innovation.
Project Duration
The project started in Beijing in January 2024 and completed in June 2024.
Operation Flow
The rattan chair prioritizes user experience and makes optimization based on ergonomics. It features fluid lines and is meticulously polished to offer a delicate, smooth touch. The height of the armrests, the stability of the legs, and the curvatures of the seat and the backrest have all undergone numerous tests. In this way, the chair can perfectly fit the human body and provide excellent support for the waist and back, while also boasting high stability, ensuring a comfortable experience.
Team Members
GongWei

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