Balustrade Cadira by Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Balustrade Cadira by Zhejiang Sci-Tech University is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

ArgentMobiliari· 2021

Balustrade Cadira

by Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Client: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About Balustrade Cadira

Balustrade és una cadira dissenyada per a un descans breu i temporal. El disseny s'inspira en comportaments inconscients, com ara recolzar-se sobre una taula o contra una balustrada. Balustrade ofereix dues posicions de seient. La primera és seure directament a la part superior, com una cadira. La segona és una postura recolzada, com qui s'inclina sobre una barana. La forma és senzilla, i la intenció és un ús breu més que no pas una comoditat prolongada. Es poden apilar diverses unitats per reduir el volum de transport. La cadira fa 620 per 385 per 720 mil·límetres.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Balustrade Cadira és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Balustrade Cadira sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Balustrade Cadira és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Balustrade Chair, an unconventional product, is different from the traditional chair and stool. It is designed for a temporary situation. Therefore, designers used a simpler way to realize this thought, while not put much attention on comfort level. In addition, the transport volume can be reduced by overlapping
Dimensions & Packaging: 620 x 385 x 720
Tags: Chair, Stool, Seat, Bar Stool, Bar Chair
Production Technology: Balustrade Chair is a new way of sitting that designers propose to distinguish between chair and stool. Designers of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University believe that the random demand, generated by the masses, is extremely valuable. Most of the demand is generated based on the spontaneous state, which is temporary and random. This randomness creates demands that greatly broaden the definition of many original products.
Design Challenge: The social point of view. It challenges the public's understanding of traditional seats. The using time of this chair is less than 30 minutes, and its main purpose is to rest temporarily.
Technology implementation. The balance between concise form and structure. That is to say, the safety, firmness and service life of people in different physical conditions can be realized.
Research: Through observations and interviews, designers of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University find that the public have other needs and solutions for the "sitting" behavior. After deeply observing the behavior of street people, collecting pictures and analyzing, the pictures puts forward the following suggestions:
1. New form of sitting posture. It's different from sitting completely down and resting. Solve the problem of temporary rest (about 8 minutes of chatting), but it is not a state of complete rest.
2. Activities designed with the theme of "Street Observation Perspective". Designers chose the public to sit on the roadside railings to design this product.
Inspiration: This product is inspired by observing people's unconscious behaviors, such as half leaning on the table or leaning against the Balustrade.
Project Duration: Designed in Hangzhou, China, 2019
Operation Flow: There are two different sitting positions: one is sitting directly on the top, just like a chair;
The other is the leaning posture, just like leaning on a balustrade.
Patents: lndustrial Design Patent. Application No. / Patent No.202030487503.2. Zhejiang Sci-Tech University.2020.China Intellectual Property Office.
Team Members: Xuelian Li
Shichao Wang
Haipeng Zhu