Modern Chinese Funció principal: Butaca by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.
ArgentMobiliari· 2022
Modern Chinese Funció principal: Butaca
Client: Niehworks
A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Mobiliari Category
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About Modern Chinese Funció principal: Butaca
Text: Modern Chinese és una butaca destinada a seure i també apta per exhibir-se com a peça artística. La forma s'inspira en la butaca tradicional xinesa i en la cadira núm. B33 de Marcel Breuer. El processament CNC dona forma al contraplacat i al noguer massís, creant un contorn fluid i sense costures que substitueix les parts angulars i les unions de fusteria de la construcció tradicional. Es van calcular l'estructura i la resistència de la fusta per suportar el pes corporal. Primer es va estudiar una estructura de tub metàl·lic, però es va triar la fusta per la seva aparença més càlida.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Argent
Modern Chinese Funció principal: Butaca 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 Modern Chinese Funció principal: Butaca 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. Modern Chinese Funció principal: Butaca és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The overall concept is to borrow the shape of traditoinal Chinese armchair and fused with current technology and material such as CNC processing and plywood to create a modern and organic looking Chinese style furniture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 765mm x Depth 650mm x Height 800mm
Seat Height 420mm - Tags
- chair, furniture, minimalism, simplicity, creative, oriental, Chinese, design, artistic, beautiful
- Production Technology
- CNC Processing,
Plywood, solid wood(walnut) - Design Challenge
- The most challenging part of this chair concept is to design proper structure and calculate wood strength enable to support people's weight. The original idea was to use metal tube and bending technique to create the chair structure, but the finish appearance looks too cold and contemporary, therefore, the material was switched from metal back to wood.
- Research
- For this project the idea/design was just pop into my head when I was reading a book called "Encyclopedia of China Traditional Furniture Making and Appreciation" Therefore, it is difficult to position this chair as a design piece or an art work.
- Inspiration
- Modern Chinese Armchair was inspired by traditional Chinese armchair and Marcel Breuer's No. B33 chair design. The original motive was not to simplified a traditional Chinese armchair into a modern looking one, but to borrowed the design from the past and infused with present technology and material to expand a new style of Chinese furniture.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan and minor changes are undergoing
- Operation Flow
- Modern Chinese Armchair is mainly for sitting purpose but can also be viewed as piece of art work.
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