Sseuim Cadira by Kihyun Ahn is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

BronzeMobiliari· 2022

Sseuim Cadira

by Kihyun Ahn

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About Sseuim Cadira

Sseuim és una cadira dissenyada per utilitzar-se en saunes i spas coreans. El nom Sseuim significa "utilitzar lliurement" en coreà. La forma admet postures d'estirar-se, seure, recolzar-se i descansar, de manera que cada usuari pot triar una posició segons el propòsit i la comoditat. La forma fa referència a les serralades i pedres coreanes, i ofereix una zona privada dins l'espai obert d'una sauna coreana. Sseuim està feta de fusta amb mètodes tradicionals de fusteria coreana, i les peces es tallen a màquina i després s'uneixen. La cadira mesura 2300 per 850 per 650 mil·límetres.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Sseuim Cadira és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Sseuim Cadira sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Sseuim Cadira satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This furniture can be useful in saunas and spas. It enables the lying, sitting, and leaning posture, which is the free posture that takes place in a spa in Korea. In the heat of the sauna and spa, it gives a sense of balance in the shape of natural mountains and stones.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2300mmX850mmX650mm
Tags: #furniture #chair #korea #jjimjilbang #posture #wood #stone #design
Production Technology: We used Korean woodworking techniques. In addition, the pieces were separated using CNC machines and combined to produce the results. This production process was carried out through a very difficult process, combining traditional craft technology and modern technology.
Design Challenge: The process of capturing Korea's national identity was the most difficult, and among them, the research process of capturing Korean aesthetics as a designer was the most difficult.
It was difficult to find a shape suitable for a Korean space while maintaining the backrest and leaning posture ergonomically at a comfortable angle.
Research: There are various types of saunas in the world. Among them, people in Korean saunas rest in various positions. The chair design was carried out to enable various postures in a hot sauna and allow perfect rest. For the rest, we visited various saunas to investigate people's attitudes and asked what kind of rest would recharge themselves most through a survey. Through these results, Korea's natural mountains and rocks were brought to the sauna. The form added a function that can accommodate all postures.
Inspiration: Sseuim means to use freely in Korean. It is a furniture that can assist with various postures performed in Korean saunas, and you can experience various postures such as lying down, sitting down, leaning, and sleeping according to the user's will and purpose. It provides a private space in an open space called a Korean sauna. It is a design that combines the spatial characteristics of Korean saunas and the convergent characteristics of various cultures with the elements of mountain ranges and stones, which are natural elements.
Project Duration: The project started in Gongju sity, Korea in March 2021, completed in December 2021, and exhibited at the Korea Craft Trend Fair.
Operation Flow: This work is a piece of furniture that can support various postures in a Korean sauna with the concept of diversity. Reflecting the ethnic characteristics of Korea, all postures of lying, reclining and sitting are permitted according to the purpose and will of the user.
It can take various forms of rest.
Team Members: Ahn Kihyun, Lee yechan, Choi jun hyun