The Swing Chair Cadira by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

FerroMobiliari· 2022

The Swing Chair Cadira

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Cadira

La Cadira Gronxador és un seient inspirat en el gronxador. El disseny respon al moviment del cos i crea una interacció dinàmica per al relax i el joc. El seient i el respatller són flexibles i ajustables, de manera que segueixen les posicions asseguts i els moviments preferits de l'usuari. L'angle entre el seient i el respatller pot variar de 120 a 133 graus. L'estructura és un cub de 61x61x61 centímetres. S'utilitza fusta de roure per a l'estructura, contraplacat per al seient i el respatller, i corda de cotó per a les parts oscil·lants. La corda rugosa crea fricció amb la fusta, la qual cosa manté el moviment controlat i segur.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

The Swing Chair Cadira és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que The Swing Chair Cadira sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. The Swing Chair Cadira és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Inspired by the swing, this chair aims to respond with human body movements and create a dynamic interaction with the users - for them to relax and play. The seat and backrest are flexible and adjustable in a way that they are able to follow users’ preferred sitting positions and their movements while sitting. It also has a minimal structure: seat and backrest supported by a simple frame (61x61x61cm), giving the seat floating and chair lightweight.
Dimensions & Packaging: The chair is in a "perfect cube" structure: 61x61x61cm.
Tags: Chair, Sustainable, Playful, Moveable Seats, Swing
Production Technology: The material here I used Oak wood for the structure, plywood for the seat and backrest, cotton cord for the swing, and rubber screw to connect the backrest.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is to control the level of movement, which is affected by the design as well as the material. Allowing too much movement would cause a user to fall off the chair. The thick cotton cord has rough texture and thus create good friction with the wood, in this way, it allows the seat to still create movements but in a controlled and safe way.
Inspiration: This chair is inspired by the swing. I want to incorporate the playfulness and movement of swing into a chair which is normally considered to have a fixed angle between seat and backrest.
Project Duration: This project is completed in Copenhagen in 2017; the duration of design and production took around 2 months.
Operation Flow: Both the seat and backrest are adjustable based on user's movement. The angle between the seat and backrest could be adjusted from 120 to 133 degree (please see the image above).