The Swing Chair Stol by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Jern in Møbeldesign Competition Category.

JernMøbler· 2022

The Swing Chair Stol

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Møbler Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Stol

Swing Chair er et siddemøbel inspireret af gyngen. Designet reagerer på kropsbevægelse og skaber en dynamisk interaktion til afslapning og leg. Sædet og ryglænet er fleksible og justerbare, så de følger brugerens foretrukne siddestillinger og bevægelser. Vinklen mellem sæde og ryglæn kan ændres fra 120 til 133 grader. Strukturen er en kube på 61x61x61 centimeter. Der anvendes egetræ til rammen, krydsfiner til sæde og ryglæn samt bomuldssnor til de svingende dele. Den ru snor skaber friktion med træet, hvilket holder bevægelsen kontrolleret og sikker.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

The Swing Chair Stol er vinder af A' Design Award i Jern, en prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles gode designs, som opfylder de professionelle og industrielle krav, man forventer af veldesignede skabelser. Jernvinderne viser stor dygtighed, høj specialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapacitet hos deres skabere. The Swing Chair Stol forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær skabelse, der er praktisk og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer branchens bedste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaber knyttet til knowhow og talent. The Swing Chair Stol respekteres for sin grundighed og er designet til at levere forbedringer af livskvaliteten, der er med til at gøre verden til et bedre sted.

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).