Chair of Soul Stuhl by Wen Jenq Cherng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Bronze in Möbeldesign Competition Category.

BronzeMöbel· 2020

Chair of Soul Stuhl

by Wen Jenq Cherng

Client: Cherng's Work

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Möbel Category

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The Design

About Chair of Soul Stuhl

„Chair of Soul“ ist ein Stuhl, der den Körper in einer entspannten, aufrechten Haltung unterstützt. Die Höhe der Sitzfläche, die Rückenlehne auf Taillenhöhe und die Armlehnen tragen das Gewicht des Oberkörpers. Die leicht geschwungene Rückenlehne folgt der Körperform und löst Verspannungen in Schultern, Nacken, Taille und Gliedmaßen. Traditionelle Möbel der Ming-Dynastie liefern die Vorlage für die schlichten Proportionen. Ebenholz aus Sulawesi bildet die Hauptstruktur, kombiniert mit Beinen aus Kupferrohr und einer Sitzfläche aus violettem Nappaleder. Zapfen-und-Schlitz-Verbindungen fügen die Teile zusammen, und eine Bogenkonstruktion verbindet die Beine mit der Sitzfläche.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Chair of Soul Stuhl ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Chair of Soul Stuhl wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Chair of Soul Stuhl befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Chair of Soul is my entry point of use as a starting point for design thinking. Since I have long been practicing meditation for destressing and calming my body and mind, I am hoping the design of the chair could reflect a completely relaxed condition for the body. Overall design is thereby focused on its function, where the user would sit upright on the chair and his or her upper-body weight be perfectly supported through the height of the chair, the backrest at the waist, and the armrests.
Dimensions & Packaging: When producing a hereditary chair, what is more important than ensuring its functions is finding ways to incorporate visual aesthetics. I am using Chinese traditional Ming Dynasty style furniture as my blueprint, borrowing its elegant and simple exterior design and principles on proportion. And through enhancement of overall structural system, a unique arc structure is used as the support that connects the legs and the seat of the chair.
Tags: Product, Chair, Health, Oriental, Furniture
Production Technology: The curvature of the slightly bulging backrest embraces the body; this waist-supporting chair design offers supports for the human body, so that tensions around user’s shoulders, neck, waist, and limbs would all be relieved–user would be welcomed with a comforting sensation similar to a hug.
Design Challenge: Pairing the material with the metallic copper tube of the legs and the purple cow Nappa leather seat, harmony, elegance, stability, and sustainability are incorporated altogether to bring forth a chair that user could converse with, the chair I dub – Chair of Soul.
Research: A chair that is aimed to improve the users health would need to value the choice of material as equally important as the design that would fit precisely to human body proportions. I have especially chosen the ebony produced in Sulawesi, Indonesia as the chair’s main structure element; its fine material and deep-black colored lines flawlessly interpret the sophistication that the chair should exhibit.
Inspiration: We have always had different thoughts in regards to chairs. This piece of furniture with a long history of evolution has always been deemed irreplaceable in home interior. How should a classic chair, which one hopes to pass down for generations and stay eternally quintessential, be presented?
Project Duration: The project started in December 2016 and finished in December 2018.
Operation Flow: The design is further complemented by the mortice and tenon joint as the reinforcing linkage between parts, bringing betterment to the complex composition found in old-fashioned traditional furniture. In addition to strengthening the chair’s mechanics system, a simplistic and spiritual appearance is thereby created for the chair.
Team Members: Designer: Wen-Jenq Cherng