Modern Chinese Sillón by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

PlataMobiliario· 2022

Modern Chinese Sillón

by Jonathan Nieh

Client: Niehworks

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Modern Chinese Sillón

Modern Chinese es un sillón concebido para sentarse y también apto para exhibirse como pieza de arte. Su forma toma prestados elementos del sillón tradicional chino y de la silla No. B33 de Marcel Breuer. El procesamiento CNC moldea la madera contrachapada y el nogal macizo en un contorno fluido y sin costuras, sustituyendo las piezas angulosas y los ensambles de carpintería de la construcción tradicional. La estructura y la resistencia de la madera se calcularon para soportar el peso corporal. En un principio se estudió un bastidor de tubo metálico, pero se optó por la madera por su apariencia más cálida.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

Modern Chinese Sillón ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Modern Chinese Sillón sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Modern Chinese Sillón es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.