The Swing Chair Silla by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

HierroMobiliario· 2022

The Swing Chair Silla

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Silla

La Swing Chair es un asiento inspirado en el columpio. El diseño responde al movimiento del cuerpo y crea una interacción dinámica para el descanso y el juego. El asiento y el respaldo son flexibles y ajustables, por lo que acompañan las posturas y los movimientos preferidos del usuario. El ángulo entre el asiento y el respaldo puede variar de 120 a 133 grados. La estructura es un cubo de 61x61x61 centímetros. Se emplea madera de roble para el bastidor, madera contrachapada para el asiento y el respaldo, y cordón de algodón para las piezas oscilantes. La textura rugosa del cordón genera fricción con la madera, lo que mantiene el movimiento controlado y seguro.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

The Swing Chair Silla ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que The Swing Chair Silla sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. The Swing Chair Silla es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

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).