Colored Finch Stoel by Wingstone Casa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award yn Sulver in Meubelûntwerp Competition Category.
SulverMeubels· 2021
Colored Finch Stoel
Client: Wingstone Casa
A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner in Meubels Category
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About Colored Finch Stoel
Colored Finch is in stoel dy't ynspirearre is troch de foarm fan in flink. De rêchleuning liket fan foaren rjocht en bûget oan de sydkanten, wêrmei't foarm en komfort gearkomme. De rêchleuning en it sitflak binne makke fan mei de hân makke meardere lagen hout, foarme as dûbellaachsk bûgd hout. De poaten binne metalen buizen bekleaid mei lagen mei de hân makke stof. It beheinde gebrûk fan net-fernijbere materialen yn de poaten stipet de miljeusoarch. Sechtjin prototypes waarden boud, en in testpop waard brûkt om sitposysjes te bestudearjen en de definitive grutte fêst te stellen. De stoel mjit 490 mm yn breedte, 550 mm yn djipte en 810 mm yn hichte.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award yn Sulver
Colored Finch Stoel is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver, in bûtengewoan prestisjeuze erkenning foar topûntwerpen dy't prachtich en yndrukwekkend binne. Sulverwinners binne tige briljante en ekstreem kreative wurken dy't de treflike ekspertize, it talint en de skerpsinnigens fan har ûntwerpers yllustrearje. Fan Colored Finch Stoel wurdt ferwachte dat it in prachtich foarbyldwurk is, opmerklik profesjoneel en djip ynnovatyf. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver is in tige opfallende, bewûndere útfining dy't foardiel bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Colored Finch Stoel is in skepping dêr't breed oerjûn wurdt, dy't winsken wekker makket, positive gefoelens bringt en ferwûnderjen en fernuvering opwekket.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Colored Finch Chair, the artistic furniture created altogether by Professor Chang KeFei and Wing Stones that was finalized as a design project in May 2020.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 490mm x Depth 550mm x Height 810mm
- Tags
- Chair, Furniture, Product, Homeware, Design
- Production Technology
- To make the chair both stylish and comfortable, the designer made the backrest look straight upfront and curved on the side. Given these considerations, the designer asked the factory to use the double-layer curved wood according to the Rhino model of product. To make entire chair thin and light, the production team needed to develop the suitable metal parts so to manufacture the finished product.
- Design Challenge
- We had changed some suppliers before finding the ideal manufacture to impeccably embody the furniture. It required a challenging craftmanship to complete Colored Finch Chair, which demanded extraordinary expertise for manufacturing. During the process, the brand owner and the designer endured diverse pressures. They had to confirmed repeatedly with the cooperative manufacture. It was the hardship of creation.
- Research
- Colored Finch Chair is a piece of composite furniture whose backrest and chair seat were made of the handmade multi-layer woods. The chair legs were made of metal tubes uniformly laminated by handmade fabrics. The minimized usage of non-renewable materials for chair legs exemplifies the creation based on environmental protection.
- Inspiration
- The design idea of Colored Finch Chair was inspired from the fairy in nature—finches.
The bird observes all things in nature in trees. It looks proud and free, and its splendid wings covering the round body figuratively exemplify the fairy painting on the green canvas of nature.
The designer thoroughly observing the postures of bird discovered the most general bird’s shapes artistically converted into the design of furniture, thus adding a touch of spiritual atmosphere of nature in the space. - Project Duration
- Proposal confirmation in May 2020.
Market launch in October 2020. - Operation Flow
- There were 16 prototypes of Colored Finch Chair, which means that the model of Colored Finch Chair was modified for 16 times in the phase of modeling. The scenarios were simulated by applying the medical dummy to the different usages of chair so to determine the size of chair and the final project. After finalizing the shape of chair, the designer generated the rendering. In this phase, the product in rendering was simulated so to discover the best materials, and its scale was examined in the final run.
- Team Members
- Designer: Ke-Fei Zhang
Designer: Hui-Zi Zhang - Image Credits
- Image #1-5: Photographer WINGSTONE CASA, Colored Finch, 2020.
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