Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach by Jonathan Nieh

Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

AirgeadÀirneis· 2022

Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach

by Jonathan Nieh

Client: Niehworks

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach

Is cathaoir uilleach é Modern Chinese atá ceaptha le suí ann agus atá oiriúnach freisin le taispeáint mar shaothar ealaíne. Faigheann an fhoirm iasacht ón gcathaoir uilleach thraidisiúnta Shíneach agus ó chathaoir Uimh. B33 de chuid Marcel Breuer. Múnlaíonn próiseáil CNC sraithadhmad agus gallchnó soladach ina imlíne líofa gan uaim, ag teacht in ionad na gcodanna uilleacha agus na siúntaí saoirseachta adhmaid a bhaineann le tógáil thraidisiúnta. Ríomhadh struchtúr agus neart an adhmaid chun meáchan an choirp a iompar. Rinneadh staidéar ar fhráma feadáin mhiotail ar dtús, ach roghnaíodh adhmad mar gheall ar a chuma níos teo.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha Modern Chinese Cathaoir Uilleach na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Behind the Design

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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.