The Swing Chair Cathaoir by Jiangying Guo

The Swing Chair Cathaoir by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

IarannÀirneis· 2022

The Swing Chair Cathaoir

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Cathaoir

Is suíochán é an Chathaoir Luascáin a spreagtar ón luascán. Freagraíonn an dearadh do ghluaiseacht an choirp agus cruthaíonn sé idirghníomhaíocht dhinimiciúil le haghaidh scíthe agus súgradh. Tá an suíochán agus an druim solúbtha agus inchoigeartaithe, ionas go leanann siad na suímh shuite agus na gluaiseachtaí is fearr leis an úsáideoir. Is féidir leis an uillinn idir an suíochán agus an druim athrú ó 120 go 133 céim. Is ciúb 61x61x61 ceintiméadar é an struchtúr. Úsáidtear adhmad darach don fhráma, cruthadhmad don suíochán agus don druim, agus corda cadáis do na codanna luascáin. Cruthaíonn an corda garbh frithchuimilt leis an adhmad, rud a choinníonn an ghluaiseacht faoi rialú agus sábháilte.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha The Swing Chair Cathaoir air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi The Swing Chair Cathaoir na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air The Swing Chair Cathaoir airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

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).