Modern Chinese Butaca by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.
PrataMobiliario· 2022
Modern Chinese Butaca
Client: Niehworks
A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Mobiliario Category
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The Design
About Modern Chinese Butaca
Modern Chinese é unha butaca destinada a sentar e tamén axeitada para exhibirse como unha peza de arte. A forma inspírase na butaca tradicional chinesa e na cadeira No. B33 de Marcel Breuer. O procesamento CNC dálle forma ao contrachapado e á nogueira maciza nun contorno fluído e sen costuras, substituíndo as partes angulares e as unións de carpintaría da construción tradicional. A estrutura e a resistencia da madeira calculáronse para soportar o peso corporal. Primeiro estudouse un armazón de tubo metálico, pero escolleuse a madeira polo seu aspecto máis cálido.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Prata
Modern Chinese Butaca gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Modern Chinese Butaca sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Modern Chinese Butaca é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.
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.
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