The Swing Chair Apyka by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fiero in Mba'epyru Jejapo Competition Category.

FieroMba'epyru· 2022

The Swing Chair Apyka

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award Fiero Winner in Mba'epyru Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Apyka

Swing Apyka ha'e peteĩ apyka oñemoĩva umi swing rehe. Ko diseño ombohovái tete ñemongu'e ha ombosako'i peteĩ interacción dinámica pytu'uha ha ñembosarairã. Apyka ha jeikohaguã ha'e flexible ha ojeporavo haguã, upévare ombojoja umi tenda ha ñemongu'e porãve heta poravorendáva ojeporúva. Ko ángulo apyka ha jeikohaguã apytépe ikatu oñembohovái 120 guive 133 grado peve. Ko estructura ha'e peteĩ cubo 61x61x61 centímetro. Oĩ oak yvyra oñeporúva pe marco-pe, plywood pe apyka ha jeikohaguã-pe, ha algodón cordón umi mba'e oñemongu'éva-pe. Pe cordón hasy'ỹva omoheñói friction pe yvyra ndive, upévare pe ñemongu'e opyta controlado ha seguro.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fiero

The Swing Chair Apyka ohupyty A' Design Award Fiero, peteĩ ñehechakuaa prestigioso oñeme'ẽva diseño iporã-pe ohupytýva requisito profesional ha industrial oñeha'ãrõva creación iporã oñemoĩva-gui. Umi ganador Fiero ohechauka habilidad guasu, especialización yvate, comprensión experta ha capacidad creativa umi creador rehegua. Oñeha'ãrõ The Swing Chair Apyka ha'eha creación ojehayhúva, admirada ha estimada, práctica ha innovadora. Ko diseño ohupytýva A' Design Award Fiero ombojoaju mejor práctica industria rehegua ha oguereko característica técnica competente ojoajúva conocimiento ha talento ndive. The Swing Chair Apyka oñerespeta hembiapo cuidadoso rupi ha oñemoĩ ome'ẽ hag̃ua mejora calidad de vida rehegua oipytyvõva yvy ape iporãve hag̃ua.

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).