Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic by Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou

Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic by Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Palatina in Hoʻolālā Lako Keʻena Competition Category.

PalatinaLako Keʻena· 2025

Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic

by Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou

Client: Ue Furniture Co., Ltd

A' Design Award Palatina Winner in Lako Keʻena Category

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The Design

About Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic

ʻO Flow 360 he noho keʻena ergonomic i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hana noho lōʻihi. ʻO ka ʻōnaehana kākoʻo hahai e ʻae i ke kākoʻo pūhaka kūʻokoʻa e neʻe pū me ka pūhaka a kūpono i ke kikoʻī o ke kino i ka manawa maoli. Pane ka mīkini uea hoʻokele kaumaha hoʻololi i nā kaumaha kino like ʻole a me nā ʻano noho, mai ka noho pololei a hiki i ka hilinaʻi i hope, me ka ʻole o ka hana lima. Hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hilinaʻi lima ma nā ʻaoʻao he nui, a kākoʻo kekahi wahi kau wāwae pelu ʻekolu i nā wāwae. Hoʻohana ʻia nā plastik i hana hou ʻia, nā mea pale ahi, ka ʻili eco i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wai, a me ka lole mesh ea maikaʻi ma ka noho.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Palatina

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic i ka A' Design Award Palatina, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā ʻoiaʻiʻo loa ka kūʻokoʻa, ka nani a me ka kamahaʻo. He mau mea kupaianaha o ka hana noʻeau nā lanakila Palatina, he mau hōʻike o nā palena o ka noʻonoʻo hana noʻeau, a hōʻike lākou i ka ʻoihana ʻoi aku a me ka ʻuhane akamai o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia mau hoʻolālā nā hana kaulana loa e wehewehe ana i ka nani o kekahi au, kōkua i ke ola pono o ke kaiāulu a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hōʻike ka hoʻolālā Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic i ke kūlana ʻoi kelakela i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka palena a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole ʻole i ka honua ma o kona mau ʻano pōmaikaʻi a waiwai. He hana ka hoʻolālā Flow 360 Noho Ergonomic i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Palatina e hoʻāla i ka makemake, hoʻoulu, hoʻoikaika, hoʻohauʻoli a hoʻā i ka hauʻoli nui.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: 1. Follow supporting: The lumbar support adapts to the user's waist movement, fitting body curves perfectly in real time;
2. Magic armrest: Multi-angle adjustment (up and down, left and right, etc.) ensures high flexibility and comfort.
3. Trifold magic footrest: Proper leg support is secured regardless of sitting postures.
4. Adaptive weight activity cable mechanism: Requiring no manual operation, it adapts to various weights and different sitting positions from reclining to sitting upright.
Dimensions & Packaging: Whole chair weight: 35 kg
Chair back: adjustable tilt angle: 90 degrees to 150 degrees
Headrest: width: 37 cm, adjustable height: 9 cm, and adjustable tilt angle: 85 degrees
Magic armrest: 360-degree all-dimension adjustment, including 180-degree reverse flip, 5 cm slide adjustment, 10.5 cm height adjustment, 40-degree rotation inward
Tags: Ergonomics, dynamic fitting and support, follow supporting, adapt to the sitting posture, multi-angle adjustable armrest, trifold magic footrest, eco-friendly materials
Production Technology: The whole chair utilizes lots of recycled plastics, reducing carbon emissions during production. It adopts fireproof materials and processes to lower the risk of causing fires in confined spaces. It also applies innovative materials such as water-based, solvent-free eco-leather, silicone materials, and reformable engineering plastics, reducing the use of harmful chemicals, enhancing the overall stability and durability of the product, and delivering a long-lasting comfortable user experience.
Design Challenge: The challenge of this design is to create an ergonomic chair that adapts to users with different weights, heights, and body shapes. Therefore, Flow 360 is designed with the follow supporting architecture and adaptive weight activity cable mechanism to ensure that diverse users obtain proper support from lumbar to sacrum regardless of sitting postures. It also utilizes soft and breathable skin-friendly mesh fabrics, providing a comfortable prolonged sitting experience.
Research: Nowadays most office chairs are not ergonomic, especially not capable of providing proper lumbar support for the user while reclining. To this end, Flow 360 dynamically adapts to the user's changeable sitting postures with three innovative technologies, including the following supporting with sacral support, multi-angle adjustable magic armrest, and trifold magic footrest, thereby ensuring arms-waist-legs all-around comfortable support.
Inspiration: Flow 360 advocates more humanized workplace environments. It features three innovative technologies, including the follow supporting structure, multi-dimensional adjustable magic armrest, and trifold magic footrest, guaranteeing great comfort for arms, waist, and legs. All these features make this ergonomic chair fit human body curves perfectly to prevent health problems caused by incorrect sitting postures, thus meeting modern workers' needs for healthy, cozy, personalized office environments.
Project Duration: The project finished in April 2024 in Zhejiang.
Operation Flow: Flow 360 features the follow supporting structure, with the independent lumbar support dynamically adjusting in a concentric manner following the user's waist movement to fit the human waist curve in real time. It is equipped with the adaptive weight activity cable mechanism that intelligently judges and handles the loaded weight with a proper damping capacity, requiring no manual operation and adapting to various weights and different sitting positions from reclining to sitting upright.
Team Members: Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu, Qing Zhou
Image Credits: UE FURNITURE CO.,LTD