The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum by Jiangying Guo

The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Rooj Tog Competition Category.

HlauRooj Tog· 2022

The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Rooj Tog Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum

Rooj Zaum Swing yog ib lub rooj zaum uas tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm lub swing. Tus qauv tsim teb rau kev txav ntawm lub cev thiab tsim kev sib cuag muaj zog rau kev so thiab kev ua si. Lub chaw zaum thiab lub nrog nraub qaum muaj yeeb yam thiab hloov tau, yog li lawv ua raws li tus neeg siv txoj kev nyiam zaum thiab txav mus los. Sab kaum ntawm lub chaw zaum thiab lub nrog nraub qaum tuaj yeem hloov txij li 120 mus rau 133 degrees. Tus qauv yog ib lub cube ntawm 61x61x61 centimeters. Ntoo Oak siv rau lub qauv, plywood rau lub chaw zaum thiab lub nrog nraub qaum, thiab hlua cotton rau cov chav uas swing. Txoj hlua nyuaj tsim kev sib cuag nrog ntoo, uas ua rau kev txav tswj thiab muaj kev ruaj ntseg.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. The Swing Chair Rooj Zaum tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

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).