The Swing Chair Stolica by Jiangying Guo

The Swing Chair Stolica by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Željezna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Namještaja Competition Category.

ŽeljezoNamještaj· 2022

The Swing Chair Stolica

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

Željezna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Namještaj Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Stolica

Ljuljajuća stolica sjedalo je inspirirano ljuljačkom. Dizajn reagira na pokrete tijela i stvara dinamičnu interakciju za opuštanje i igru. Sjedalo i naslon za leđa fleksibilni su i podesivi, pa prate željene položaje sjedenja i pokrete korisnika. Kut između sjedala i naslona za leđa može se mijenjati od 120 do 133 stupnja. Konstrukcija je kocka dimenzija 61x61x61 centimetara. Za okvir se koristi hrastovo drvo, za sjedalo i naslon za leđa šperploča, a za dijelove koji se ljuljaju pamučna uzica. Gruba uzica stvara trenje s drvom, čime se pokret drži kontroliranim i sigurnim.

The Recognition

About the Željezna nagrada A' Design Award

The Swing Chair Stolica je pobjednik Željezne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje dobrim dizajnima što ispunjavaju profesionalne i industrijske zahtjeve očekivane od dobro dizajniranih kreacija. Željezni pobjednici pokazuju veliku vještinu, visoku specijalizaciju, stručno razumijevanje i kreativne kapacitete svojih stvaratelja. Očekuje se da The Swing Chair Stolica bude visoko cijenjena, voljena i njegovana kreacija koja je praktična i inovativna. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Željeznu nagradu A' Design Award integrira najbolje industrijske prakse i ima kompetentne tehničke karakteristike povezane sa znanjem i talentom. The Swing Chair Stolica se poštuje zbog svoje temeljitosti i dizajniran je da pruži poboljšanja kvalitete života koja pomažu da svijet postane bolje mjesto.

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).