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Pad Kursi Lipat by Shaohan Yang

Pad Kursi Lipat by Shaohan Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Furnitur Competition Category.


BesiFurnitur· 2021

Pad Kursi Lipat

by Shaohan Yang

Client: Bruce Tao

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Furnitur Category

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The Design

About Pad Kursi Lipat

Pad adalah kursi lipat yang dirancang untuk menghemat ruang. Kursi ini dapat dilipat menjadi panel datar dengan panjang 41 cm, lebar 4 cm, dan tinggi 86 cm. Beberapa panel yang telah dilipat dapat ditumpuk dan disimpan bersama. Untuk membuka kursi, balok bagian bawah ditarik ke bawah sehingga dudukan dan kaki-kaki kursi keluar. Dudukan kemudian dilipat ke atas sebesar 90 derajat, dan kaki-kaki dilipat ke bawah sebesar 90 derajat. Pad terbuat dari kayu jati, kayu yang stabil, tahan aus, serta terlindungi dari pelapukan dan serangga. Bentuknya yang datar cocok untuk hunian maupun ruang publik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Pad Kursi Lipat adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. Pad Kursi Lipat diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. Pad Kursi Lipat dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This is a folding chair design that can save a lot of space. Its most distinctive feature is its foldability. It can be folded into a flat sheet. When not in use, many chairs can be folded into a flat sheet and stacked on top of each other. This saves a lot of space. When not in use, it also unfolds easily to form a chair.
Dimensions & Packaging
Before folding: length 41cm x Width 44cm x Height 86cm; After folding: length 41cm x Width 4cm x Height 86cm;
Tags
Chair, Space-saving, Piece, Wood, Furniture, Pad
Production Technology
Material is teak, it is all a dry shrinkage is wet bilge minimum deformation of wood, after professional drying treatment, stable size very wear-resisting, the shrinkage rate from raw material to air dry to radial 2.2%, 4.0%, is the minimum deformation coefficient of the wood, good resistance to bending, wear-resisting, air dry density is 0.65 g/cm3 (dry weight about 650 kg/m3); Therefore, it has the distinctive characteristics of anticorrosive, insect-proof and so on. Suitable as a folding chair material.
Design Challenge
This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research
Folding chair is a product that can be seen everywhere in our life and will bring great aspects to our life. Folding chairs are usually used at home to entertain guests or to sit on their own. Easy to fold and save space. According to research, furniture design output value had reached 210 billion euros in 2002, its development prospect is very broad.
Inspiration
The shape of the tablet inspired us to come up with this project. The size of the tablet is very space-saving and easy to store. Folding chairs are also in demand in large public places. We wanted to design a chair with the same function. So, we made the folding chair a flat panel. Usually, it's a chair. It can be folded into a flat sheet when needed.
Project Duration
The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow
Start with a tablet. First, grab the bottom beam of the tablet and pull it down. The seat and legs of the chair will snap out. Second, pull the seat and legs to the bottom and fold them up by 90 degrees to form the seat. Finally, fold the legs down 90 degrees to form a chair.
Team Members
Design leader: Jing Peng
Designer: Xinzhou Zhang
Image Credits
Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)

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