The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Kursi by Tzu Wei Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Furnitur Competition Category.
PerungguFurnitur· 2023
The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Kursi
by Tzu Wei Lin
Client: Xudong Interior Decoration Design Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Furnitur Category
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About The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Kursi
Kursi Ruyi Keberuntungan adalah kursi yang terinspirasi dari motif Ruyi, simbol keberuntungan tradisional Tiongkok. Bentuk kursi klasik menjadi dasar strukturnya dan dikombinasikan dengan pola Ruyi yang telah disederhanakan. Pola tersebut diduplikasi dan dicerminkan, kemudian ditumpangkan serta dilebur untuk membentuk dudukan dan kaki yang melengkung. Garis-garis lengkung tak beraturan, kurva bagian dalam serta ujung-ujung bagian luar menciptakan kesan mengalir dan keseimbangan asimetris. Kursi ini berukuran lebar 500 mm, kedalaman 600 mm, dan tinggi 500 mm. Budaya tradisional berpadu dengan estetika modern.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Perunggu
The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Kursi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain luar biasa yang dicirikan oleh kreativitas, kecerdikan, dan ketajaman. Pemenang Perunggu adalah artefak yang sangat terampil dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imajinasi, dan kelihaian para desainernya. The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Kursi diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ini menyertakan praktik terbaik dalam seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi, dan sangat baik dalam perhatiannya pada detail. The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Kursi memuaskan kebutuhan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan, dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Therefore, this design is nothing like what the designer has done before, it starts with the pattern of the Ruyi pattern, and the designer has spent much time researching the concepts and styles of multiple chairs. Little by little, The Fortunate Ruyi Chair concept has transformed into a clearer picture. It is an art piece combined with various layers of materials, the beauty of craftsmanship, the richness of cultural heritage, and the amazingness of the designer ingenuity.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The furniture piece is Width 500 mmm x Depth 600mm x Height 500mm.
- Tags
- Furniture, Design, Chair, Ruyi, Fortunate
- Production Technology
- For this project, the designer has set the classic chair style shape as the structural basis and combined it with the simplified Ruyi pattern. Then, by duplicating and flipping the pattern, the pattern is overlapped and fused to form a curved seat and legs, perfectly blending traditional culture with modern aesthetics.
- Design Challenge
- For this project, the designer has analyzed the Ruyi pattern, extracted its connotation, and applied it to the product form so that the product is aesthetically, culturally, and functionally enjoyable. In this way, users will understand the underlying cultural spirit of the chair through their experiences with the product. Moreover, this product interprets the spirit of traditional culture unconventionally, changing our perception of traditional culture yet retaining its cultural connotation and, most importantly, paying tribute to ancestry wisdom. In summary, it is an art piece that is awe-inspiring, thought provoking and mind blowing.
- Research
- Vladimir Kagan, the noted German American furniture designer, believes that designing a chair is like creating a container for an individual. Therefore, the function, shape, and meaning of the chair are highly associated with the user and the environment. This project is a clever application of one of the historical motifs of Chinese culture, Ruyi, to a modern product design. From 3D natural objects to 2D patterns and then applying them to 3D products, the designer has simplified the lines and colors to create a work that is aesthetically modern and attractive.
- Inspiration
- Ruyi has served as a unique cultural symbol in Chinese culture and has an underlying meaning of great fortune. The designer has set Ruyi as the primary inspiration for the chair design because, during the designer experiences in the field of interior design over the years, each design project must be executed based on the client preferences and many other contributing factors.
- Project Duration
- The project was completed in August 2021 in Taipei Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- Other than that, the lines of the seat are extended by the Ruyi pattern by the use of the irregular curved lines, unique angles of the inner curves, and the outer corners of the tips to produce a rich and dynamic rhythm of the chair, delivering a sense of flow and producing an asymmetrical balance.
- Image Credits
- Lin Tzu Wei, 2022
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