The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche by Tzu Wei Lin

The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche by Tzu Wei Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.

BronzNgwá Ụlọ· 2023

The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche

by Tzu Wei Lin

Client: Xudong Interior Decoration Design Co., Ltd.

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche

Book Text: Oche Fortunate Ruyi bụ oche sitere n'echiche Ruyi, akara ọdịbendị ndị China nke ọganihu na ihu ọma. Ọdịdị oche izugbe na-etolite n'ime akụkụ nrụpụta ya, jikọtara ya na ụdị Ruyi dị mfe. E mepụtara ihe odide ahụ ugboro abụọ, gbanwee ya, ma dukọta ha ọnụ iji mepụta oche dị elu na ụkwụ dị ncha. Ahịrị ncha ndị na-adịghị kwụ ọtọ, ncha nke dị n'ime na ndị dị n'èzí na-emepụta mmetụta nke ịsọ mmiri na nguzozi na-ehighị nha nha. Oche a dị 500 mm n'obosara, 600 mm n'omimi, na 500 mm n'ịdị elu. Omenala ọdịbendị jikọtara ya na mma nke oge a.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Oche na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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