Zazen 多機能チェア by Jingbin Xi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
鉄家具· 2022
Zazen 多機能チェア
by Jingbin Xi
Client: Nanchang University
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 家具 Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Zazen 多機能チェア
Zazenは、オフィスや図書館などの公共空間における仕事と休息のためにデザインされた多機能チェアです。Zazenは上下を反転させることで機能を変えられます。開口部の小さい面を上にすると、Zazenは学習や仕事のための通常の椅子として機能します。開口部の大きい面を上にすると、Zazenは幅広のソファへと変わり、読書や瞑想のための心地よい空間を提供します。ユーザーはソファ面であぐらをかいて座ることもできます。Zazenは、安定性が高く耐摩耗性に優れたチーク材で作られ、寸法は長さ96cm、幅68cm、高さ65cmです。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Zazen 多機能チェアは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Zazen 多機能チェアは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Zazen 多機能チェアは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Zazen is a refreshing space rather than a chair. We need an area in the public places such as office and library to let us get out of the stress for a while. Zazen can company you until calming down and refresh yourself via providing an area for meditation. It also can be an ordinary chair with turning over for study and work.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- length 96cm x Width 68cm x Height 65cm
- Tags
- Chair, Sofa, Space-saving, Zazen, Culture, Wood, Furniture, Rest
- 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 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
- With the highly-development society and fast-pace life, people are always under stress and With the highly-development society and fast-paced life, people are always under stress and anxiety. They expect space to relax for a while. In addition, meditation as a new healthy lifestyle impresses people who pay attention to their mental health these years. We need an area in the public places (office and library) to let us get out of the stress for a while. Zazen can company you until calming down and refresh yourself.
It also can be an ordinary chair with turning over for study and work. One product with two functions is an advocate of a low-carbon lifestyle and sustainable development.
In total, Zazen expresses a method of taking care of your mental and psychological health while putting lots of effort to work and study. - Inspiration
- Daily working time and library sofa inspired us to come up with this project. Employees often need to relax during your daily work in order to refresh brain. And sofa is furniture that can make people feel more comfortable. We want to design a chair that combines advantages. It is usually a chair that can be flipped over to form a wide sofa. Users can meditate while sitting cross-legged on the sofa.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2021 in Milan and finished in February 2022 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2022.
- Operation Flow
- Turn the small-opening side up to make it an ordinary chair for study and work. On the other hand, it turns to a sofa with a large-opening side up so that creates a comfortable space for reading and meditation. When users feel stressed with current study or work, come and meditate for a while, to gain a refreshed mind.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Bruce Tao, 2022
- Team Members
- Design leader: Nanyi Wang
Designer: Mengyu Su - Image Credits
- Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)
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