The Fortunate Ruyi Chair 椅子 by Tzu Wei Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
銅家具· 2023
The Fortunate Ruyi Chair 椅子
by Tzu Wei Lin
Client: Xudong Interior Decoration Design Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 家具 Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #147944The Design
About The Fortunate Ruyi Chair 椅子
「フォーチュネイト・ルーイー・チェア」は、中国の伝統的な吉祥の象徴である如意文様に着想を得た椅子である。古典的な椅子のフォルムを構造の基礎とし、そこに簡略化した如意のパターンを組み合わせている。パターンを複製して反転させ、重ね合わせて融合させることで、曲線的な座面と脚部を形づくっている。不規則な曲線、内へと巻き込む曲面、外へ伸びる先端が、流れるような動きと非対称の均衡を生み出す。椅子の寸法は幅500mm、奥行600mm、高さ500mm。伝統文化と現代的な美意識が融合した作品である。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
The Fortunate Ruyi Chair 椅子は、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。The Fortunate Ruyi Chair 椅子は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。The Fortunate Ruyi Chair 椅子は、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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