Chair of Soul 의자 by Wen Jenq Cherng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 동상 in 가구 디자인 Competition Category.
동가구· 2020
Chair of Soul 의자
Client: Cherng's Work
A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 가구 Category
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About Chair of Soul 의자
'Chair of Soul'은 편안하게 곧은 자세로 몸을 지지해 주도록 디자인된 의자이다. 좌면의 높이, 허리를 받쳐 주는 등받이, 그리고 팔걸이가 상체의 무게를 분산시켜 지탱한다. 완만하게 굴곡진 등받이는 신체의 곡선을 따라 어깨와 목, 허리, 사지의 긴장을 완화한다. 명대(明代) 전통 가구는 이 간결한 비례의 원형이 되었다. 술라웨시산 흑단이 주요 구조를 이루며, 구리 파이프 다리와 보라색 나파 가죽 좌면이 어우러진다. 각 부재는 장부맞춤(사개맞춤) 방식으로 결합되며, 아치형 구조가 다리와 좌면을 연결한다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 동상
Chair of Soul 의자, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Chair of Soul 의자, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Chair of Soul 의자, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Chair of Soul is my entry point of use as a starting point for design thinking. Since I have long been practicing meditation for destressing and calming my body and mind, I am hoping the design of the chair could reflect a completely relaxed condition for the body. Overall design is thereby focused on its function, where the user would sit upright on the chair and his or her upper-body weight be perfectly supported through the height of the chair, the backrest at the waist, and the armrests.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- When producing a hereditary chair, what is more important than ensuring its functions is finding ways to incorporate visual aesthetics. I am using Chinese traditional Ming Dynasty style furniture as my blueprint, borrowing its elegant and simple exterior design and principles on proportion. And through enhancement of overall structural system, a unique arc structure is used as the support that connects the legs and the seat of the chair.
- Tags
- Product, Chair, Health, Oriental, Furniture
- Production Technology
- The curvature of the slightly bulging backrest embraces the body; this waist-supporting chair design offers supports for the human body, so that tensions around user’s shoulders, neck, waist, and limbs would all be relieved–user would be welcomed with a comforting sensation similar to a hug.
- Design Challenge
- Pairing the material with the metallic copper tube of the legs and the purple cow Nappa leather seat, harmony, elegance, stability, and sustainability are incorporated altogether to bring forth a chair that user could converse with, the chair I dub – Chair of Soul.
- Research
- A chair that is aimed to improve the users health would need to value the choice of material as equally important as the design that would fit precisely to human body proportions. I have especially chosen the ebony produced in Sulawesi, Indonesia as the chair’s main structure element; its fine material and deep-black colored lines flawlessly interpret the sophistication that the chair should exhibit.
- Inspiration
- We have always had different thoughts in regards to chairs. This piece of furniture with a long history of evolution has always been deemed irreplaceable in home interior. How should a classic chair, which one hopes to pass down for generations and stay eternally quintessential, be presented?
- Project Duration
- The project started in December 2016 and finished in December 2018.
- Operation Flow
- The design is further complemented by the mortice and tenon joint as the reinforcing linkage between parts, bringing betterment to the complex composition found in old-fashioned traditional furniture. In addition to strengthening the chair’s mechanics system, a simplistic and spiritual appearance is thereby created for the chair.
- Team Members
- Designer: Wen-Jenq Cherng
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