Sway Supellex by Rou-Yun Ho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Supellectilis Competition Category.
ArgentumSupellex· 2023
Sway Supellex
by Rou-Yun Ho
Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Supellex Category
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About Sway Supellex
Iura est via ad numeros et exemplaria tua exploranda. Per has observandas et perspiciendas motus inconscios occasionales, notatum est homines interdum gestus inscios exhibere, sicut gestatio, cum statum mentis fluxus ingreditur. Pendulum sub throno inserendo, altitudo ac sensus singularis, quod scabellum talea praebet, lever sunt. Firmitatem et moderatam praebet, minima gestatio quae utentes explorare et numeros suos invenire sinit. Alta sedilia consilio et motu gestatio, Iura tranquillum et contemplativum mentis statum promovet.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
Sway Supellex victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Sway Supellex opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Sway Supellex creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A way to explore your own rhythm and patterns.
By leveraging the height and the unique sensation that a bar stool provides, incorporating a pendulum beneath the seat. Sway provides stability and controlled, small-scale rocking that allows users to explore and find your own rhythm and patterns. With its high bar stool design and rocking motion, Sway promotes a calming and contemplative state of mind. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 350X380X855
- Tags
- Unconscious behavior, mental flow, and bar stool.
- Production Technology
- Traditional bending, handmade welding, handmade woodworking, surface treatment.
- Design Challenge
- The production process involves traditional tube bending and handmade welding, but transforming unconscious behavior and mental flow into objects is the longest and most thoughtful part of the entire creative process.
- Research
- Inspired by the observation and discovery of people's occasional unconscious behavior of rocking, research has found that it has a similar function of "awakening" the brain, promoting cognitive thinking ability, increasing blood flow, and inducing a state of mental flow. From this intriguing phenomenon, the concept was transformed into the design of an object, particularly a bar stool, utilizing the unique sensation brought by the bar stool to create a high rocking chair. The chair aims to evoke a relaxed atmosphere and aid in achieving a state of focused thinking.
Subsequently, the center of gravity was tested to determine the appropriate proportions of length and weight distribution. Once the size was defined, the design was conceived, and PVC water pipes were heated to create the model of the chair frame ,and size adjustments. Finally, surface treatment was applied. - Inspiration
- Through observing and discovering these occasional unconscious movements, it has been noted that people sometimes exhibit unconscious behaviors, such as rocking, when entering a state of mental flow. This fascinating phenomenon has inspired me to transform it into a design object.
- Project Duration
- The project lasts for one semester and takes place at Shih Chien University.
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