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Chair of Soul Kėdė by Wen Jenq Cherng

Chair of Soul Kėdė by Wen Jenq Cherng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronzinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award in Baldų dizainas Competition Category.


BronzinisBaldai· 2020

Chair of Soul Kėdė

by Wen Jenq Cherng

Client: Cherng's Work

Bronzinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award Winner in Baldai Category

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The Design

About Chair of Soul Kėdė

Sielos kėdė – tai kėdė, sukurta palaikyti kūną atsipalaidavusioje, tiesioje sėdėjimo pozoje. Sėdynės aukštis, atlošas juosmens vietoje ir porankiai paskirsto viršutinės kūno dalies svorį. Nežymiai išlenktas atlošas seka kūno formą ir sumažina įtampą pečiuose, kakle, juosmenyje bei galūnėse. Tradicinė Ming dinastijos baldų stilistika tapo pagrindu šioms paprastoms proporcijoms. Pagrindinę konstrukciją sudaro Sulavesio ebonis, derinamas su vario vamzdžio kojomis ir violetine „Nappa“ odos sėdyne. Detales jungia dygliniai (spraudžiamieji) sujungimai, o lanko formos konstrukcija sujungia kojas su sėdyne.

The Recognition

About the Bronzinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

Chair of Soul Kėdė laimėjo Bronzinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, labai prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą išskirtiniams dizainams, kuriuos žymi kūrybiškumas, išradingumas ir sumanumas. Bronzos laureatai yra pakankamai įgudę ir stulbinamai kūrybingi dirbiniai, patvirtinantys jų kūrėjų didelę patirtį, vaizduotę ir išteklių gausą. Tikimasi, kad Chair of Soul Kėdė bus aukštai vertinamas, žavimas ir brangus daiktas, žymiai profesionalus ir novatoriškas. Šis Bronziniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas įtraukia geriausias praktikas mene, moksle, dizaine ir technologijose ir yra puikus dėl dėmesio detalėms. Chair of Soul Kėdė puikiai tenkina poreikius, paliečia troškimus, žavi jausmus ir traukia smalsumą.

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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