Modern Chinese Tūru-ā-ringa by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
HiriwaTaputapu· 2022
Modern Chinese Tūru-ā-ringa
Client: Niehworks
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taputapu Category
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About Modern Chinese Tūru-ā-ringa
He tūru-ā-ringa a Modern Chinese hei nohonga, ka pai anō hoki hei whakaaturanga hei toi. Ka tikina te āhua i te tūru-ā-ringa tuku iho o Haina me te tūru No. B33 a Marcel Breuer. Mā te tukatuka CNC e hanga te rākau papa-mahiti me te rākau pākaha wārana kia noho hei taatai rere, tuhono kore, hei whakakapi i ngā wāhanga koki me ngā hononga mahi rākau o te hanganga tuku iho. I tātaihia te hanganga me te kaha o te rākau kia taea ai te tautoko i te taumaha o te tinana. I ako tuatahitia tētahi anga kōrere whakarewa, engari ko te rākau i whiriwhirihia mō tōna āhua mahana ake.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Modern Chinese Tūru-ā-ringa te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Modern Chinese Tūru-ā-ringa he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Modern Chinese Tūru-ā-ringa he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The overall concept is to borrow the shape of traditoinal Chinese armchair and fused with current technology and material such as CNC processing and plywood to create a modern and organic looking Chinese style furniture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 765mm x Depth 650mm x Height 800mm
Seat Height 420mm - Tags
- chair, furniture, minimalism, simplicity, creative, oriental, Chinese, design, artistic, beautiful
- Production Technology
- CNC Processing,
Plywood, solid wood(walnut) - Design Challenge
- The most challenging part of this chair concept is to design proper structure and calculate wood strength enable to support people's weight. The original idea was to use metal tube and bending technique to create the chair structure, but the finish appearance looks too cold and contemporary, therefore, the material was switched from metal back to wood.
- Research
- For this project the idea/design was just pop into my head when I was reading a book called "Encyclopedia of China Traditional Furniture Making and Appreciation" Therefore, it is difficult to position this chair as a design piece or an art work.
- Inspiration
- Modern Chinese Armchair was inspired by traditional Chinese armchair and Marcel Breuer's No. B33 chair design. The original motive was not to simplified a traditional Chinese armchair into a modern looking one, but to borrowed the design from the past and infused with present technology and material to expand a new style of Chinese furniture.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan and minor changes are undergoing
- Operation Flow
- Modern Chinese Armchair is mainly for sitting purpose but can also be viewed as piece of art work.
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