The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Tūru by Tzu Wei Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
ParahiTaputapu· 2023
The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Tūru
by Tzu Wei Lin
Client: Xudong Interior Decoration Design Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Taputapu Category
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About The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Tūru
Ko te Tūru Ruyi Waimarie he tūru i whakaawehia e te tohu Ruyi, he tohu tuku iho o Haina mō te waimarie. Ko tētahi āhua tūru tuawhenua e hanga ana i te tūāpapa hanganga, ā, kua whakakotahitia ki tētahi tauira Ruyi kua whakangāwaritia. Kua tāruatia te tauira, kua hurihia, kātahi ka whakaparea me te whakakotahi kia hangaia ai he nohoanga piko me ngā waewae. Ko ngā rārangi piko rerekē, ngā piko o roto me ngā matamata o waho e hanga ana i te ariā rere me te taurite kore-rite. E 500 mm te whānui o te tūru, 600 mm te hōhonu, ā, 500 mm te teitei. Kua hono ngātahitia te ahurea tuku iho ki te ātaahua hou.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Tūru te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Tūru he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a The Fortunate Ruyi Chair Tūru i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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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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