Lotus Tūru Manuhiri by Ming Li Chang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
HiriwaTaputapu· 2024
Lotus Tūru Manuhiri
Client: Ming-Li Chang
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taputapu Category
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The Design
About Lotus Tūru Manuhiri
Ko Lotus he tūru manuhiri i hoahoaia hei kawe mai i te whakawhitinga o te hoahoa tūru tawhito o te Kāhui Ming ki te wāhi hou-ao. I whakaahuahua te hoahoa i tētahi tūru pītiti o te Kāhui Ming i hangaia kia āhei ai ngā rangatira taua tiketike ki te pupuri i te tohu mana i te wā haerenga. He whakatauki Haina e whakaahua ana i te tupu o te puawai lotus, mai i te paru engari kore poke. Ko te aroha, te mahana, te ngākau atawhai, me te māori o te ngākau ngā kare-ā-roto katoa e tūmanako ana te tūru kia whakaatu.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Lotus Tūru Manuhiri 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 Lotus Tūru Manuhiri 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 Lotus Tūru Manuhiri 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
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Lotus is a guest chair designed to bring-forth a translation of traditional Ming Dynasty chair design for a modern space. The design was inspired by a Ming Dynasty folding chair that was created to allow high-class generals to maintain a gesture of status during an outing. There’s a Chinese idiom that describes the growth of a lotus flower, out of the mud yet unstained. Kindness, warmth, generosity, and pureness of heart are all emotions the chair hopes to convey.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 530 mm x Depth 550 mm x height 728 mm x seat height 475 mm
- Tags
- Chair, Chinese, Wood, Joinery, Minimal
- Production Technology
- "Lotus" features an intersecting design with a unique lap joint and defined by a contrasting finish. This version of the chair is fully manufactured in China, structured with traditional Chinese furniture wood joinery methods, seamless, sturdy, and clean.
- Design Challenge
- Communicating with manufacturer through prototyping and developing the structural joinery.
- Inspiration
- Lotus is inspired bya very special chair from the Ming Dynasty. This was a folding chair design to be a gesture of status for someone of high government power when they’re on the go. What’s interesting is that this unique scenario resulted in a one of a kind design. The intersecting movement along with the archetype of a Chinese ceremonial chair is translated and captured through this new design. The result is an intersecting design with a unique lap joint and defined by a contrasting finish.
- Project Duration
- The project started as a design in October 2022 in Los Angeles and finished in March 2023 in Shanghai.
- Team Members
- Ming-Li Chang
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