Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge by Dan Shao

Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge by Dan Shao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Basi in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

BasiParabot· 2023

Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge

by Dan Shao

Client: National Taipei University of Technology

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge

Teks Buku: Hui adolah sett furnitur lounge, tadiri dari kursi jo meja ketek, nan dirancang untuak mambaco jo minum teh. Bantuak Dindiang Ma Tau, unsur gable dari arsitektur Huizhou di Cino, ditransformasikan manjadi bagian struktural jo dekoratif dari furnitur ko. Sett ko dibuek dari kayu beech, kulik, jo kaco, disambuang jo teknik pertukangan tradisional Cino nan disebuik mortise and tenon. Bantal kulik jo sandaran pungguang lamak jo mambari sokongan nan cukuik. Meja ko punyo duo lapisan, jo lapisan kulik nan di bawah dipakai untuak manaruah buku jo majalah. Tujuan dari karajo ko adolah untuak mambawok budaya daerah ka dalam rumah modern.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Hui Fungsi Utamo: Meja Lounge, Kursi Lounge dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Inspired by the Ma Tau Wall, the shape of the horse head combining with the shape of gatehouse, is transformed into a key structural element and decorative part of the furniture. The overall design is classical and stable, which makes it more suitable for use in modern home. This set of furniture is a new attempt to combine the elements of Huizhou regional culture with modern furniture design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions of chair: Width 650mm x Depth 760mm x Height 720mm
Dimensions of table: Width 600mm x Depth 400mm x Height 500mm
Tags: Ma Tau Wall, Hui-style, furniture, lounge chair, side table
Production Technology: This furniture is made of beech, leather and glass materials, using Chinese traditional architectural mortise and tenon joint craftsmanship.
Design Challenge: This research tries to find the point where tradition meets modernity, fine tune, transform and redesign traditional elements, and design works with distinctive national characteristics, which can have an impact on the senses and psychology of the target groups both from the visual and the cultural connotation perspective.
Research: This design belongs to conceptual study, aiming at refining and redesigning traditional Chinese culture, especially exploring methods to integrate the national native elements into modern furniture designs. The research methodology includes field research, user interviews, focus groups, and using tests. The research results will contribute to the inheritance and innovation of Chinese traditional culture.
Inspiration: The architectural aesthetics of Huizhou is a unique human landscape left over from the end of the feudal times in China. The Ma Tau Wall of Hui-stylearchitecture is a regional architectural element with both practicality and aesthetics. Organically integrating Huizhou architecture with modern furniture design makes people feel the charm of Huizhou culture in daily life.
Project Duration: The project, started in October 2021 in Fuzhou, was completed in May 2022 in Fuzhou.
Operation Flow: The lounge table and chair set creates a space for drinking tea and reading. The leather cushion and backrest are soft and comfortable with sufficient support. The table is divided into two layers, with the lower leather layer serving as storage space for books, magazines and other items.