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Curved Kerusi by Beijing Forestry University

Curved Kerusi by Beijing Forestry University is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Perak in Reka Bentuk Perabot Competition Category.


PerakPerabot· 2025

Curved Kerusi

by Beijing Forestry University

Client: Beijing Forestry University

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Perabot Category

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The Design

About Curved Kerusi

Curved ialah sebuah kerusi yang diperbuat daripada rotan asli Indonesia. Reka bentuk ini menggabungkan kemahiran anyaman rotan tradisional dengan estetika moden. Garisan rotan melengkung yang lembut mengingatkan kepada gunung-ganang dan air yang mengalir dalam lukisan dakwat tradisional Cina. Bentuknya dihasilkan dengan tangan melalui proses pemilihan bahan, pengukusan, pembengkokan panas, pembentukan, penggilapan dan pengecatan. Ketinggian penyandar lengan, kestabilan kaki serta lengkungan tempat duduk dan penyandar belakang mengikuti kajian ergonomik dan menyokong bahagian pinggang dan belakang. Kerusi ini berukuran 630 x 850 x 900 milimeter dan sesuai untuk persekitaran dalaman dan luaran.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Curved Kerusi ialah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengiktirafan yang sangat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk bertaraf tinggi, indah dan mengagumkan. Pemenang Perak ialah karya yang amat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan kepakaran, bakat dan ketajaman fikiran yang luar biasa pereka bentuknya. Curved Kerusi diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, contoh teladan, sangat profesional dan sangat inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini ialah ciptaan yang sangat ketara dan dikagumi yang memberi manfaat kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Curved Kerusi ialah ciptaan yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif dan mencetuskan rasa hairan serta kagum.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This aesthetically pleasing and practical curved chair is made of understated, pliable natural rattan. It subtly marries traditional rattan weaving craftsmanship with modern aesthetics to highlight the liveliness and grace of mountains and water through smooth curved rattan, conveying a peaceful attitude towards life and a profound philosophy of life. Moreover, the chair designed based on ergonomics improves comfort of use while ensuring visual appeal.
Dimensions & Packaging
630mm*850mm*900mm
Tags
rattan weaving craftsmanship, modern design, natural material, high mountains and flowing water, an integration of traditional and modern elements
Production Technology
This chair adopts premium Indonesian rattan that is waterproof, durable, and pliable with a soft luster and unique textures, achieving a refined style and rich visual effects. The superb techniques are used in material selection, steaming, hot bending, shaping, polishing, painting and other multiple manual processes, which equip each finished product with delicate details, a comfortable touch, and good load bearing performance, bringing visual and tactile enjoyment for a better user experience.
Design Challenge
The challenge was how to integrate the natural material, traditional craftsmanship, and modern aesthetics. To address that, the design team, breaking away from stereotyped designs in rattan furniture, has created a new rattan chair form by using minimalistic, dynamic curves to mimic the soft and graceful brushstrokes in Chinese landscape paintings. The product, while pursuing visual appeal, takes into account comfort and stability, striking a balance between aesthetics and functionality.
Research
Rattan is pliable and expressive. Thus, rattan chairs can showcase natural flowing dynamism through the ingenious combination of rattan lines. This product marries traditional rattan weaving craftsmanship with modern design concepts, which utilizes the natural material to reproduce the ethereal mountains and water in Chinese ink paintings. As a result, it achieves a simple yet elegant aesthetic, able to harmonize with various indoor and outdoor environments.
Inspiration
The chair, inspired by high mountains and flowing water in traditional Chinese ink paintings, utilizes understated, pliable natural rattan to outline rolling mountains and flowing water through smooth curves, bringing to mind a lively, graceful, and magnificent scene of mountains and water intertwined. This not only creates a serene atmosphere for users to relax, but also embodies a perfect fusion of cultural inheritance and modern innovation.
Project Duration
The project started in Beijing in January 2024 and completed in June 2024.
Operation Flow
The rattan chair prioritizes user experience and makes optimization based on ergonomics. It features fluid lines and is meticulously polished to offer a delicate, smooth touch. The height of the armrests, the stability of the legs, and the curvatures of the seat and the backrest have all undergone numerous tests. In this way, the chair can perfectly fit the human body and provide excellent support for the waist and back, while also boasting high stability, ensuring a comfortable experience.
Team Members
GongWei

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