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Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni by Ilya Legchatov

Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni by Ilya Legchatov is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid in Disinn tal-Għamara Competition Category.


ĦadidGħamara· 2022

Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni

by Ilya Legchatov

Client: Ilya Legchatov

Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid Winner in Għamara Category

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The Design

About Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni

Brahma huwa siġġu ddisinjat għall-meditazzjoni u biex wieħed joqgħod bilqiegħda b'saqajh mgħoddija. Il-basktall għandu protrużjoni taħt il-parti t'isfel tad-dahar u mtiwi u mmejjel b'mod definit, sabiex ma jkunux meħtieġa mħاسد addizzjonali. Il-post tal-qgħad wiesa' jippermetti li l-irkopptejn jibqgħu fil-limiti tal-pjanċa tal-qgħad meta s-saqajn ikunu mgħoddija. L-istruttura hija magħmula minn plywood mgħawweġ u mwaħħal, ragħwa tal-lastiku u tapizzerija, filwaqt li s-saqajn huma magħmula minn faggien solidu. Is-saqajn li jistgħu jitwaħħlu jinġarru mal-istruttura b'erba' bulunetti, sabiex is-siġġu jibqa' ħafif u faċli biex jinġarr. Brahma tqiegħed il-meditazzjoni fl-interjur modern bħala biċċa għamara distinta.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid

Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż mogħti lil disinji tajbin li jissodisfaw ir-rekwiżiti professjonali u industrijali mistennija minn ħolqien imfassal tajjeb. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Ħadid juru l-ħila kbira, l-ispeċjalizzazzjoni għolja, il-fehim espert u l-kapaċità kreattiva tal-ħallieqa tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni ikun ħolqien imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub li huwa prattiku u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Ħadid jintegra l-aħjar prattiki tal-industrija u għandu karatteristiċi tekniċi kompetenti marbuta mal-għarfien u t-talent. Brahma Siġġu tal-Meditazzjoni huwa rispettat għall-eżattezza tiegħu u mfassal biex itejjeb il-kwalità tal-ħajja u jgħin jagħmel id-dinja post aħjar.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Brahma is a chair for meditation and lovers of sitting cross-legged. Once the designer's personal meditation experience had dawned him on with the need for a special chair and its parameters. The uniqueness of the chair is in the ergonomics, which allows you to sit motionless for a long time in the lotus position, as well as in the fact that meditation as a phenomenonis given a worthy place of a self-sufficient piece of furniture for the first time in a modern interior.
Dimensions & Packaging
W880 mm D720 mm H960 mm
Tags
chair, Brahma chair, meditation chair, meditation, yoga
Production Technology
The chair was designed to be light weighted, easily assembled and portable. The frame consists of bent-glued plywood, foam rubber and upholstery. The legs are collapsible, assembled on 4 bolts. The material is masive beech. The legs are attached to the frame by 4 bolts.
Design Challenge
Creative challenge: A piece of furniture is needed specifically for meditation. In addition to its purely applied significance, such a subject has a social perspective to bring the phenomenon of meditation from the level of a suspicious hobby, overgrown with a pile of mossy prejudices, to the level of a prestigious universally recognized practice of modern educated people who are healthy in body, mind and soul.
Research
15 years ago, the designer got interested in meditation as an ancient oriental self-discovery method. In purpose of practical research, for a number of years he's been visiting various meditation centers, including retreats with a Hindu spiritual guru.

As a result of the research, the designer came to the conclusion about universal benefits of meditation as a natural way of self-development. It inspired him to create a piece of furniture specifically for long and comfortable meditation.

Offering a meditation chair as an integral element of everyday interior, the designer aims to shift meditation from an exotic activity of marginal social groups to a daily practice for physical, psychological and spiritual self-development.
Inspiration
In the world of stress one looks for ways to clean up environment, heal the body and calm mind. It leads to meditation, for which home furniture is barely fit due to the armrests, the slope of a backrest, the width of a seat, and the heap of blankets and pillows on the floor alarms guests.

My own practice led me to settings of an ideal chair:
wide seat under knees
comfy back bend - no extra pillows
fine shape above the floor level.

Thus was born a ultimate item of modern interior.
Project Duration
The project had started in July 2017.
It was exhibited at SaloneSatellite WorldWide Moscow 2017. Then the chair became the winner of the National Award "Russian Cabriole" and the winner of competition in the field of industrial design "Art-League" in 2018.
After that the chair was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile.Milano.Moscow 2018 and 2019 at the stand of Elle Decoration, the Venice Design Biennale DESIGN.VE. in 2018, Salone del Mobile. Milano 2018 in the Lambrate Design District, Moscow Design Week 2018, MAISON&OBJET PARIS 2019 and other smaller exhibitions.
Operation Flow
The specificity of this chair is its ergonomics, which allows one to sit motionless in meditation for a long time. The whole point is in the form of a back with a protrusion under the lower back. Years of practice convinced the designer in the convenience of a certain bend and tilt of the backrest, which allows one to sit using no additional pillows. Also he added to this bend a wide seat that allows crossed legged sitting with knees not stuck out beyond the seat-plate.

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