Balustrade Stoel by Zhejiang Sci-Tech University is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Zilver in Meubelontwerp Competition Category.
ZilverMeubels· 2021
Balustrade Stoel
by Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Client: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Meubels Category
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About Balustrade Stoel
Balustrade is een stoel ontworpen voor kort en tijdelijk rusten. Het ontwerp is geïnspireerd op onbewust gedrag, zoals leunen op een tafel of tegen een balustrade. Balustrade biedt twee zithoudingen. De eerste is direct op de bovenkant zitten, als een stoel. De tweede is een leunende houding, als het leunen tegen een reling. De vorm is eenvoudig en de bedoeling is kortstondig gebruik in plaats van langdurig comfort. Meerdere eenheden kunnen op elkaar worden gestapeld om het transportvolume te verkleinen. De stoel meet 620 bij 385 bij 720 millimeter.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Zilver
Balustrade Stoel is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. Balustrade Stoel wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Balustrade Stoel is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Balustrade Chair, an unconventional product, is different from the traditional chair and stool. It is designed for a temporary situation. Therefore, designers used a simpler way to realize this thought, while not put much attention on comfort level. In addition, the transport volume can be reduced by overlapping
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 620 x 385 x 720
- Tags
- Chair, Stool, Seat, Bar Stool, Bar Chair
- Production Technology
- Balustrade Chair is a new way of sitting that designers propose to distinguish between chair and stool. Designers of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University believe that the random demand, generated by the masses, is extremely valuable. Most of the demand is generated based on the spontaneous state, which is temporary and random. This randomness creates demands that greatly broaden the definition of many original products.
- Design Challenge
- The social point of view. It challenges the public's understanding of traditional seats. The using time of this chair is less than 30 minutes, and its main purpose is to rest temporarily.
Technology implementation. The balance between concise form and structure. That is to say, the safety, firmness and service life of people in different physical conditions can be realized. - Research
- Through observations and interviews, designers of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University find that the public have other needs and solutions for the "sitting" behavior. After deeply observing the behavior of street people, collecting pictures and analyzing, the pictures puts forward the following suggestions:
1. New form of sitting posture. It's different from sitting completely down and resting. Solve the problem of temporary rest (about 8 minutes of chatting), but it is not a state of complete rest.
2. Activities designed with the theme of "Street Observation Perspective". Designers chose the public to sit on the roadside railings to design this product. - Inspiration
- This product is inspired by observing people's unconscious behaviors, such as half leaning on the table or leaning against the Balustrade.
- Project Duration
- Designed in Hangzhou, China, 2019
- Operation Flow
- There are two different sitting positions: one is sitting directly on the top, just like a chair;
The other is the leaning posture, just like leaning on a balustrade. - Patents
- lndustrial Design Patent. Application No. / Patent No.202030487503.2. Zhejiang Sci-Tech University.2020.China Intellectual Property Office.
- Team Members
- Xuelian Li
Shichao Wang
Haipeng Zhu
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