Colored Finch Cadièra by Wingstone Casa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Dissènh de Mobilièr Competition Category.

ArgentMobilièr· 2021

Colored Finch Cadièra

by Wingstone Casa

Client: Wingstone Casa

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Mobilièr Category

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The Design

About Colored Finch Cadièra

Colored Finch es una cadièra inspirada per la forma d'un pinçan. Lo respalièr sembla drech de fàcia e se corba suls costats, en combinant forma e comoditat. Lo respalièr e lo sèti son fachs de fusta multicapa fach a la man, formada coma de fusta corbada de doble capa. Las cambas son de tubes metallics cobèrts de capas de teissut fach a la man. L'usatge limitat de materials non renovelables dins las cambas sosten l'atencion ambientala. Setze prototips foguèron construches, e un maniquin de tèst foguèt utilizat per estudiar las posicions d'assietament e definir la talha finala. La cadièra mesura 490 mm de largor, 550 mm de prigondor e 810 mm de nautor.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Colored Finch Cadièra a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Colored Finch Cadièra siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Colored Finch Cadièra es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Colored Finch Chair, the artistic furniture created altogether by Professor Chang KeFei and Wing Stones that was finalized as a design project in May 2020.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 490mm x Depth 550mm x Height 810mm
Tags: Chair, Furniture, Product, Homeware, Design
Production Technology: To make the chair both stylish and comfortable, the designer made the backrest look straight upfront and curved on the side. Given these considerations, the designer asked the factory to use the double-layer curved wood according to the Rhino model of product. To make entire chair thin and light, the production team needed to develop the suitable metal parts so to manufacture the finished product.
Design Challenge: We had changed some suppliers before finding the ideal manufacture to impeccably embody the furniture. It required a challenging craftmanship to complete Colored Finch Chair, which demanded extraordinary expertise for manufacturing. During the process, the brand owner and the designer endured diverse pressures. They had to confirmed repeatedly with the cooperative manufacture. It was the hardship of creation.
Research: Colored Finch Chair is a piece of composite furniture whose backrest and chair seat were made of the handmade multi-layer woods. The chair legs were made of metal tubes uniformly laminated by handmade fabrics. The minimized usage of non-renewable materials for chair legs exemplifies the creation based on environmental protection.
Inspiration: The design idea of Colored Finch Chair was inspired from the fairy in nature—finches.
The bird observes all things in nature in trees. It looks proud and free, and its splendid wings covering the round body figuratively exemplify the fairy painting on the green canvas of nature.
The designer thoroughly observing the postures of bird discovered the most general bird’s shapes artistically converted into the design of furniture, thus adding a touch of spiritual atmosphere of nature in the space.
Project Duration: Proposal confirmation in May 2020.
Market launch in October 2020.
Operation Flow: There were 16 prototypes of Colored Finch Chair, which means that the model of Colored Finch Chair was modified for 16 times in the phase of modeling. The scenarios were simulated by applying the medical dummy to the different usages of chair so to determine the size of chair and the final project. After finalizing the shape of chair, the designer generated the rendering. In this phase, the product in rendering was simulated so to discover the best materials, and its scale was examined in the final run.
Team Members: Designer: Ke-Fei Zhang
Designer: Hui-Zi Zhang
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer WINGSTONE CASA, Colored Finch, 2020.