U-Comfort Cadièra de Rotin by Jian Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Bronze in Dissènh de Mobilièr Competition Category.

BronzeMobilièr· 2024

U-Comfort Cadièra de Rotin

by Jian Yang

Client: Southwest Jiaotong University

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Mobilièr Category

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The Design

About U-Comfort Cadièra de Rotin

U-Comfort es una cadièra de repaus en rotin destinada a las maisons, platjas, estacions balnearias e autres espacis de leser. La forma generala es redonda e lisa, amb linhas courbas. Un anèl circular clavat sul costat de la cadièra fonciona a l'encòp coma element visual e coma estructura de sosten. L'ossatura es fabricada en rotin espés, corbat per calor, e las jonccions son embolicadas amb pèl de rotin. La susfàcia de sèti es tissada a la man. Un logicial d'optimizacion topologica foguèt utilizat per melhorar l'estructura, de manièra que lo material siá utilizat de biais economic, tot en respectant las exigéncias mecanicas d'un sèti.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

U-Comfort Cadièra de Rotin a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que U-Comfort Cadièra de Rotin siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. U-Comfort Cadièra de Rotin satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This rattan chair has an overall round and smooth shape with beautiful curves. The highlight of the styling of this rattan chair is the circular closed-ring structure on the side, which is strikingly symbolic and also serves as a support structure.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions:L850mm,W640mm,H870mm
Tags: Seat design, Non-heritage culture
Production Technology: Rattan weaving generally goes through a dozen or so processes, such as beating rattan (cutting off the knots and scars on the rattan), picking rattan, washing rattan, tanning rattan, arguing rattan, pulling rattan (planing rattan), chipping rattan, bleaching, dyeing, weaving, and lacquering. Rattan furniture, mainly the production of bracket and weaving surface weaving. With rough rattan production bracket, its bending shape can be used to bake and saw mouth bending two ways. Saw mouth bending method is simple, but the strength is weakened and the curve is not natural and smooth. The connection of the bracket is usually wrapped with rattan skin, and the basic method of weaving the surface with rattan skin on the bracket is three kinds of picking, covering and wrapping.
Design Challenge: Styling&topology optimization calculation
New paradigms based on AI algorithms have begun to infiltrate various industries that humans were once proud of, such as AI music arranging, AI painting, AI driving, and AI design. AI is attempting to replace the creativity that is uniquely human. So, how to deal with AI design? What role do AI algorithms play in the design process? In the design of this recliner, we tried to balance the relationship between human designers and AI algorithms, where human aesthetic concepts and human-machine comfort decided by the designers are the dominant and constraining principles, while the AI algorithms are strictly limited to secondary design on this basis. Under the premise of ensuring the mechanical system is well-built, the most economical use of materials is achieved.
Inspiration: During the process, we used wire to construct the product structure. In order to reflect the soft and tough nature of rattan, we mostly used a closed-loop structure . On this basis, we also used the bi-directional topological computing software Ameba to iterate the structure, so as to improve the structure of the rattan chair, so that it not only conforms to the mechanical characteristics of the seat, but also meets our design aesthetic perception, so as to achieve the harmonization of the two.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2022 in Chongzhou and finished in January 2024 in Chengdu.
Team Members: Designer:Yang Jian
Li Qi
Xiao Xiao
Wang Chao
Chen Junge
Cong Wenzhuo
Chen Ying
Zhou Ziyi
Wu Yunting
Wang Zhixiao
Yan Yuting
Guo Yixuan
Zhang Mingyang
Hu Wei
Wan Yulin
Wang Mingzheng
Liu Lang
Image Credits: Image#1:Creator Ziyi Zhou,U-comfort,2023
Image#2:Creator Ziyi Zhou,U-comfort,2023
Image#3:Creator Ziyi Zhou,U-comfort,2023
Image#4:Creator Ziyi Zhou,U-comfort,2023
Image#5:Creator Ziyi Zhou,U-comfort,2023
Video:Photographer Junge Chen,U-comfort,2024
Video:Creator Wenzhuo Cong,U-comfort,2024
Sound:Created by AI dubbing software Dupdub
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