Modern Chinese Poltrona by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Mobiliário Competition Category.
PrataMobiliário· 2022
Modern Chinese Poltrona
Client: Niehworks
A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Mobiliário Category
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About Modern Chinese Poltrona
Modern Chinese é uma poltrona destinada a acomodar o utilizador e igualmente adequada para ser exposta como peça de arte. A forma inspira-se na tradicional poltrona chinesa e na cadeira nº B33 de Marcel Breuer. O processamento CNC modela o contraplacado e a nogueira maciça num contorno fluido e sem interrupções, substituindo as partes angulosas e as juntas de marcenaria da construção tradicional. A estrutura e a resistência da madeira foram calculadas para suportar o peso do corpo. Inicialmente foi estudada uma estrutura em tubo metálico, mas optou-se pela madeira devido ao seu aspeto mais acolhedor.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Prata
Modern Chinese Poltrona conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Modern Chinese Poltrona seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Modern Chinese Poltrona é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The overall concept is to borrow the shape of traditoinal Chinese armchair and fused with current technology and material such as CNC processing and plywood to create a modern and organic looking Chinese style furniture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 765mm x Depth 650mm x Height 800mm
Seat Height 420mm - Tags
- chair, furniture, minimalism, simplicity, creative, oriental, Chinese, design, artistic, beautiful
- Production Technology
- CNC Processing,
Plywood, solid wood(walnut) - Design Challenge
- The most challenging part of this chair concept is to design proper structure and calculate wood strength enable to support people's weight. The original idea was to use metal tube and bending technique to create the chair structure, but the finish appearance looks too cold and contemporary, therefore, the material was switched from metal back to wood.
- Research
- For this project the idea/design was just pop into my head when I was reading a book called "Encyclopedia of China Traditional Furniture Making and Appreciation" Therefore, it is difficult to position this chair as a design piece or an art work.
- Inspiration
- Modern Chinese Armchair was inspired by traditional Chinese armchair and Marcel Breuer's No. B33 chair design. The original motive was not to simplified a traditional Chinese armchair into a modern looking one, but to borrowed the design from the past and infused with present technology and material to expand a new style of Chinese furniture.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan and minor changes are undergoing
- Operation Flow
- Modern Chinese Armchair is mainly for sitting purpose but can also be viewed as piece of art work.
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