The Swing Chair Cadeira by Jiangying Guo

The Swing Chair Cadeira by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Mobiliário Competition Category.

FerroMobiliário· 2022

The Swing Chair Cadeira

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Mobiliário Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Cadeira

A Swing Chair é um assento inspirado no balanço. O design responde ao movimento do corpo e cria uma interação dinâmica para o relaxamento e a brincadeira. O assento e o encosto são flexíveis e ajustáveis, acompanhando assim as posições de sentar e os movimentos preferidos do utilizador. O ângulo entre o assento e o encosto pode variar de 120 a 133 graus. A estrutura é um cubo de 61x61x61 centímetros. Utilizou-se madeira de carvalho para a armação, contraplacado para o assento e o encosto e cordão de algodão para as partes oscilantes. O cordão rugoso cria atrito com a madeira, o que mantém o movimento controlado e seguro.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

The Swing Chair Cadeira conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que The Swing Chair Cadeira seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, The Swing Chair Cadeira merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Inspired by the swing, this chair aims to respond with human body movements and create a dynamic interaction with the users - for them to relax and play. The seat and backrest are flexible and adjustable in a way that they are able to follow users’ preferred sitting positions and their movements while sitting. It also has a minimal structure: seat and backrest supported by a simple frame (61x61x61cm), giving the seat floating and chair lightweight.
Dimensions & Packaging: The chair is in a "perfect cube" structure: 61x61x61cm.
Tags: Chair, Sustainable, Playful, Moveable Seats, Swing
Production Technology: The material here I used Oak wood for the structure, plywood for the seat and backrest, cotton cord for the swing, and rubber screw to connect the backrest.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is to control the level of movement, which is affected by the design as well as the material. Allowing too much movement would cause a user to fall off the chair. The thick cotton cord has rough texture and thus create good friction with the wood, in this way, it allows the seat to still create movements but in a controlled and safe way.
Inspiration: This chair is inspired by the swing. I want to incorporate the playfulness and movement of swing into a chair which is normally considered to have a fixed angle between seat and backrest.
Project Duration: This project is completed in Copenhagen in 2017; the duration of design and production took around 2 months.
Operation Flow: Both the seat and backrest are adjustable based on user's movement. The angle between the seat and backrest could be adjusted from 120 to 133 degree (please see the image above).