The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu by Jiangying Guo

The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Tiyarina Kamay Competition Category.

FierruTiyarina· 2022

The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Tiyarina Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu

Ñan Kawitu nisqaqa huk tiyanam, kawituq (columpio) yuyaymanamanta paqarichisqa. Kay ruwayqa ukhu kuyuyman kutichikun, hinaspa samayninpaq ima pukllayninpaq ima kawsaq huqarichiyta ruwan. Tiyana hinaspa qhipa tiyana (respaldo) kuyuchikuq hinaspa allichakuq kanku, chaymi ruwakuq runaq munasqan tiyay hinaspa kuyuyninkunata qatinku. Tiyana hinaspa qhipa tiyanaq kuchunmi 120 patamanta 133 degreeskaman tikrakunman. Ruwasqanqa 61x61x61 centímetropi kubuchakun. Oak sachaq kaspinmi marcopaq apaykachasqa kan, plywoodtaq tiyanapaq hinaspa qhipa tiyanapaq, algodón waskataq kuyuchikuq partekunapaq. Chhulla waskaqa kaspiwan kuska anchhuyta ruwan, chaymi kuyuyta allin watasqa hinaspa mana ñakariyniyuq kanan tukunman.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta The Swing Chair Ñan Kawitu yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

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).