The Swing Chair Igitanda by Jiangying Guo

The Swing Chair Igitanda by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Imitako Competition Category.

IcyumaImitako· 2022

The Swing Chair Igitanda

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Imitako Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Igitanda

Igicu Cyo Kuzenguruka ni intebe yahimbwe hishingiwe ku muzenguruko (swing). Igishushanyo gisubiza ku mugendekere w'umubiri kandi gishyiraho imikoranire ihindagurika y'uburuhukiro n'imikino. Igice cyo kwicaraho n'icyo kwishingikirizaho ni ibigoragoza kandi bihindurwa, bityo bikurikira uburyo umukoresha ashaka kwicara n'imigendekere ye. Impande iri hagati y'aho wicara n'aho wishingikirizaho irashobora guhinduka kuva kuri dogere 120 kugera kuri 133. Inyubako ni agasanduku k'ibipimo bya santimetero 61x61x61. Igiti cy'imikolokoto (Oak) gikoreshwa mu gushinga urufatiro, ibiti byakozwe mu bwoko bwa plywood bikoreshwa ku gice cyo kwicaraho no kwishingikirizaho, naho umugozi w'ipamba ukoreshwa ku bice bizenguruka. Umugozi ukakaye ugira uburinganire n'igiti, ibyo bikagira uruhare mu kugenzura kandi bikagira umutekano mu mugendekere.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

The Swing Chair Igitanda ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. The Swing Chair Igitanda biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. The Swing Chair Igitanda yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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).