Modern Chinese Nofoa lima by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.
ArioMeafale· 2022
Modern Chinese Nofoa lima
Client: Niehworks
A' Design Award Ario Winner in Meafale Category
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About Modern Chinese Nofoa lima
O le Modern Chinese o se nofoa lima ua faamoemoe mo le nofonofo ma e talafeagai foi mo le faaalia o se galuega faatufugaga. O lona foliga e nono mai le nofoa lima masani a Saina ma le nofoa No. B33 a Marcel Breuer. O le faagaioiga CNC e faafoliga ai le laupapa ua sulu ma le laau walnut malō i se faasologa maluali ma le lelei atoatoa, e sui ai vaega tulimanu ma sootaga faakamuta o le fausaga masani. O le fausaga ma le malosi o le laau na fuafuaina e lagolago ai le mamafa o le tino. Sa muai suesueina se faavaa paipa uamea, ae na filifilia le laau ona o lona foliga mafanafana.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Ario
O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Modern Chinese Nofoa lima, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Modern Chinese Nofoa lima e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Modern Chinese Nofoa lima o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.
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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