Modern Chinese Fotelja by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Сребрна награда A' Design Award in Дизајн намештаја Competition Category.
СребрнаНамештај· 2022
Modern Chinese Fotelja
Client: Niehworks
Сребрна награда A' Design Award Winner in Намештај Category
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The Design
About Modern Chinese Fotelja
Modern Chinese je fotelja namenjena za sedenje, a pogodna je i za izlaganje kao umetničko delo. Forma pozajmljuje elemente tradicionalne kineske fotelje i stolice br. B33 Marsela Brojera. CNC obrada oblikuje šperploču i masivan orah u fluidnu i besprekornu konturu, zamenjujući uglaste delove i drvodeljske spojeve tradicionalne konstrukcije. Struktura i čvrstina drveta izračunate su tako da izdrže telesnu težinu. Prvo je razmatran okvir od metalnih cevi, ali je drvo izabrano zbog toplijeg izgleda.
The Recognition
About the Сребрна награда A' Design Award
Modern Chinese Fotelja је добитник Сребрне награде A' Design Award, изузетно престижног признања које се додељује врхунским, предивним и импресивним дизајнима. Добитници Сребрне награде неизмерно су бриљантна и изузетно креативна дела која илуструју изузетну стручност, таленат и оштроумност својих дизајнера. Очекује се да Modern Chinese Fotelja буде дивно, узорно дело, запажено професионално и дубоко иновативно. Овај дизајн награђен Сребрном наградом A' Design Award веома је запажен, дивљен изум који користи и помера границе уметности, науке, дизајна и технологије. Modern Chinese Fotelja је творевина којој многи завиде, која буди жеље, доноси позитивна осећања и изазива чуђење и дивљење.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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