The Swing Chair Setulo by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fenitjhara Competition Category.

TšepeFenitjhara· 2022

The Swing Chair Setulo

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Winner in Fenitjhara Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair Setulo

Setulo sa Swing ke setulo se bululetsweng ke swing. Moralo ona o arabela ho tsamaya ha 'mele mme o theha tshebedisano e phelang bakeng sa phomolo le ho bapala. Setulo le mokokotlo di feto-fetoha kapa di ka lokisoa, kahoo di latela maemo le metsamao eo mosebedisi a e ratang ha a dutse. Sekhahla se pakeng tsa setulo le mokokotlo se ka fetoha ho tloha dilekanyong tsa 120 ho isa ho 133. Sebopeho ke khupu ea disentimithara tse 61x61x61. Kota ea Oak e sebedisoa bakeng sa foreime, plywood bakeng sa setulo le mokokotlo, le thapo ea koto bakeng sa likarolo tse fokang. Thapo e sa lokisang e theha khokahano le kota, e leng se boloang metsamao e laoloa hantle le e sireletsehileng.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

The Swing Chair Setulo ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. The Swing Chair Setulo e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, The Swing Chair Setulo e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

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).