Chair of Soul Setulo by Wen Jenq Cherng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fenitjhara Competition Category.

BoronseFenitjhara· 2020

Chair of Soul Setulo

by Wen Jenq Cherng

Client: Cherng's Work

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

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The Design

About Chair of Soul Setulo

Setulo sa Moya ke setulo se etselitsoeng ho tšehetsa 'mele boemong bo phutholohileng bo otlolohileng. Bophahamo ba sebaka sa ho lula, sesireletsi sa mokokotlo lehareng le liphahlo tsa matsoho li jara boima ba karolo e ka holimo ea 'mele. Sesireletsi sa mokokotlo se kobehileng hanyenyane se latela sebopeho sa 'mele mme se imollang khatello mahetleng, molaleng, lehareng le litho tsa 'mele. Fanicha ea khale ea Ming Dynasty e fana ka moralo oa mantlha oa likhato tse bonolo. Ebony e tsoang Sulawesi e theha sebopeho se seholo, e kopantsoe le maoto a lipompo tsa koporo le sebaka sa ho lula sa letlalo la Nappa le mmala o mopherese. Mahokahano a mortise le tenon a kopanya likarolo, 'me sebopeho sa arc se hokahanya maoto le sebaka sa ho lula.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Chair of Soul Setulo ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Chair of Soul Setulo e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Chair of Soul Setulo e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Chair of Soul is my entry point of use as a starting point for design thinking. Since I have long been practicing meditation for destressing and calming my body and mind, I am hoping the design of the chair could reflect a completely relaxed condition for the body. Overall design is thereby focused on its function, where the user would sit upright on the chair and his or her upper-body weight be perfectly supported through the height of the chair, the backrest at the waist, and the armrests.
Dimensions & Packaging: When producing a hereditary chair, what is more important than ensuring its functions is finding ways to incorporate visual aesthetics. I am using Chinese traditional Ming Dynasty style furniture as my blueprint, borrowing its elegant and simple exterior design and principles on proportion. And through enhancement of overall structural system, a unique arc structure is used as the support that connects the legs and the seat of the chair.
Tags: Product, Chair, Health, Oriental, Furniture
Production Technology: The curvature of the slightly bulging backrest embraces the body; this waist-supporting chair design offers supports for the human body, so that tensions around user’s shoulders, neck, waist, and limbs would all be relieved–user would be welcomed with a comforting sensation similar to a hug.
Design Challenge: Pairing the material with the metallic copper tube of the legs and the purple cow Nappa leather seat, harmony, elegance, stability, and sustainability are incorporated altogether to bring forth a chair that user could converse with, the chair I dub – Chair of Soul.
Research: A chair that is aimed to improve the users health would need to value the choice of material as equally important as the design that would fit precisely to human body proportions. I have especially chosen the ebony produced in Sulawesi, Indonesia as the chair’s main structure element; its fine material and deep-black colored lines flawlessly interpret the sophistication that the chair should exhibit.
Inspiration: We have always had different thoughts in regards to chairs. This piece of furniture with a long history of evolution has always been deemed irreplaceable in home interior. How should a classic chair, which one hopes to pass down for generations and stay eternally quintessential, be presented?
Project Duration: The project started in December 2016 and finished in December 2018.
Operation Flow: The design is further complemented by the mortice and tenon joint as the reinforcing linkage between parts, bringing betterment to the complex composition found in old-fashioned traditional furniture. In addition to strengthening the chair’s mechanics system, a simplistic and spiritual appearance is thereby created for the chair.
Team Members: Designer: Wen-Jenq Cherng