Chair of Soul Silya by Wen Jenq Cherng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award na Bronse in Disenyo ng Muwebles Competition Category.

BronseMuwebles· 2020

Chair of Soul Silya

by Wen Jenq Cherng

Client: Cherng's Work

A' Design Award na Bronse Winner in Muwebles Category

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The Design

About Chair of Soul Silya

Ang Chair of Soul ay isang silyang dinisenyo upang suportahan ang katawan sa isang relaks ngunit patayong postura. Ang taas ng upuan, ang sandalan sa bewang, at ang mga pansandal sa braso ang nagdadala ng bigat ng itaas na bahagi ng katawan. Ang bahagyang kurbadong sandalan ay sumusunod sa hugis ng katawan at nagpapagaan ng tensyon sa balikat, leeg, bewang, at mga paa't kamay. Ang tradisyonal na kasangkapan mula sa Ming Dynasty ang naging batayan ng simpleng mga proporsyon nito. Ang kahoy na ebony mula sa Sulawesi ang bumubuo sa pangunahing istruktura, kasama ang mga binting yari sa tubong tanso at isang upuang gawa sa purpleng Nappa leather. Ang mga mortise at tenon joints ang nag-uugnay sa mga bahagi, samantalang ang arc structure ang kumokonekta sa mga binti patungo sa upuan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Bronse

Ang Chair of Soul Silya ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bronse, isang lubhang prestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga natatanging disenyong nakikilala sa pagkamalikhain, katalinuhan at talas ng isip. Ang mga nagwagi ng Bronse ay mga likhang lubhang mahusay at kapansin-pansing malikhain na nagpapatunay sa malawak na karanasan, imahinasyon at pagkamaparaan ng kanilang mga tagapagdisenyo. Inaasahang ang Chair of Soul Silya ay isang lubos na pinahahalagahan, hinahangaan at minamahal na bagay na kapansin-pansing propesyonal at makabago. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bronse ay nagsasama ng pinakamahuhusay na kasanayan sa sining, agham, disenyo at teknolohiya, at mahusay dahil sa pansin nito sa detalye. Ang Chair of Soul Silya ay kahanga-hangang tumutugon sa mga pangangailangan, humahaplos sa mga hangarin, bumibighani sa damdamin at umaakit sa pag-uusisa.

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