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Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל by Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue

Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל by Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award אין אײַזן in מעבל דיזײַן Competition Category.


אײַזןמעבל· 2024

Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל

by Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue

Client: Hunan University of Engineering

A' Design Award אין אײַזן Winner in מעבל Category

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The Design

About Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל

פֿוזשאָן איז אַ פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל, באַשאַפֿן פֿאַרן היים־געברויך. דער דיזיין קאָמבינירט די פֿאָרעם פֿון אַ טראַדיציאָנעלן כינעזישן אָרעם־בענקל מיטן קאָמפּאַקטן בנין פֿון אַ מאָדערנעם פֿאלדינדיקן בענקל. די פֿיס זענען געמאַכט פֿון שוואַרצן ניסן־האָלץ, בעת דער אָרעם־געגנט און דער זיץ־פֿלאַך זענען געמאַכט פֿון געלן ניסן־האָלץ. די געבויגענע טיילן ווערן געשטאַלט דורך דאַמפּ־בייגן און פֿורעמען אין פֿורעמס, און די מעטאַלענע רוקן־שטיצן און גיר זענען געגאָסן, געשליפֿן און מאַשינירט. דער בענקל מיסט 780 מיט 490 מיט 490 מיליメート. די פֿאלד־טיילן זענען פּלאַצירט אויף די אינעווייניקסטע פֿיס, אַזוי אַז דער בענקל בלייבט עלעגאַנט ווען מען שטעלט אים אַוועק.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין אײַזן

Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין אײַזן, אַן פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו גוטע דיזײַנס וואָס טרעפֿן די פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע און ינדוסטריעלע פֿאָדערונגען וואָס מען דערוואַרט פֿון גוט-דיזײַנטע באַשאַפֿונגען. אײַזן-געווינער ווײַזן גרויסע בקיאות, הויכע ספּעציאַליזאַציע, מומחה-פֿאַרשטאַנד און קרעאַטיווע פֿעיִקייט פֿון זייערע שאַפֿער. פֿון Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע באַשאַפֿונג וואָס איז פּראַקטיש און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין אײַזן פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן פֿון דער ענף און האָט בקיאותדיקע טעכנישע אייגנשאַפֿטן פֿאַרבונדן מיט וויסן און טאַלאַנט. Fusion פֿאלדינדיקער בענקל ווערט געערט פֿאַר זײַן גרינטלעכקייט און איז דיזײַנט צו פּראָווידן פֿאַרבעסערונגען פֿון לעבנס-קוואַליטעט וואָס העלפֿן מאַכן די וועלט צו אַ בעסערן אָרט.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
With the popularity and development of major designs, people are becoming less and less familiar with ancient art. We aim to integrate classic aesthetics into minimalist modern design, provide a fusion of classical and modern, and build a unique Art style. Promote more people to realize the charm of classic aesthetics and explore the collision of classic flavor and modern creativity.
Dimensions & Packaging
The chair is 780mm×490mm×490mm, and the seat surface is 380mm×365mm.
Tags
Folding chairs, chairs, Ming and Qing furniture, product design, furniture design ​
Production Technology
The chair legs are made of black walnut, and the armrest area and seat surface are made of yellow walnut. The parts that need to be bent to form a curved surface are steam-bent. After softening, a mold is used to shape the wood. The backrest metal and supports are cast and carefully ground, and the metal gears are machined.
Design Challenge
In order to create this chair, we continued to extract traditional Chinese elements from the folding chair and explored the possibility of combining each element with a folding chair. And in order to break people's inherent impression of folding chairs, its texture is constantly shaped through the fusion of metal and wood, which highlights the texture that is different from ordinary folding chairs. At the same time, in order to make the folding chair still look overall beautiful in the stowed state, the folding parts are concentrated on the inner legs, while the outer legs are responsible for supporting the chair surface, ensuring the ornamental appearance even in the stowed state.
Research
Folding chairs are very common in daily life. They are easy to use, light in weight and save space. We hope to break this inherent impression and extract the elements of the traditional Chinese high chair to create a new design for the folding chair. On the basis of the original convenience of use, we add an elegant appearance, which not only retains the original convenience of the folding chair, but also It embodies a different antique design beauty.
Inspiration
Combining tradition with the new era is an important development trend in modern design. In order to integrate traditional elements into fast and convenient modern life, we mainly combine the unique Chinese style chairs with portable folding dining chairs. The structure of the chair is combined with the grand appearance of the Chinese chair, colliding the essence of tradition with modern multiculturalism, showing infinite creativity and charm, in order to achieve the purpose of adding retro traditional meaning to the new modern design.
Project Duration
The project will start in Xiangtan in November 2023 and be completed in Zhengzhou in February 2024
Operation Flow
Part of the process of opening a folding chair retains the convenience of existing folding chairs. First, fix the position of the rear chair legs (outer leg), press the seat down from the front (facing the chair) or push forward from the back. When the seat surface is unfolded, the front legs are opened simultaneously. After reaching the sitting angle, the seat surface will be fixed by the metal structure of the rear legs. The backrest and chair ring armrests will also stretch as the seat surface and front legs are unfolded. When it reaches the bulge behind the seat, the backrest will be fixed by the magnetic buckle, and the folding chair will unfold.
Patents
Hunan University of Engineering
Team Members
Mengke Yuan
Siqi Cai
Longfei Yue
Fangui Zeng
Xingye Wang
Image Credits
Hunan University of Engineering

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