Lotus Àga Àlejò by Ming Li Chang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.
FàdákàOhun-èlò Ilé· 2024
Lotus Àga Àlejò
Client: Ming-Li Chang
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category
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The Design
About Lotus Àga Àlejò
Lotus jẹ́ àga àlejò tí a ṣe àpẹẹrẹ láti mú ìtumọ̀ àpẹẹrẹ àga ìbílẹ̀ Ìjọba Ming wá sínú àyè ìgbàlódé. Wọ́n fa àpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ láti inú àga ìkànjú Ìjọba Ming kan tí a ṣẹ̀dá láti jẹ́ kí àwọn olórí ogun gíga lè ṣe àfihàn ipò wọn nígbà ìrìn-àjò. Òwe Ṣáínà kan wà tó ń ṣàpèjúwe bí òdòdó Lotus ṣe ń dàgbà, pé ó ti inú ẹrọ̀fọ̀ jáde síbẹ̀ kò ní àbàwọ́n. Inúrere, ìtùnú, ọwọ́títán, àti mímọ́ ọkàn ni gbogbo àwọn ìmọ̀lára tí àga yìí ń retí láti fi hàn.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Lotus Àga Àlejò jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Lotus Àga Àlejò yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Lotus Àga Àlejò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Lotus is a guest chair designed to bring-forth a translation of traditional Ming Dynasty chair design for a modern space. The design was inspired by a Ming Dynasty folding chair that was created to allow high-class generals to maintain a gesture of status during an outing. There’s a Chinese idiom that describes the growth of a lotus flower, out of the mud yet unstained. Kindness, warmth, generosity, and pureness of heart are all emotions the chair hopes to convey.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 530 mm x Depth 550 mm x height 728 mm x seat height 475 mm
- Tags
- Chair, Chinese, Wood, Joinery, Minimal
- Production Technology
- "Lotus" features an intersecting design with a unique lap joint and defined by a contrasting finish. This version of the chair is fully manufactured in China, structured with traditional Chinese furniture wood joinery methods, seamless, sturdy, and clean.
- Design Challenge
- Communicating with manufacturer through prototyping and developing the structural joinery.
- Inspiration
- Lotus is inspired bya very special chair from the Ming Dynasty. This was a folding chair design to be a gesture of status for someone of high government power when they’re on the go. What’s interesting is that this unique scenario resulted in a one of a kind design. The intersecting movement along with the archetype of a Chinese ceremonial chair is translated and captured through this new design. The result is an intersecting design with a unique lap joint and defined by a contrasting finish.
- Project Duration
- The project started as a design in October 2022 in Los Angeles and finished in March 2023 in Shanghai.
- Team Members
- Ming-Li Chang
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