Chair of Soul Alaga by Wen Jenq Cherng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.
IdẹOhun-èlò Ilé· 2020
Chair of Soul Alaga
Client: Cherng's Work
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category
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About Chair of Soul Alaga
Alaga ti Ọkàn jẹ́ alaga tí a ṣe láti ṣàtìlẹ́yìn fún ara ní ipò ìdúró tí ó tẹ́ ara lọ́rùn tí ó sì gún régé. Gíga ìjókòó, ẹ̀yìn tí ó wà ní agbede-méjì àti àwọn ọwọ́-ìtẹ́lẹ̀ ni wọ́n ń gbé ìwúwo apá òkè ara. Ẹ̀yìn tí ó tẹ díẹ̀ tẹ̀lé àpẹẹrẹ ara, ó sì ń dín ìdààmú kù ní èjìká, ọrùn, agbede-méjì àti àwọn ẹsẹ̀. Àwọn ohun-èlò ìgbàanì ti Ìran Ọba Ming ni wọ́n fi ṣe àwòkọ́ṣe fún ìwọ̀n rírọrùn yìí. Igi Ebony láti Sulawesi ni ó jẹ́ ìlà-àkọ́kọ́ ìṣètò náà, tí a fi so pọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ẹsẹ̀ paipu bàbà àti ìjókòó awọ Nappa aláwọ̀ elésè àlùkò. Àwọn àkópọ̀ mortise àti tenon ni wọ́n so àwọn ẹ̀yà náà pọ̀, ìṣètò arc kan sì so àwọn ẹsẹ̀ pọ̀ mọ́ ìjókòó náà.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Chair of Soul Alaga jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Chair of Soul Alaga yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Chair of Soul Alaga ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
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
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