Pad 折叠椅 by Shaohan Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铁家具· 2021

Pad 折叠椅

by Shaohan Yang

Client: Bruce Tao

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Pad 折叠椅

Pad是一款为节省空间而设计的折叠椅。椅子可折叠成一块平板,长41厘米、宽4厘米、高86厘米。多块折叠后的平板可以叠放在一起收纳。开启椅子时,只需向下拉动底部横梁,座面与椅腿便随之展开。随后将座面向上翻折90度,椅腿向下翻折90度即可。Pad采用柚木制成,这种木材性能稳定、耐磨损,并具有防腐防虫的特性。扁平的形态使其既适用于家居空间,也适合公共场所。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Pad 折叠椅是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Pad 折叠椅将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Pad 折叠椅因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a folding chair design that can save a lot of space. Its most distinctive feature is its foldability. It can be folded into a flat sheet. When not in use, many chairs can be folded into a flat sheet and stacked on top of each other. This saves a lot of space. When not in use, it also unfolds easily to form a chair.
Dimensions & Packaging: Before folding: length 41cm x Width 44cm x Height 86cm; After folding: length 41cm x Width 4cm x Height 86cm;
Tags: Chair, Space-saving, Piece, Wood, Furniture, Pad
Production Technology: Material is teak, it is all a dry shrinkage is wet bilge minimum deformation of wood, after professional drying treatment, stable size very wear-resisting, the shrinkage rate from raw material to air dry to radial 2.2%, 4.0%, is the minimum deformation coefficient of the wood, good resistance to bending, wear-resisting, air dry density is 0.65 g/cm3 (dry weight about 650 kg/m3); Therefore, it has the distinctive characteristics of anticorrosive, insect-proof and so on. Suitable as a folding chair material.
Design Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research: Folding chair is a product that can be seen everywhere in our life and will bring great aspects to our life. Folding chairs are usually used at home to entertain guests or to sit on their own. Easy to fold and save space. According to research, furniture design output value had reached 210 billion euros in 2002, its development prospect is very broad.
Inspiration: The shape of the tablet inspired us to come up with this project. The size of the tablet is very space-saving and easy to store. Folding chairs are also in demand in large public places. We wanted to design a chair with the same function. So, we made the folding chair a flat panel. Usually, it's a chair. It can be folded into a flat sheet when needed.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow: Start with a tablet. First, grab the bottom beam of the tablet and pull it down. The seat and legs of the chair will snap out. Second, pull the seat and legs to the bottom and fold them up by 90 degrees to form the seat. Finally, fold the legs down 90 degrees to form a chair.
Team Members: Design leader: Jing Peng
Designer: Xinzhou Zhang
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)