Ceremony 无靠背椅 by Lu Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铁家具· 2023

Ceremony 无靠背椅

by Lu Yi

Client: Syid Design

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Ceremony 无靠背椅

《礼》是一款专为静坐、品茶与交谈而设计的无靠背椅。框架采用胡桃木制作,并以中国传统榫卯工艺接合。该结构减少了用材量,同时使座椅在使用中保持稳固与舒适。座面与椅腿经由电脑数控机械加工成型,再以手工打磨精修。椅子以待组装的形式交付,由使用者自行装配。其造型取意于中国礼仪文化,在这一文化中,"坐"被视为一种表达敬意的行为。该椅宽400毫米,深320毫米,高430毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Ceremony 无靠背椅是 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Ceremony 无靠背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。Ceremony 无靠背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 the design of a seat. Through structural innovation, this seat reduces the application of materials, and has a more stable and comfortable use experience. The form language of the seat has more charm characteristics of oriental culture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width400mm x Depth 320mm x Height 430mm
Tags: Mortise tenon，Interpenetrating， structure ceremony Chinese cultural symbols，Stool
Production Technology: Use Chinese (tenon and mortise joint) technology to connect the whole. The bench surface and leg are carved by CNC digital control machine in the first step, and then fine tuned by manual polishing. The material is walnut or black walnut, and the digital production adopts 3D virtual model.
Design Challenge: Finding a technical solution capable of merge at the highest-level aesthetic, comfort and sustainability,This also allows the use of few materials to maximize the functionality of the product.
Research: This is the design of a seat. The inspiration for the design comes from China's etiquette and civilization. The Book of Rites - The Moon Order has more meaning of treating each other with courtesy. The concept of the chair was based on important aspects of a good design, such as comfort, quality, and sustainable values. Nowadays a product needs to represent more than ever these key elements. This concept makes this chair unique along with its minimalist lines.
Inspiration: This seat is inspired by Chinese ritual, which has appeared in oracle bone inscriptions and early inscriptions on gold. In the Book of Rites, Yueling has more meaning of treating each other with courtesy. The behavior of sitting is also a kind of etiquette, and the design semantics of products also follow the etiquette culture and then expand. In the background study, it analyzes the inheritance of the spirit of ritual.
Project Duration: This project is completely new and unseen until now. Started and finished in Madrid inNovember 2022.
Operation Flow: The user can use it after assembly. The function is mainly to sit, and can drink tea or talk
Team Members: Lu Yi