Colored Finch 椅子 by Wingstone Casa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銀傢俱· 2021

Colored Finch 椅子

by Wingstone Casa

Client: Wingstone Casa

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Colored Finch 椅子

Colored Finch 係一張以雀仔形態為靈感嘅椅子。椅背從正面睇落去筆直，兩側則帶弧度，將造型同舒適感融為一體。椅背同座位以手工製作嘅多層木材造成，塑造成雙層曲木。椅腳係金屬管，外面包裹住多層手工布料。椅腳有限度咁使用不可再生材料，體現對環境嘅關愛。整個設計製作咗十六個原型，並用測試假人研究坐姿，從而確定最終尺寸。呢張椅子闊490毫米、深550毫米、高810毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Colored Finch 椅子是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Colored Finch 椅子將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Colored Finch 椅子是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Colored Finch Chair, the artistic furniture created altogether by Professor Chang KeFei and Wing Stones that was finalized as a design project in May 2020.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 490mm x Depth 550mm x Height 810mm
Tags: Chair, Furniture, Product, Homeware, Design
Production Technology: To make the chair both stylish and comfortable, the designer made the backrest look straight upfront and curved on the side. Given these considerations, the designer asked the factory to use the double-layer curved wood according to the Rhino model of product. To make entire chair thin and light, the production team needed to develop the suitable metal parts so to manufacture the finished product.
Design Challenge: We had changed some suppliers before finding the ideal manufacture to impeccably embody the furniture. It required a challenging craftmanship to complete Colored Finch Chair, which demanded extraordinary expertise for manufacturing. During the process, the brand owner and the designer endured diverse pressures. They had to confirmed repeatedly with the cooperative manufacture. It was the hardship of creation.
Research: Colored Finch Chair is a piece of composite furniture whose backrest and chair seat were made of the handmade multi-layer woods. The chair legs were made of metal tubes uniformly laminated by handmade fabrics. The minimized usage of non-renewable materials for chair legs exemplifies the creation based on environmental protection.
Inspiration: The design idea of Colored Finch Chair was inspired from the fairy in nature—finches.
The bird observes all things in nature in trees. It looks proud and free, and its splendid wings covering the round body figuratively exemplify the fairy painting on the green canvas of nature.
The designer thoroughly observing the postures of bird discovered the most general bird’s shapes artistically converted into the design of furniture, thus adding a touch of spiritual atmosphere of nature in the space.
Project Duration: Proposal confirmation in May 2020.
Market launch in October 2020.
Operation Flow: There were 16 prototypes of Colored Finch Chair, which means that the model of Colored Finch Chair was modified for 16 times in the phase of modeling. The scenarios were simulated by applying the medical dummy to the different usages of chair so to determine the size of chair and the final project. After finalizing the shape of chair, the designer generated the rendering. In this phase, the product in rendering was simulated so to discover the best materials, and its scale was examined in the final run.
Team Members: Designer: Ke-Fei Zhang
Designer: Hui-Zi Zhang
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer WINGSTONE CASA, Colored Finch, 2020.