Modern Chinese 扶手椅 by Jonathan Nieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銀傢俱· 2022

Modern Chinese 扶手椅

by Jonathan Nieh

Client: Niehworks

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

29,049

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #127614

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Modern Chinese 扶手椅

《現代中國》係一張扶手椅，可供坐用，亦適合作為藝術品陳列展示。其造型借鑑咗傳統中式扶手椅同Marcel Breuer嘅No. B33椅。透過CNC加工，將夾板同實心胡桃木塑造成流暢無縫嘅輪廓，取代咗傳統製作嘅棱角部件同木工接榫。木材嘅結構同強度都經過精密計算，足以承托身體重量。設計初期曾研究過金屬管框架，但最終選用木材，皆因其外觀更為溫暖。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Modern Chinese 扶手椅是 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Modern Chinese 扶手椅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。Modern Chinese 扶手椅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: The overall concept is to borrow the shape of traditoinal Chinese armchair and fused with current technology and material such as CNC processing and plywood to create a modern and organic looking Chinese style furniture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 765mm x Depth 650mm x Height 800mm
Seat Height 420mm
Tags: chair, furniture, minimalism, simplicity, creative, oriental, Chinese, design, artistic, beautiful
Production Technology: CNC Processing,
Plywood, solid wood(walnut)
Design Challenge: The most challenging part of this chair concept is to design proper structure and calculate wood strength enable to support people's weight. The original idea was to use metal tube and bending technique to create the chair structure, but the finish appearance looks too cold and contemporary, therefore, the material was switched from metal back to wood.
Research: For this project the idea/design was just pop into my head when I was reading a book called "Encyclopedia of China Traditional Furniture Making and Appreciation" Therefore, it is difficult to position this chair as a design piece or an art work.
Inspiration: Modern Chinese Armchair was inspired by traditional Chinese armchair and Marcel Breuer's No. B33 chair design. The original motive was not to simplified a traditional Chinese armchair into a modern looking one, but to borrowed the design from the past and infused with present technology and material to expand a new style of Chinese furniture.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan and minor changes are undergoing
Operation Flow: Modern Chinese Armchair is mainly for sitting purpose but can also be viewed as piece of art work.