The Swing Chair 椅子 by Jiangying Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

鐵傢俱· 2022

The Swing Chair 椅子

by Jiangying Guo

Client: Jiangying Guo

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About The Swing Chair 椅子

秋千椅是一款受秋千啟發而設計嘅座椅。呢個設計回應身體嘅動作,為放鬆同玩樂創造出一種動態互動嘅體驗。座面同靠背都係靈活可調節嘅,可以跟隨使用者鍾意嘅坐姿同動作嚟改變。座面同靠背之間嘅角度可以喺120度到133度之間變化。整個結構係一個61x61x61厘米嘅立方體。框架採用橡木製造,座面同靠背用夾板,而擺動嘅部分就用棉繩。粗身嘅繩索同木材之間產生摩擦力,令擺動嘅動作保持受控同安全。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

The Swing Chair 椅子是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計The Swing Chair 椅子將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。The Swing Chair 椅子因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Inspired by the swing, this chair aims to respond with human body movements and create a dynamic interaction with the users - for them to relax and play. The seat and backrest are flexible and adjustable in a way that they are able to follow users’ preferred sitting positions and their movements while sitting. It also has a minimal structure: seat and backrest supported by a simple frame (61x61x61cm), giving the seat floating and chair lightweight.
Dimensions & Packaging: The chair is in a "perfect cube" structure: 61x61x61cm.
Tags: Chair, Sustainable, Playful, Moveable Seats, Swing
Production Technology: The material here I used Oak wood for the structure, plywood for the seat and backrest, cotton cord for the swing, and rubber screw to connect the backrest.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is to control the level of movement, which is affected by the design as well as the material. Allowing too much movement would cause a user to fall off the chair. The thick cotton cord has rough texture and thus create good friction with the wood, in this way, it allows the seat to still create movements but in a controlled and safe way.
Inspiration: This chair is inspired by the swing. I want to incorporate the playfulness and movement of swing into a chair which is normally considered to have a fixed angle between seat and backrest.
Project Duration: This project is completed in Copenhagen in 2017; the duration of design and production took around 2 months.
Operation Flow: Both the seat and backrest are adjustable based on user's movement. The angle between the seat and backrest could be adjusted from 120 to 133 degree (please see the image above).