Curved 椅子 by Beijing Forestry University

Curved 椅子 by Beijing Forestry University is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銀傢俱· 2025

Curved 椅子

by Beijing Forestry University

Client: Beijing Forestry University

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Curved 椅子

Curved 係一張用印尼天然藤製造嘅椅。設計將傳統藤編工藝同現代美學結合。流暢彎曲嘅藤條線條令人聯想起中國傳統水墨畫中嘅山巒同流水。造型經過選材、蒸煮、熱彎、定型、打磨同上漆等工序全人手塑造而成。扶手高度、椅腳穩定性以及座面同靠背嘅弧線都依照人體工學研究設計，能夠承托腰部同背部。椅子尺寸為630乘850乘900毫米，適合室內同戶外環境使用。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Curved 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Curved 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。Curved 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: This aesthetically pleasing and practical curved chair is made of understated, pliable natural rattan. It subtly marries traditional rattan weaving craftsmanship with modern aesthetics to highlight the liveliness and grace of mountains and water through smooth curved rattan, conveying a peaceful attitude towards life and a profound philosophy of life. Moreover, the chair designed based on ergonomics improves comfort of use while ensuring visual appeal.
Dimensions & Packaging: 630mm*850mm*900mm
Tags: rattan weaving craftsmanship, modern design, natural material, high mountains and flowing water, an integration of traditional and modern elements
Production Technology: This chair adopts premium Indonesian rattan that is waterproof, durable, and pliable with a soft luster and unique textures, achieving a refined style and rich visual effects. The superb techniques are used in material selection, steaming, hot bending, shaping, polishing, painting and other multiple manual processes, which equip each finished product with delicate details, a comfortable touch, and good load bearing performance, bringing visual and tactile enjoyment for a better user experience.
Design Challenge: The challenge was how to integrate the natural material, traditional craftsmanship, and modern aesthetics. To address that, the design team, breaking away from stereotyped designs in rattan furniture, has created a new rattan chair form by using minimalistic, dynamic curves to mimic the soft and graceful brushstrokes in Chinese landscape paintings. The product, while pursuing visual appeal, takes into account comfort and stability, striking a balance between aesthetics and functionality.
Research: Rattan is pliable and expressive. Thus, rattan chairs can showcase natural flowing dynamism through the ingenious combination of rattan lines. This product marries traditional rattan weaving craftsmanship with modern design concepts, which utilizes the natural material to reproduce the ethereal mountains and water in Chinese ink paintings. As a result, it achieves a simple yet elegant aesthetic, able to harmonize with various indoor and outdoor environments.
Inspiration: The chair, inspired by high mountains and flowing water in traditional Chinese ink paintings, utilizes understated, pliable natural rattan to outline rolling mountains and flowing water through smooth curves, bringing to mind a lively, graceful, and magnificent scene of mountains and water intertwined. This not only creates a serene atmosphere for users to relax, but also embodies a perfect fusion of cultural inheritance and modern innovation.
Project Duration: The project started in Beijing in January 2024 and completed in June 2024.
Operation Flow: The rattan chair prioritizes user experience and makes optimization based on ergonomics. It features fluid lines and is meticulously polished to offer a delicate, smooth touch. The height of the armrests, the stability of the legs, and the curvatures of the seat and the backrest have all undergone numerous tests. In this way, the chair can perfectly fit the human body and provide excellent support for the waist and back, while also boasting high stability, ensuring a comfortable experience.
Team Members: GongWei