H Chair 椅子 by Xiaoyan Wei is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銅傢俱· 2020

H Chair 椅子

by Xiaoyan Wei

Client: Daisenbear

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About H Chair 椅子

“ H椅子”是魏小燕選擇的“間隔”系列的一部分。她的靈感來自空間中自由流動的曲線和形式。通過提供各種改善用戶體驗的潛力，它改變了家具與空間的關係。精心製作的結果在舒適性和呼吸理念之間取得了平衡。黃銅棒的使用不僅是為了穩定而且還為設計提供了視覺多樣性。它突出顯示了由兩條具有不同線性度的流動曲線所構成的負空間，用於呼吸空間。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

H Chair 椅子是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計H Chair 椅子將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。H Chair 椅子出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The visual language of the "h chair" expresses the designer's unique interpretation of 18 century neoclassic design. A sense of contradiction was created by a combination of hard wood and soft texture. The set of brass metal rods help stabilizing the body structure and bring dramatic visual diversity to the design, in the meantime highlight a very “breathable” negative space made by two flowing curves with different linearity. The entire design full of contradictions and balance.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 660mm x Depth 772mm x Height 650 mm
Tags: Chair, breathing design, Negative space, Italian neoclassical, New form
Production Technology: Bentwood/
Ash wood/ Brass/ Leather
Design Challenge: The first creative challenge was to capture the spirit of 18th century neoclassic furniture design and interpret that in a unique but modern way. A good amount of field research was conducted to set the tone of the design. A list of keywords was built at the very beginning to be used as guidelines for design ideation and exploration through the end to the final proposal.
Trying to create an interesting way to express “breathability” in design was another challenge. One has to be simple but dramatic and achieves visual harmony in the design hierarchy. Iterations in scaled 3D models were built to help exploring different possibilities.
Finding the balance between functionality and design was a lengthy journey. After all the sculpting and adjustments, it must be able to perform as a stable chair that brings joy and comfort experience to the consumers. Full size rough prototypes were created once the general framework was lock-in to make sure it is structurally functional. A series tests were conducted in order to find the exact position where the connector should be installed.
Research: The furniture series “interval” concentrates on the expressive beauty that can be created in a room through the dynamic expression of form. By utilizing the negative space in the room my design process creates furniture which captures a sense of surprise and punctuation in an otherwise neutral space.
In this colorful world, we really require such a space for breath and balance.
Inspiration: The h chair is a piece of the “interval” furniture series. The design was inspired by the beauty of free flowing curves and forms in a neutral space. It was meant to bring a comforting and “breathable" experience to users.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and finished in August 2019 in Los Angeles, and exhibit in SaloneSatellite in April 2020
Operation Flow: Two pieces of Bentwood(seat to backrest) connect by the gold metal components, it's also balance originally flowing state of the chair.
Patents: NONE
Team Members: Designer: Xiaoyan Wei
Image Credits: Photo: Liu Wei