Suite Stool 多功能座椅 by Yulong Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銀傢俱· 2020

Suite Stool 多功能座椅

by Yulong Zhang

Client: Albert Zhang

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Suite Stool 多功能座椅

Suite Stool係一套專為細單位設計嘅三張座椅。三個部件可以疊埋一齊，組成一個精巧嘅單元，亦可以拆開分開使用。任何兩個部件都可以拼合，所以一個、兩個或三個人都可以坐。座椅用膠合板製成，提供穩固嘅承托，而三個部件全部由一塊1.2米乘2.4米嘅木板切割而成。精巧嘅造型令佢可以平板包裝同快速組裝。每個單元尺寸為500乘400乘450毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Suite Stool 多功能座椅是 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Suite Stool 多功能座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。Suite Stool 多功能座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: Among the modern furniture stacked up to save space,most of them save space while wasting. To solve the issue of space and multifunction for consumers, Albert designed the three stools which can be used sepa-rately or as a whole,meanwhile, any two of the stools are able to combine to be used by one people or more. Based on manufacture and installation considerations, the stools have a compact shape for flat packaging and quick assembly.
Dimensions & Packaging: 500mm*400mm*450mm
Tags: Chair, Stool, Multifunctional, Furniture
Production Technology: The material is plywood, which provide very strong support for the stool.
And the three stool is made of a 1.2 meter in width and 2.4 meter in length wood block.
Design Challenge: It is so hard for designers to design a way to combine three chairs as one. The most common chair in the market in not suitable to fold. And he find the structure he used is a smart way to combine chairs, however, it may not as comfortable as users think it is. Therefore, Albert measured the distance of the small piece and do lots of experiment to find a balance between structure and user experience.
Research: Albert do a research among the famous chair and the new chair in the market. And Albert learn something from the old style chairs and he appreciate the chair that can be easily moved to another place as well as save space. As we know, in some area in China, the house is so experience for the young people. Therefore, Albert design Suite Stool to save place.
Inspiration: Nowadays, it esay to design huge things.However, Albert found that not everybody have space to place those huge products. And more and more people in China have to live in small room, who are pretty hard to have big furniture. What designers should design as a designer is to design things in a smart way while solving the main problem.Therefore, Albert design this new kind of stool to ensure that people have more place for other things.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2018 in Shanghai and finished in January 2019 in Shanghai, and was exhibited in 'Design Shanghai' in March 2019.
Operation Flow: The users can use this stool as a whole, or as three chairs. All users need to do is to pull out the stool and it can be separated to three parts. And they can combine any of the two stools to have a new stool, which make it available for one or two or three people to sit.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Albert Zhang, Suite Stool, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Albert Zhang, Suite Stool, 2019
Image #3: Photographer Albert Zhang, Suite Stool, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Albert Zhang, Suite Stool, 2019
Image #5: Photographer Albert Zhang, Suite Stool, 2019