Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2021
This furniture design embodies the transformation of rigid linear timber into fluid curvilinear form through the ancient yet enduring craft of steam-bending, wherein heat and moisture temporarily plasticize wood's lignin structure allowing controlled deformation that becomes permanent upon cooling and drying, thus encoding the memory of making directly into material structure visible as frozen gesture and preserved force, each curved element functioning as material autobiography documenting its own manufacture. The serial repetition of vertical backrest bands and horizontal armrest ribs suggests parametric design logic where a single curved profile undergoes iterative duplication with precise spacing intervals, creating visual rhythm analogous to musical measures or poetic meter, yet the slight variations in grain figure and tonal warmth across individual elements preserve organic particularity against complete mechanical uniformity, negotiating between industrial seriality and craft individuality in ways that honor both mass-production efficiency and artisanal uniqueness. The lattice structure carries deep cultural resonance across multiple traditions, from the woven basketry techniques of agricultural societies to the structural frameworks of traditional timber construction to the decorative screens of architectural traditions, here reinterpreted through contemporary furniture design as functional transparency that dissolves the conventional boundary between solid enclosing form and open spatial penetration, the chair simultaneously creating territory through its volumetric presence while refusing visual opacity through its skeletal openness. Pale blonde timber chromatics traditionally signify natural purity, honest materiality, and sustainable practice within contemporary design discourse, coded as environmentally conscious alternative to synthetic materials and chemical finishes, while also connecting to Scandinavian design heritage where light-colored indigenous woods like ash, beech, and birch become cultural signatures expressing regional material availability, seasonal light conditions favoring luminous interiors, and philosophical commitments to democratic accessibility through restrained aesthetic means. The continuous curve as formal principle suggests organic growth patterns and natural structural efficiency, as bent rather than cut members maintain unbroken grain continuity and thus superior tensile strength, while the visual effect of flowing curves evokes botanical associations with flexible branches, woven willow, or wind-shaped grasses, positioning manufactured furniture within metaphorical dialogue with living plant forms and natural processes. The concrete backdrop's rough board-formed texture and scattered oxidation patterns establish material contrast that amplifies the chair's refined smoothness through juxtaposition, while also suggesting architectural context that frames domestic furniture within larger spatial narratives about interior and exterior, refined and raw, crafted object and built environment, the chair reading as carefully considered intervention within existing structural fabric rather than isolated product display. The chair's transparent structure invites bodily occupation while maintaining visual access through its form, potentially symbolizing openness, accessibility, and democratic hospitality in contrast to traditional upholstered throne-like seating that creates enclosed private territory through solid mass and opaque surfaces, here offering instead a welcoming permeability that integrates sitter within surrounding space rather than isolating or elevating. The rhythmic spacing of bent elements creates mathematical order and geometric stability that may resonate with classical proportional systems or contemporary computational aesthetics, where serial repetition generates complex visual harmony from simple generative rules, the chair functioning as three-dimensional manifestation of algorithmic thinking applied to traditional craft methodology, suggesting how heritage techniques might achieve renewed relevance through contemporary formal sensibilities.
The word “lattice” means lines intertwined with, and intersecting, each other horizontally and vertically.Especially use Taiwan's high-quality bamboo with excellent toughness,combines bamboo craft into woodcraft via weaving bamboos and bent woods together. By preserving and integrating the flexibility of bamboos and the firmness of wood, so weight of the chair is only 4 kg, but it can withstand more than 120 kg, the lighter weight allows the elderly and children to move around more easily.
Single-sided armrest design allows users to sit in a variety of ways, more free and flexible.