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Motichair The Bar Chair by Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Motichair The Bar Chair by Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang, designed for Shenzhen Thunderstone Technology Co., Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Motichair The Bar Chair
Motichair is a bar chair designed for seating and conversation. The frame uses circles to connect the support points, which balances the forces and reduces material loss. Mortise and tenon joints together with fully hidden dovetail joints make the structure stable. The chair is made of carbon fiber composite material combined with steam bent wood. The form is inspired by arches and moon gates in ancient Chinese gardens, and the circular openings give a broader visual sense. A two color treatment separates the circles visually.
About Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang
Thundstone Technology is a technology-driven company, focuses on product innovation.Many brands created or jointly established by the company are among the top ten in the American E-cigarette industry.So far, the products include Exchange E-Cigarette, namely MOTI; Disposable Small Cigarette, namely MOJO; Intelligent E-Cigarette, namely MOTIS; For technology, Thundstone Technology has independently developed atomizing core heating technology. It is the first one to launch the Intelligent E-Cigarette in China. In terms of supply chain, for the moment, Thundstone Technology's suppliers are the premier supply companies in China.
Award Record
This recognition makes Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/103715
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/103715
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!103715
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/264502
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Motichair The Bar Chair
- Function
- The Bar Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro, Dim Gray, Black and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shenzhen Thunderstone Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #103715
Credits
- Team
- Koma Yang, Yuxiao Dong and Jiaxin Liang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Moti chair integrates aesthetics and structure, breaking the traditional structure, and using circles to connect the support points, which effectively balances the forces and reducing the material loss. The use of Mortise and tenon joints and full hidden dovetail joint make the joint more stable.
- Inspiration
- The design is inspired by the arches, moon gate in ancient chinese gardens, the circular holes designation brings broader visual sense, which also implies that there is no barrier between communication. Sitting in the chair, you can free your thoughts and keep your mind flow unobstructed. Besides, this design also syndicates fulfilled and perfect.The idea of the moon inspiration is because of the traditional Chinese festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival.We like to sit on chair and chat with friends and enjoy the moonlight.
- Research
- We recruited 200 volunteers from different regions, ages and genders to participate in the research. After analyzing the differences between their living habits and hip shape, we finally selected the most suitable radians of the curve from 17 models. After research and analysis, we worked out the ideal diameter of the circle that placing two chairs side by side, and the distance between the two circle centers is the most comfortable distance we think people can communicate with.
- Challenge
- Moti chair increases the strength of the chair while reducing the weight and size; take into account the sitting comfort while innovatively adopting a circular skeleton. Which breaks the traditional thoughts on seat structure and the public's understanding of the chair.
- Realization and Technology
- The carbon-fiber composite material which designed in the traditional mortise and tenon structure, compounded with the modern high-strength material which made with the wood steam bending procedure, improves practicality and comfort.
- Operation and Interaction
- The chair deliberately adopts a two-color treatment design and separates the circles independently. This special shape will attract people's attention. The distance of the invisible pedals is based on a precise measurement after the person sits on the chair, and this distance just guides people to put their feet on the pedals
- Project Duration and Location
- The Moti chair project starts in December 2019 and was completed in February 2020 in Shenzhen, China.
- Keywords
- Moti,Chair,carbon,circles,moon,moti design
