Press Release
Sseuim Chair by Kihyun Ahn Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Kihyun Ahn honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Sseuim Chair by Kihyun Ahn has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Sseuim Chair
Sseuim is a chair designed for use in Korean saunas and spas. The name Sseuim means to use freely in Korean. The form supports lying, sitting, leaning and resting postures, so each user can select a position according to purpose and comfort. The shape refers to Korean mountain ranges and stones, and it offers a private area within the open space of a Korean sauna. Sseuim is made of wood with traditional Korean woodworking methods, and the parts are cut by machine and then joined. The chair measures 2300 by 850 by 650 millimeters.
About Kihyun Ahn
As a designer with Korean nationality, Ahn Ki-hyun mainly attempts to capture Korean aesthetic moments. His thoughts are mainly conveyed to people through 'furniture', which involves the essential function of furniture, but rather contains only his thoughts. It is called a practical object, "furniture," but for him, furniture is used as an endless material that is not stereotyped. He currently participates in a number of exhibitions held in Korea and presents his works, and is a Korean artist with infinite potential.
Award Record
With this recognition, Kihyun Ahn is 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/132318
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/132318
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!132318
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/319378
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.instagram.com/ollnnlcihyun.art/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sseuim Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Rosy Brown, Gainsboro and Linen
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kihyun Ahn
- Country
- Republic of Korea
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #132318
Credits
- Team
- Ahn Kihyun, Lee yechan, Choi jun hyun
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This furniture can be useful in saunas and spas. It enables the lying, sitting, and leaning posture, which is the free posture that takes place in a spa in Korea. In the heat of the sauna and spa, it gives a sense of balance in the shape of natural mountains and stones.
- Inspiration
- Sseuim means to use freely in Korean. It is a furniture that can assist with various postures performed in Korean saunas, and you can experience various postures such as lying down, sitting down, leaning, and sleeping according to the user's will and purpose. It provides a private space in an open space called a Korean sauna. It is a design that combines the spatial characteristics of Korean saunas and the convergent characteristics of various cultures with the elements of mountain ranges and stones, which are natural elements.
- Research
- There are various types of saunas in the world. Among them, people in Korean saunas rest in various positions. The chair design was carried out to enable various postures in a hot sauna and allow perfect rest. For the rest, we visited various saunas to investigate people's attitudes and asked what kind of rest would recharge themselves most through a survey. Through these results, Korea's natural mountains and rocks were brought to the sauna. The form added a function that can accommodate all postures.
- Challenge
- The process of capturing Korea's national identity was the most difficult, and among them, the research process of capturing Korean aesthetics as a designer was the most difficult. It was difficult to find a shape suitable for a Korean space while maintaining the backrest and leaning posture ergonomically at a comfortable angle.
- Realization and Technology
- We used Korean woodworking techniques. In addition, the pieces were separated using CNC machines and combined to produce the results. This production process was carried out through a very difficult process, combining traditional craft technology and modern technology.
- Operation and Interaction
- This work is a piece of furniture that can support various postures in a Korean sauna with the concept of diversity. Reflecting the ethnic characteristics of Korea, all postures of lying, reclining and sitting are permitted according to the purpose and will of the user. It can take various forms of rest.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Gongju sity, Korea in March 2021, completed in December 2021, and exhibited at the Korea Craft Trend Fair.
- Keywords
- #furniture #chair #korea #jjimjilbang #posture #wood #stone #design
