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Flow 360 Ergonomic Chair by Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou Wins the Platinum A' Design Award in Office Furniture Design
Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou honored for office furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Flow 360 Ergonomic Chair by Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou, designed for Ue Furniture Co., Ltd, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Office Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
The Platinum A' Design Award Explained
The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.
About Flow 360 Ergonomic Chair
Flow 360 is an ergonomic office chair designed for long periods of seated work. The follow supporting structure allows the independent lumbar support to move with the waist and fit the body curve in real time. An adaptive weight activity cable mechanism responds to different body weights and sitting positions, from upright to reclined, without manual operation. The armrest adjusts in several directions, and a trifold footrest supports the legs. Recycled plastics, fireproof materials, water-based eco-leather and breathable mesh fabric are used in the chair.
About Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou
UE FURNITURE CO., LTD, founded in 2001, is dedicated to sitting health systems with the mission of Integrating Technology and Art for Healthy Work and Life. User experience-oriented, we make "lumbar supporting" our value anchor and have mastered the core supporting technology. Upholding the value proposition of fashion, comfort, and hi-tech, we stay committed to providing healthy sitting solutions for users exhausted by prolonged sitting, blazing a new trail for ergonomic lumbar supporting chairs.
Award Record
Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Office Furniture Design Award
The A' Office Furniture Design Award is an international furniture design competition recognizing good office furniture by best designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to office furniture designers, industrial design studios, office furniture brands and office furniture manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include desks, chairs, file cabinets, conference tables, cubicles and workstations. Awarded office furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/office-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/164182
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/164182
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!164182
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/358598
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Flow 360 Ergonomic Chair
- Function
- Ergonomic Chair
- Category
- Office Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Business
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Dark Gray, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ue Furniture Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu and Qing Zhou
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Platinum A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #164182
Credits
- Team
- Yonghua Liu, Yang Liu, Qing Zhou
- Image Credits
- UE FURNITURE CO.,LTD
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- 1. Follow supporting: The lumbar support adapts to the user's waist movement, fitting body curves perfectly in real time; 2. Magic armrest: Multi-angle adjustment (up and down, left and right, etc.) ensures high flexibility and comfort. 3. Trifold magic footrest: Proper leg support is secured regardless of sitting postures. 4. Adaptive weight activity cable mechanism: Requiring no manual operation, it adapts to various weights and different sitting positions from reclining to sitting upright.
- Inspiration
- Flow 360 advocates more humanized workplace environments. It features three innovative technologies, including the follow supporting structure, multi-dimensional adjustable magic armrest, and trifold magic footrest, guaranteeing great comfort for arms, waist, and legs. All these features make this ergonomic chair fit human body curves perfectly to prevent health problems caused by incorrect sitting postures, thus meeting modern workers' needs for healthy, cozy, personalized office environments.
- Research
- Nowadays most office chairs are not ergonomic, especially not capable of providing proper lumbar support for the user while reclining. To this end, Flow 360 dynamically adapts to the user's changeable sitting postures with three innovative technologies, including the following supporting with sacral support, multi-angle adjustable magic armrest, and trifold magic footrest, thereby ensuring arms-waist-legs all-around comfortable support.
- Challenge
- The challenge of this design is to create an ergonomic chair that adapts to users with different weights, heights, and body shapes. Therefore, Flow 360 is designed with the follow supporting architecture and adaptive weight activity cable mechanism to ensure that diverse users obtain proper support from lumbar to sacrum regardless of sitting postures. It also utilizes soft and breathable skin-friendly mesh fabrics, providing a comfortable prolonged sitting experience.
- Realization and Technology
- The whole chair utilizes lots of recycled plastics, reducing carbon emissions during production. It adopts fireproof materials and processes to lower the risk of causing fires in confined spaces. It also applies innovative materials such as water-based, solvent-free eco-leather, silicone materials, and reformable engineering plastics, reducing the use of harmful chemicals, enhancing the overall stability and durability of the product, and delivering a long-lasting comfortable user experience.
- Operation and Interaction
- Flow 360 features the follow supporting structure, with the independent lumbar support dynamically adjusting in a concentric manner following the user's waist movement to fit the human waist curve in real time. It is equipped with the adaptive weight activity cable mechanism that intelligently judges and handles the loaded weight with a proper damping capacity, requiring no manual operation and adapting to various weights and different sitting positions from reclining to sitting upright.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in April 2024 in Zhejiang.
- Specifications
- Whole chair weight: 35 kg Chair back: adjustable tilt angle: 90 degrees to 150 degrees Headrest: width: 37 cm, adjustable height: 9 cm, and adjustable tilt angle: 85 degrees Magic armrest: 360-degree all-dimension adjustment, including 180-degree reverse flip, 5 cm slide adjustment, 10.5 cm height adjustment, 40-degree rotation inward
- Keywords
- Ergonomics, dynamic fitting and support, follow supporting, adapt to the sitting posture, multi-angle adjustable armrest, trifold magic footrest, eco-friendly materials
