Bronze Furniture Design · 2024
Blooming Leisure Chair
by Jingye Wei
- A' Design Award 2024 Bronze Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 15,899
- Verification code D36EDA4DF5 · Verify this award
About Blooming Leisure Chair
Blooming is a leisure chair inspired by flowers in full bloom. The seat and the back take the shape of petals and follow organic, ergonomic lines that support the spine. The armrests open and turn outward, in the manner of a flower. A triangular support under the seat is based on the pedicel and gives stability and load bearing capacity. The chair is made of white copper and formed as a single piece by three-dimensional printing, which reveals the metallic luster of the material. The size is 920 by 680 by 890 millimeters.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This leisure chair is based on the natural state of flowers in full bloom. Through observing and understanding the flowers in the natural world, it abstracts the shape of petals, stretching and blooming, and extracts the natural flowing lines of flowers in full bloom, the connection form between pedicel and petal is used for reference in structure, and the material, shape and structure are skillfully designed and carefully treated.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 920 mm x 680 mm x 890 mm, the whole furniture has 3D printing integrated forming, the processing process is simple, easy to operate. Additive manufacturing, saving materials is not easy to waste. High freedom of modeling.
- Tags
- Petal, Organic form, Bionic modeling, 3D printing
- Production Technology
- The whole is made of white copper as raw material and processed by 3D printing technology. The overall strength is good, showing the metallic luster, fully demonstrating the beauty of the material itself, and adding a point to the overall shape.
- Design Challenge
- To realize the organic integration of seat surface, backrest and chair legs, find the most beautiful surface Angle and achieve the coordinated proportion of each part. Achieve the organic unity of furniture shape and structure.
- Project Duration
- The design had started in Shenyang in January 2023, completed in Shenyang in June 2023, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2023.
- Operation Flow
- The structure of the seat and back helps to support the spine and help people use the seat correctly. Used for rest, reading, decoration and other functions.
- Research
- The chair is designed with flowers as inspiration, extracting the natural flow and vitality curve of flowers when they are in full bloom, and combining the beautiful form of flowers with ergonomics to form the seat.
- Inspiration
- The chair is inspired by the blooming flowers. The seat and back take the shape of the petals. The shape is organic and ergonomic. The armrest is in the shape of a flower opening and turning outward, while showing the strength and beauty of life, it also satisfies the functionality. The bottom of the seat adopts a triangular supporting structure, which draws on the pedicel and is designed to cleverly connect the seat, ensure seat stability and load-bearing capacity.