Bronze Furniture Design · 2023
Promotion Chair
- A' Design Award 2023 Bronze Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Beijing Yeak Tech Co. Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 18,193
- Verification code B3E8102BB7 · Verify this award
About Promotion Chair
Promotion is a dining chair made of North American black walnut. The design is inspired by the end grain of wood, the surface marked by tree rings. Small end grain squares are joined in order to form a pattern similar to a chessboard. A customized mortise and tenon structure keeps the frame stable while the shape remains simple. CNC engraving is used in production, and the surface is finished with wood wax oil. Sections cut at different angles create soft light and shade effects. The chair suits restaurants, homes and lounges.
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- Unique Properties
- With unique material structure, this promotion dining chair features light& shade effect and a sense of order, offering users with artistic dining space. Unique touch of different wood end grain combined with different textures forms a distinctive visual effect. The exclusive mortise and tenon structure of the product ensure its stability.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 415mm*490mm*765mm
- Tags
- Chair, furniture, ergonomics, North American black walnut, minimalism
- Production Technology
- CNC engraving technique
North American Black Walnut: FAS grade wood from two farms, Midwest Walnut and Hawkeye
Coating: use only OSMO wood wax oil with multiple coating - Design Challenge
- The challenge is to keep the whole structure stable with a simple shape. To make it, the product has a customized mortise and tenon structure to keep the structure stable and add some decors to details. Sections with different angles present various light and shadow effects, presenting a profound feeling and soft reflective effect.
- Project Duration
- The project was launched in Beijing in June 2019, completed in Henan in June 2022 and exhibited in Beijing's Caochangdi Art District in November 2022
- Operation Flow
- Simple chair, perfect for restaurants, homes, lounges, also a piece of art.
- Research
- If its end grain seat is compared to a chess board, this simple chair can be seen as a pawn with no dramatic shape. But even a pawn, as long as he keeps going, can become a bishop, a knight, a castle, or even a queen when he reaches the end line, which is called Promotion.
- Inspiration
- The product is inspired by the end grain (tree ring) of wood with unique touch and texture, unlike the section of conventional wood furniture. This Promotion chair is made of small end grain squares putting together in order with the customized mortise and tenon structure presenting the aesthetic feeling of chessboard, standing out from conventional wood furniture.