Iron Furniture Design · 2023
Taiwan Imagery Chair
by Yi-Ju Tseng
- A' Design Award 2023 Iron Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Tatung University
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 11,724
- Verification code 7A204B5E08 · Verify this award
About Taiwan Imagery Chair
Taiwan Imagery is a chair inspired by traditional Taiwanese culture. The design combines the KA-TSI bag, a woven bag commonly used in Taiwan, with the Tai-Shi Chair, a classical Chinese wooden armchair used in early Taiwanese homes. Bulrush and aluminum are the main materials. The chair measures 500 by 980 by 710 millimeters. The back, the cushion and the legs form three separate parts joined with screws, so transport is compact and manufacturing is simpler. A mold controls the curved shapes and reduces production errors.
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- Unique Properties
- The KA-TSI bag, which is often used by Taiwanese, and the Tai-Shi Chair from the early days of the family were used for the fusion.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 500mm x 980mm x 710mm
- Tags
- Culture,Traditional,KA-TSI bag,Tai-Shi Chair
- Production Technology
- bulrush (phôo tsháu)/Aluminum
- Design Challenge
- The special curvature makes it easy to produce errors, so after many experiments we chose to use a mold to control its shape.
- Project Duration
- The project starts in Turin in October 2022 and ends in Taiwan in December 2022.
- Operation Flow
- The whole chair is divided into three parts, the back, cushion and legs, and assembled with screws, so that it will not take up space when transporting and can be more easily processed and manufactured.
- Research
- The earliest KA-TSI bags were knitted with bulrush (phôo tsháu).
KA-TSI Chair is taken from Tai-Shi Chair, the Chinese wooden fauteuil. Named after the official title, the Tai-Shi Chair is a classical Chinese furniture used by the Taiwanese earlier. - Inspiration
- We hope to bring the traditional culture of Taiwan into this design, so that the tradition can be reproduced by design.