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Lattice chair

  • Prize
    Winner in Armchair
  • Company/Firm
    Kuan design Studio
  • Designer
    Chen Kuan-Cheng
  • Location
    Taiwan
  • Project Date
    2019
  • Project Link

Design concept:
The word “lattice” means lines intertwined with, and intersecting, each other horizontally and vertically.Especially use Taiwan's high-quality bamboo with excellent toughness,combines bamboo craft into woodcraft via weaving bamboos and bent woods together. By preserving and integrating the flexibility of bamboos and the firmness of wood, so weight of the chair is only 4 kg, but it can withstand more than 120 kg of weight.
Single-sided armrest design allows users to sit in a variety of ways, more free and flexible
Bending wood can also be cut in different ways and turned into double armchairs or series of other furniture.

Bio
Kuan design studio is a Taiwan design company, mainly engaged in product design, furniture design, especially specializing in the use of Taiwan's high-quality bamboo, through the bending and unique weaving techniques combined with bent wood, to create a new design language, to show the value of Taiwan's craftsmanship, and through mass production so that products can be brought into the lives of ordinary people.

Other prizes
2008 - 40th Anniversary Of DuPont Taiwan Design Competition - Gold prize. 2011 - PIDC Green Furniture Design Competition - Gold prize. 2012 - Chuying Jewery Design Award- Finalist 2013 - 3rd Zhongshan Yu Sen Ceiling Fan Design Award- Gold prize 2013 - 2013International Footwear Design Competition- Bronze prize (sports shoes) 2014 - Taiwan Young Designers' Award -Bronze prize (Craft Design) 2014 - 2014 Taiwan Craft Awards - Finalist