Regular Deadline: January 12th, 2025

 

ROUND-BACKED CARBON FIBER ARMCHAIR

  • Prize
    Winner in Armchair
  • Company/Firm
    Shang Xia Trading (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.
  • Designer
    SHANG XIA

The lightness and rigidity of carbon fiber materials offer new possibilities for modern furniture making. Using high-tech carbon fiber material from top to bottom, boldly simplifying the detailed features of Ming furniture layer by layer, including a round-backed carbon fiber armchair weighing only 3.5 kg, with a sitting surface of only 7mm, which can be easily lifted with just one finger, yet can withstand a weight of 130 kg. It also adopts the wisdom of ancient Chinese wood craftsmanship, the mortise and tenon structure, which uses the concave and convex parts of the wooden parts to make the two wooden components bite each other to achieve the purpose of stable connection. This structure has good pressure resistance, durability, and also has beautiful visual effects. The styling is elegant and simple, skillfully balancing tradition and modernity, lightness and sturdiness, embracing innovation and the future.