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Lattice Chair Weaving Armchair by Chen Kuan-Cheng

Lattice Chair Weaving Armchair

Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2021

The image presents a sculptural armchair composed of pale blonde wood elements arranged in a rhythmic lattice structure, photographed in three-quarter view against an industrial concrete wall and positioned on a smooth gray floor, with a blurred human figure passing through the right background providing scale reference. Beginning with spatial orientation, the chair occupies the left-center foreground approximately three feet from the picture plane, angled to reveal both its profile structure and frontal character simultaneously, while the concrete wall rises vertically across the entire background spanning perhaps eight to ten feet in height with a visible horizontal joint line dividing upper and lower panels at roughly mid-height, and the floor extends forward in the lower register as smooth concrete or similar hard surface material. The armchair itself measures approximately two feet wide and perhaps thirty inches tall from floor to backrest crest, with seat height appearing around seventeen inches following standard seating ergonomics, constructed entirely from light-colored hardwood that reads as pale honey blonde with subtle variations toward cream in highlights and deeper amber in shadowed areas where grain density increases, evoking the warmth of sun-bleached driftwood or freshly sanded ash timber still revealing natural figuring. The backrest consists of seven vertical curved bands that rise from the rear seat rail in parallel arcs, each approximately two inches wide and perhaps an inch thick, separated by intervals of roughly one inch creating a rhythmic fence-like screen that allows visual passage through negative spaces while providing lumbar support, these vertical elements terminating in a continuous horizontal crest rail that caps the composition at the chair's highest point. The armrests project forward and downward from the backrest structure as five parallel curved ribs on each side, echoing the vertical backrest rhythm but oriented horizontally, creating sculptural wings that embrace the seating zone while maintaining the design's characteristic transparency through generous spacing between each curved member, these armrest elements smooth and rounded like bent reeds or flexible branches frozen mid-curve. The seat itself comprises multiple curved horizontal slats spanning front to rear, continuing the serial repetition logic and ensuring ergonomic comfort through slight contour adaptation, supported by four legs that splay outward subtly for stability, each leg reading as extension of the continuous bentwood system rather than separate applied element. The wood surfaces throughout appear smooth as polished stone yet retain visible grain figuring that flows longitudinally along each curved member like contour lines mapping the bending force, creating subtle linear texture that invites tactile engagement, the finish suggesting natural oil or soap treatment that enhances rather than obscures material character, luminous but not glossy. Behind the chair, the concrete wall presents contrasting texture rough as weathered stone or tree bark, with pronounced horizontal striations from board formwork creating rhythmic banding that echoes the chair's own repetitive structure, scattered circular voids approximately one inch in diameter mark former tie-hole positions, and irregular mottling in cool blue-gray, warm putty, and scattered rust-orange suggests weathering and oxidation patterns that record the wall's history. Lighting arrives from beyond the right frame edge, possibly from a large window or architectural opening, casting soft diffused illumination that creates gentle shadows beneath each curved chair element without harsh contrast, these shadows tracing the lattice structure across the concrete surface as delicate gray echoes of the chair's form, the overall light quality suggesting overcast daylight or late afternoon through diffusion. A human figure rendered nearly transparent through motion blur occupies the right background, reduced to pale translucent form showing white footwear and suggesting casual contemporary dress, this spectral presence providing essential scale calibration and activating the space as inhabited domestic or gallery environment rather than static product display. The composition balances sculptural presence against functional humility, industrial materiality against organic warmth, geometric precision against handcrafted softness, inviting consideration of how everyday objects might achieve aesthetic distinction while remaining fundamentally approachable and useful.

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, the lighter weight allows the elderly and children to move around more easily.
Single-sided armrest design allows users to sit in a variety of ways, more free and flexible.