Winner Theo Chair

摘要

One of the primary aims in designing this chair was to make it lightweight, allowing users easily to stack and link large numbers. This simple, elegant design in laminated timber suits a wide range of environments. Up to 30 chairs can be stacked on a trolley and wheeled through a standard-height doorway, and they are light enough to be comfortably stackable while linked in rows of three. But they are also robust, passing level three severe contract testing. The thin, bent ply backrest is designed to flex locally and will act as a spring that allows the rest of the chair to flex, dissipating load. The design lends itself to the use of timber; from inception to realised object, the intention was always to create a wooden chair. Because of this every part of it was designed keeping both the qualities of wood and the technologies used in its manufacture in mind.