GanDan Bench by ChenYu, ShinChi, BoCheng and JieYi

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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN NAME:
GanDan

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Bench

INSPIRATION:
Inspired by the silkworm spinning and cocooning, with reference to the traditional craftsmanship of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, take shape by enlacing the golden teak wood veneer. Continuous wrapped in circles and layers, showing the beauty of veneer gradation.

UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Most of the wooden furniture is mainly made of solid wood, which can only show a soft feeling in the modeling lines, but the entity is hard, and will produce a lot of waste during the production process. GanDan is a handcrafted bench, using veneer as the main expression, inspired by silkworm spinning and cocooning and by enlacing method to windup the shape of a bench, it produces a gradual beauty through continuous winding. It looks hard like the wooden bench but soft elasticity feel when sitting on. Without any waste or scrap when it was made which is relatively environmentally friendly.

OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
Taking shape of the bench by wrapping and enlacing wood veneer in Bunaco style, with foam inside the cocoon sphere, it looks hard like the wooden bench but soft elasticity when sitting. Since the production procedure is wrapping and enlacing with wood veneer, no waste or scrap of wood produced.

PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
The project started in August 2020 in Taiwan , completed in February 2021, first debut in March and will exhibit in Young Designers’ Exhibition in World Trade Center, May 2021.

FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY:
Furniture Design

PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
Material: golden teak wood veneer, wood, foam. Production technology: CNC milling, lathe, foam Wire cutting Handcraft Technique: Bunaco wrapping and enlacing veneer ribbon, manual polish.

SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Material: Golden Teak Veneer Size: Length900mm x Width300mm x Height450mm

TAGS:
Bench, HandCraft, Golden Teak, Veneer, Enlace, Bunaco, Cocooning

RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
Taiwan’s woodworking craftsmanship has a long history. In recent years, with the advancement of the technology industry, most of the demand for wooden furniture on the market has been produced in large quantities by industrial machine processing methods. Handmade furniture is gradually being replaced, and the value of hand-made woodworking crafts has gradually been lost. The masses ignore. Taking BUNACO as the research theme, I hope that wooden furniture can be presented in the most gentle way, and find this traditional craft technique originated from Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

CHALLENGE:
BUNACO's traditional craftsmanship mainly uses beech wood as the main material, and we have also tried to use sharba wood (that is, plane wood), which is thicker, easy to break, and entangled very hard. The change of shape, how to wind the veneer symmetrically and regularly bothered us. We found the golden teak veneer by chance and found that the gloss and softness of it were the most appropriate.

ADDED DATE:
2021-03-24 02:00:03

TEAM MEMBERS (6) :
Instructor:ChungSheng Chen, Designer:ChenYu Shih, Designer:ShinChi Yang, Designer:BoCheng Guo, Designer:JieYi Chen and Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Dept.

IMAGE CREDITS:
Photo Credit:
ChenYu Shih
ShinChi Yang
BoCheng Guo
JieYi Chen



CLIENT/STUDIO/BRAND DETAILS
NAME:
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

PROFILE:
Established in 1965, Tainan University of Technology is an university with “cultural creativity” as the core value, they devote themselves to educate talents with the ability of “applicable practicing” and “humanistic technology” that conforms to the needs of the society and the industries. To fulfill this goal, they are positioned and advancing to a technology university of “cultural and creative teachings.”



NOMINATION DETAILS

Gandan Bench by Chenyu, Shinchi, Bocheng and Jieyi is a Nominee in Furniture Design Category.

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AWARD DETAILS

Gandan Bench by Chenyu, Shinchi, Bocheng and Jieyi is Winner in Furniture Design Category, 2020 - 2021.



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Giulia Esposito Comment #14137 on December 27, 2022, 6:11 pm
I am so impressed by the GanDan bench! The design is truly innovative and modern, yet still practical and comfortable. It is clear that a lot of thought and effort went into creating this piece of furniture, and the results are stunning. The sleek lines and simple colour palette make this piece of furniture stand out in any room. The craftsmanship is impeccable, with precise attention to detail and expertly coordinated materials. I am sure this bench will become a timeless classic that will be treasured for years to come. I congratulate ChenYu, ShinChi, BoCheng and JieYi on their incredible achievement and for winning the A' Design Award for their outstanding Furniture Design.

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