Zense Table Chair Set by Louis Wai Yin Hung |
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| DESIGN NAME: Zense PRIMARY FUNCTION: Table Chair Set INSPIRATION: Zense transforms Asian heritage into lived experience. This kinetic table merges tea ceremony and calligraphy through masterful woodcraft—its slender exoskeleton achieving structural elegance while enforcing ritual deliberation. Every interaction engages the senses, making tradition tactile rather than symbolic. Through material intelligence and embodied use, Zense bridges past and future, turning cultural memory into tangible, sensory encounters. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Zense is both a furniture to ritual instrument. Its transforming structure—crafted from impossibly slender wood members—orchestrat OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Zense begins as a serene writing surface, but with a simple lift, its wooden top rises and locks into place, transforming into a tea ceremony platform. There are no buttons or complicated mechanisms; just smooth, deliberate motions that mirror the care of traditional rituals themselves. This motion forces mindfulness, and addresses all 5 sense of the body. Every interaction—the weight of the moving parts, the satisfying click of alignment is designed to make the past feel present and purposeful. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in 2018 and was exhibited most notably DesignInspire 2019 and SUPERDESIGN SHOW (Superstudio Pi - Via Tortona 27 - Milan) in 2022, amongst other venues in Hong Kong and China across 2022-2025. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Handcrafted by master artisans using traditional Chinese joinery, the furniture set is composed of 553 upcycled timber components, each meticulously shaped to optimize weight distribution—resul SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 1300mm x 550mm x 720mm. Fully handcrafted with (screwless) traditional wooden joinery techniques. Weight distribution of structures optimised to minimise profile of structural members into 30mmx30mm solid wood. TAGS: Handcrafted, table, chair, set, upcycled, wood, traditional, joinery, asian, culture RESEARCH ABSTRACT: This project pursued the minimal threshold dimensions of wooden members while retaining structural integrity, guided solely by craftsmen who discern strength through fingertips. Each slender element was refined not by engineering calculations, but through generations of tactile material intelligence. Practitioners tested these components, their ceremonial movements revealing where rigidity needed to yield to grace. CHALLENGE: This project faced the dual challenge of reviving ancient Chinese joinery while pushing wood’s structural limits to unprecedented thinness—all without modern engineering aids. nternally, we grappled with fading craftsmanship traditions. Material constraints demanded upcycled wood with unpredictable grain behavior, while the absence of metal fasteners required perfect joinery precision. Production hinged on master artisans capable of such handwork that relied on sensory intuition alone. ADDED DATE: 2025-02-28 14:41:09 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Louis Wai Yin Hung, 2024. |
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NAME: Iterative Studio PROFILE: Founded by architect and educator Louis Hung Wai Yin, Iterative Studio is a design practice that constructs spatial dialogues where cultural narratives unfold across all scales—from architectural design, interior interventions, installations, furniture, to product design. The research-driven approach of the studio’s award-winning work bridges academia and practice, engaging the spirit, the mind, and the body. At the same time, it serves as a discourse to interrogate how socio-cultural narratives can be reimagined and spatially experienced through material form, with three principles: buildings as cultural palimpsests, objects as memory, and spaces as communal narratives. |
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Zense Table Chair Set by Louis Wai Yin Hung is Winner in Furniture Design Category, 2024 - 2025.· Read the interview with designer Louis Wai Yin Hung for design Zense here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Louis Wai Yin Hung. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Louis Wai Yin Hung. |
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