Alcyone Standing Chair
Tetsuo Shibata
Furniture Design Alcyone Standing Chair by Tetsuo Shibata For him, one important goal in coming up with the shape of this project was to simulate the human body’s quality and natural form as much as possible. He uses the human form as a metaphor for the good posture, bodily flexibility and active lifestyle everyone aspires to attain. With this product, he assists with three simple movements people perform during the course of a workday: sitting and standing, twisting the body and stretching the back over a backrest, therefore improving health and increasing productivity.
A' Design Award Winner
Alcyone Standing Chair by Tetsuo Shibata is a winner of the A' Furniture Design Award. Alcyone Standing Chair earned the A' Design Award in 2020 and is showcased on Industrial Design Winners among other exceptional designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Tetsuo Shibata and see why Alcyone Standing Chair design stands out from its competition.
About Alcyone
Furniture Design Alcyone Standing Chair by Tetsuo Shibata For him, one important goal in coming up with the shape of this project was to simulate the human body’s quality and natural form as much as possible. He uses the human form as a metaphor for the good posture, bodily flexibility and active lifestyle everyone aspires to attain. With this product, he assists with three simple movements people perform during the course of a workday: sitting and standing, twisting the body and stretching the back over a backrest, therefore improving health and increasing productivity. Alcyone earned the A' Design Award at the Iron level, an esteemed recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Iron-level designs demonstrate sound ideas and professional design, and are selected by a grand jury, for publication among the award-winning works, after fair, just, meritocratic and independent academic review, where entries are voted following blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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