We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Johnathan Wu about their original and creative Office Chair design work. Johnathan Wu is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original office chair works.
Johnathan Wu ("JW") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work uChair Office Chair. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
JW : The product concept arises from the desire to improve the integrated experience of a computer user. Over the past decade, many advances have been made towards the design, features and performance of a computer hardware, but very little attention has been shown towards interrelated objects such as chairs, desks and supporting accessories.
JW : uChair is an extension of one's self. It's an expression of the personality. We want to give the user the flexibility to do that while having incorporating useful features into the chair.
JW : We're constantly refining the design to make it more comfortable and useful. We plan to make the prototype in June 2013.
JW : It took well more than 1 year.
JW : This innovation came to life when a small team of engineers, designers and gamers meet and worked together at a cyber café to create innovative products affordable by the masses. We were asking ourselves how we could improve the integrated experience of a computer user? How could our products assist their digital lives?
JW : We are addressing both the generation Y designer lifestyle market and as well as the hardware gaming market which is predicted to reach 35.4 billion in 2016.
JW : It's never been done before. This innovation was possible because we apply multi-faceted perspectives and applied that to objects that would have been designed in a traditional way – such as the office chair.
JW : uChair is very personal to the user. It's an extension of one's self.
JW : Solidworks.
JW : Personalisable banners, armrest toys and supporting accessories - such as keyboard / mouse tray.
JW : Product Manager, Industrial Designer and Material Engineer.
JW : It's about understanding today's technology environment and how could this design support that environment?
JW : The primary designer (Johnathan) does not have a design background, this is one of his first work. So he wanted to test the reaction of the public to his designs.
JW : We're always improving and pushing boundaries by overcoming challenges.
