singapore furniture fair 09: flip challenge

69 entries were received from 12 schools for this years ‘FL!P’ challenge. the task was to transform or ‘flip’ an existing chair, the erpo dining chair, into another piece of furniture, while retaining its primary seating function.

‘erpo dining chair’ image © designboom

‘diplodocus’ by abdillah bin supangat and widya yuniarti image © designboom

chaise lounge with wooden skeletal structure of the dinosaur ‘diplodocus’.

‘ro.king chair’ by deric shen mao zheng and erlina chang image © designboom

side rocking movement – the common back and forth motion of rocking chairs changed to left and right movements.

天 (tian) by cheris lee pheck woon and colin moy jian wen image © designboom

天 (tian) reflects the order and balance in the chinese culture. similar forms can be found on the roofs of ancient chinese palaces and calligraphy strokes. it is literally translated as ‘the heaven’ or ‘sky’.

please see all 17 finalists here.