A New Bamboo Chair By Milk Design

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设计师 利志荣
工艺师 李端科

此创作希望将传统工艺带入现代设计，令传统工艺品带来现代感，融入现代生活，令传统工艺创作和现代设计之间建立桥梁得以交流沟通和变化。

The project is about how to make a new bamboo chair from the base of traditional bamboo making process and its craftsmanship. The idea is to capture the valuable traditional techniques and renew them with small changes to fit for today’s living style.

以竹艺为主题的思考和设计。

竹的取材与製作都相当容易，所以竹于民间能广泛製成工具及日用品，也启发了很多民间创意。结合身边可塑之材，发挥解决生活的方案，也就是设计的最基本的定义。竹的优点是生长快速也是现今适用的一种环保材料。

是次创作希望可设计出一张富现代感的竹管椅子，同时又需尽量保留传统製作方式。幸运得到台湾南投县的著名竹管工艺师李端科先生为我设计提供製作。

为保留竹的外观，设计只以直及屈曲的原支竹管组成，成製品可完全看见竹的原状，竹和竹的连接保留了用竹针锁牢的传统方法，坚固而不留痕迹，金镯组装方式将竹与木结合，方便生产也产生出新的视觉效果，带来现代感。

这次在南投县竹山镇与李端科先生一同製作，跟随李先生去买竹，观察整个製作过程。李先生依设计图仔细地工作，我们不断讨论製方法并作出适当的调整，以求逹到设计与工艺的配合。这过程除了令我了解到竹管的製作方式，也是一次与工艺师交流的好机会，认识到他们懂得遵从基本原则，善用资源，运用简单工具，以经验，思考, 手艺製作出具实用性的物件。

希望这次经历可以延续，发掘更多可能性。让设计可以将有价值的传统工艺得而持续发展及承传下去。
The project is co-operated with a bamboo craftsman from Jhushan, in Taiwan, a place bamboo production is rich and its collection is easily accessible.

The new chair making method follows the very traditional way. The chair structure, such as the legs, the seats frame and the back are all built up by bamboo stem so that the originality and characteristic look of the bamboo is kept. The bamboo segments are attached to each other tightly by the hand-made bamboo dowels.

When other material being applied, such as the wooden seat, newly created metal joints are adopted to combine different materials more efficiently.

The back supports are bent and interlocked to give the chair a more modern twist.

Through this project, it is realized that understanding and preserving the good essence of the traditions is very precious ground for new creation and moving forward.

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