GOYO Chair

THE STORY
THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF MEDITATION ARE COMFORT AND QUIET. HAVING DESIGNED CHAIRS SO FAR, IT WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION OF WHAT ANGLES WERE COMFORTABLE AND WHAT MATERIALS WERE USED TO PROVIDE COMFORT, BUT I HAD A LOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A QUIET SPACE, OR A SPACE FOR MEDITATION. BEFORE LONG, I SAW A SINGING BOWL, A MEDITATION TOOL. THE SINGING BOWL USED BY TIBETAN MONKS FOR MEDITATION AND CEREMONIES IS A DEVICE THAT INDUCES THE CONCENTRATION OF MEDITATION AS A SOUND BY GIVING A WAVELENGTH TO RUB AND HIT THE SURFACE.

“WOULDN’T IT BE POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON TO MEDITATE PEACEFULLY AND QUIETLY IN A SINGING BOWL LIKE THIS?” HE THOUGHT AND ARRANGED THE DESIGN FRAMEWORK. THE OVERALL SHAPE IS LIKE A LOUNGE CHAIR, WITH THE BACKREST AND SEAT PLATE TILTED AND A LARGE SINGING BOWL WRAPPED BEHIND IT. THE USER WENT DEEPER INTO THE CHAIR AND AT THE SAME TIME SET UP A “QUIET SPACE” BY SEPARATING IT FROM THE NATURAL EXTERNAL SPACE. ALSO, SINCE THE SOUND IN THE LARGE SINGING BOWL IS HEARD LOUDER, THE USER CAN PROCEED WITH MEDITATION WHILE FOCUSING MORE ON THE PERSON’S PULSE AND BREATHING SOUND.

THE SHAPE OF THE CHAIR EXCEPT FOR THE SINGING BOWL IS ROUNDED SO THAT THE SEAT PLATE CAN BE SEATED SOFTLY ALONG THE OUTLINE OF THE HUMAN BODY, AND THE INSIDE OF THE LEGS OF THE CHAIR IS SHAVED SO THAT THE LEGS CAN BE PLACED COMFORTABLY. AS SUCH, THE OVERALL SHAPE HAD AN ORGANIC SHAPE AND EMBODIED AESTHETIC BEAUTY.

INSPIRED BY THE TRADITIONAL TIBETAN SINGING BOWLS, THE GOYO CHAIR IS DESIGNED AS A HUMAN-CENTRIC SINGING BOWL THAT PRODUCES QUIET; HEALING SOUNDS WHEN STRUCK ON ITS METAL SHELL. “ PEOPLE SIT ON SOFAS OR CUSHIONS FOR MEDITATION. BUT A QUIET SPACE FOR MEDITATION IS ALSO IMPORTANT. YOU CAN GO INTO A LARGE SINGING BOWL AND MEDITATE QUIETLY WHILE FEELING THE RESONANCE OF THE SOUND. THIS PROJECT IS A DESIGN OF A MEDITATION CHAIR THAT PROVIDES A QUIET SPACE,”