The Application Of The Surrounded Curve Modeling Of Ming Style Round-backed Armchair In Modern Furniture

Ming style round-backed armchair is a typical form of traditional Chinese furnicure,and the surrounding curve modeling of round back is the characteristic furniture component which makes the round-backed armchair different from others,therefore applying it to modern furniture design,to meet the need of modern life is our pursuit. The modelimg of round back,makes us feel comfortable and is a symbel of privacy and hierarchy,as well as elite status.This paper explores the basic characteristics of round back from four aspects, including uniqueness,artistry,scientificity and cultural symbolized,in order to deepen the understanding of round back and make it better used in modern furniture design. It has given the contrast analysis of the strucural components of Ming style round-backed armchair and the modern furniture effected by the surrounded modeling of round back,researching the change when the surrounded curve modeling of Ming style round-backed armchair and round-backed armchair ? s other strucural components applied to the modern furniture design.As for the ways to make the surrounded curve modeling of Ming style round-backed armchair better used in modern furniture design,the paper analyzes the modern furniture desigh examples which are effected by the surrounded modeling of round back at home and abroad.By choosing some famous designers who stand out in modern expression of round-backed armchair,and their design works,including the Chinese Chair,The Chair and Wishbone Chair of Hans Wegner,Philippe Starck ? s XO Mi Ming Chair,Sleeping beauty,Coin Chair of Zhu Xiaojie,Zheng Jian, Shao Fan,the design is analyzed.In the end the paper offers some ideas of how to make it better used in modern furniture design.In the design,both of form and spirit should be paid attention,the humanist principle should be properly used,and hunmanized design and modern materials and new technology should be appied.