Sempoa
Lounge Chair for New Elegant Co., Ltd.
The Sempoa chair blends traditional inspiration with modern functionality. Inspired by the Japanese Soroban abacus, it features a backrest with moving beads that offer both tactile engagement and a subtle massaging effect. The beads, mounted on stainless steel rods and held by flexible bentwood frames, move with the user's body. Crafted from intersecting solid wood boards, the design balances structured aesthetics with durability, ensuring stability, style, and inviting user interaction.
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Sempoa Lounge Chair Press Releases
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Sempoa Lounge Chair Translations
We're happy to provide translations of Sempoa in numerous languages, including: Lounge Chair EN, Кресло за релакс BG, အနားယူကုလားထိုင် MY, Butaca CA, Lingkoranan nga Relaks CEB, Mpando Wopumira NY, 休閒椅 ZY, 休闲椅 ZH, Pultrona CO, Fotelja za odmor HR, Relaxační křeslo CS, Lænestol DA, Loungestoel NL, Ripoza Seĝo EO, Puhketool ET, Lepotuoli FI, Fauteuil de Détente FR, Cathair-Leabaidh GD, Butaca GL, სასვენებელი სავარძელი KA, Loungesessel DE, Πολυθρόνα Ανάπαυσης EL, Apyka Py'aguapy GN, લાઉન્જ ખુરશી GU, Chèz Repoze HT, Kujerar Shakatawa HA, Noho Ho'omaha HAW, כורסת טרקלין HE, लाउंज चेयर HI, Rooj Zaum So HMN, Pihenőfotel HU, Hvíldarstóll IS, Oche Ezumike IG, Kursi Santai ID, Cathaoir Aerach GA, Poltrona Lounge IT, ラウンジチェア JA, Kursi Santai JV, ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಕುರ್ಚಿ KN, Демалыс креслосы KK, កៅអីសម្រាក KM, Intebe yo Kuruhukira RW, 라운지 체어 KO, کورسیی ئارامی KU, Эс алуу креслосу KY, ເກົ້າອີ້ພັກຜ່ອນ LO, Cathedra Otii LA, Atpūtas krēsls LV, Fotelis LT, Loungestull LB, Фотелја MK, Seza Fialan-tsasatra MG, Kerusi Rehat MS, ലൗഞ്ച് കസേര ML, Poltrona MT, Tūru Whakatā MI, लाउंज खुर्ची MR, Амралтын сандал MN, विश्राम कुर्सी NE, Loungestol NO, Lenestol NB, Cadièra de Salon OC, ଲାଉଞ୍ଜ ଚେୟାର OR, استراحت کرسۍ PS, صندلی راحتی FA, Fotel Wypoczynkowy PL, Poltrona PT, ਲਾਉਂਜ ਕੁਰਸੀ PA, Samarina Tiyana QU, Fotoliu de Relaxare RO, Кресло для отдыха RU, Nofoa Malolo SM, विश्रामासनम् SA, Ležerna fotelja SR, Chigaro Chekuzorora SN, آرام واري ڪرسي SD, විවේක පුටුව SI, Odpočinkové kreslo SK, Počivalni fotelj SL, Kursi Nasasho SO, Setulo sa Boikhutso ST, Butaca ES, Korsi Santai SU, Kiti cha Starehe SW, Fåtölj SV, Upuang Pampahinga TL, Курсии истироҳат TG, இளைப்பாறு நாற்காலி TA, Ял Креслосы TT, లాంజ్ చైర్ TE, เก้าอี้พักผ่อน TH, ዕረፍቲ መንበር TI, སྐྱིད་སྡོད་རྐུབ་ཀྱག BO, Dinlenme Koltuğu TR, Dynç alyş oturgyçy TK, Крісло для відпочинку UK, لاؤنج چیئر UR, دەم ئېلىش ئورۇندۇقى UG, Dam Olish Stuli UZ, Ghế Thư Giãn VI, Cadair Hamdden CY, Loungestoel FY, Isitulo Sokuphumla XH, לאַונדזש שטול YI, Àga Ìsinmi YO, Isihlalo Sokuphumula ZU, Luierstoel AF, Karrige Relaksimi SQ, የዕረፍት ወንበር AM, كرسي استرخاء AR, Հանգստի Աթոռ HY, জিৰণি চকী AS, İstirahət Kreslosu AZ, Erlaxazio-aulkia EU, Лаўнж-крэсла BE, লাউঞ্জ চেয়ার BN, Ležerna fotelja BS.
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Unique Properties
For a long period of time, Abacus has been an important part of life of businessman, employees, even students. This simple yet useful hand operated tool becomes a symbol of hardworking people. In modern days, where digital calculator has been embedded inside our most important tool-smartphone, an abacus is slowly being forgotten. An idea emerges repurposing an abacus in our daily life as a reminder of our hard works while still physically functional giving relaxation massage sensation for the user.
Tags
Chair, Life, Work, Massage, Abacus, Wood, Joinery
Production Technology
The expectation to create the most favorite piece of furniture in our living room, build quality is the priority allowing the user to rely on it for decades. With that mindset, straight solid rubberwood is decided for its well-known balance between strength, lightweight and cost. The curved shapes are realized from a bentwood forming the backrest and seat frames that wraps around the user’s body. The large area of the seat allows the user to sit cross-legged, thus velvet fabric is chosen to give a gentle touch to the skin, maximizing comforts.
Design Challenge
From the beginning of research, blending an abacus in a piece of furniture, the inorganic shape of the abacus reduces the possibility of the chair shape exploration. As ergonomic is a crucial part in designing a chair, the shape cannot be too rigid but on the other hand it becomes irrelevant to the abacus if the chair is too organic. Second hurdle is finding the balance thickness of the bentwood rails of the abacus. It must be thin enough to flex, yet strong enough to support the user’s body while holding all the stainless-steel rods. The frame also required to have spaces for the rails to slide smoothly without affecting the overall rigidity.
Project Duration
The project was designed and developed in Ho Chi Minh from August 2023 until August 2024.
Operation Flow
Crafting Sempoa chair focused on touches between users’ body and the edges of the beads. Knowing the fact that responses to sharp edges are different for every person, the rails of the abacus are made of flexible thin bentwood to be able to adapt to the user’s rear body shape. The stainless-steel rods act as the bones of the bentwood rails giving strength to support the user’s weight. Not only that, the abacus horizontal direction combined with the stainless steel rods, permit the beads to slide and spin freely, allowing the user to move around unbound while sitting.
Research
Creating a product that will be cherished by the user is the wish of all designers and producers. Providing a solution in the product that also connects to the user’s heart, the research focused on blending the historical elements of abacus as an aesthetic feature and a concrete function of the whole product. Thus, by reinventing abacus as a flexible backrest, not only it acts as a piece of art in the living room, but also provides a soothing massage effect for the user. It combines a cultural element with practical benefits, creating a chair that feels both familiar and innovative.
Inspiration
In this era, most of our daily activity is sitting. Either it is working, meeting, eating or even relaxing. Twelve hours on average sitting on the same spot happened to many people especially those who works from their home. Inspired by wooden massage lumbar support used by many taxi drivers in Vietnam, the idea is to implement wooden massage beads built into a lounge chair for people who works tirelessly and relax infinitely in front of screens all day long.
Image Credits
Aditya Cipta Sugandha, 2024.
Project Overview
Sempoa Lounge Chair has been a Silver winner in the Furniture Design award category in the year 2024 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Silver Recognition
New Elegant Co., Ltd was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2025, a testament to excellence of their work Sempoa Lounge Chair.
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Sempoa Lounge Chair Wins Silver A' Design Award for Innovative Fusion of Tradition and Comfort
New Elegant Co., Ltd's Sempoa lounge chair, designed in Ho Chi Minh and awarded Silver in the 2025 A' Furniture Design Award, reimagines the abacus as a functional, ergonomic, and visually striking piece of furniture that delivers both tactile relaxation and a tribute to hardworking culture.
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