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Yuhan Gu's Column Chair Wins MUSE Design Gold

architecture-design · 2026-05-12

Yuhan Gu's Column Chair, awarded MUSE Design Awards Gold in 2025, challenges conventional seating by allowing users to sit in any posture. First presented in New York in 2023 as part of the exhibition Unmaking, Making, Remaking, the chair features a wooden frame with a slightly arched base that enables micro-movements, a woven rope grid inspired by hammocks, and repositionable cylindrical cushions. The design invites personal expression and movement, positioning itself at the intersection of contemporary design and functional art.

Key facts

  • Yuhan Gu designed the Column Chair.
  • The chair won MUSE Design Awards Gold in 2025.
  • First presented in New York in 2023 at Unmaking, Making, Remaking exhibition.
  • The wooden base is slightly arched to allow micro-movements.
  • The seat uses a woven rope grid inspired by hammocks.
  • Cylindrical cushions are modular and repositionable.
  • The design encourages non-prescribed sitting postures.
  • The chair blends contemporary design with functional art.

Entities

Artists

  • Yuhan Gu

Institutions

  • MUSE Design Awards

Locations

  • New York
  • United States

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