{"id":12025,"date":"2025-06-27T23:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/handcrafted-from-a-naturally-fallen-tree-sati-rocking-chair-reflects-on-life-death-and-impermanence\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T23:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:35:20","slug":"handcrafted-from-a-naturally-fallen-tree-sati-rocking-chair-reflects-on-life-death-and-impermanence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/handcrafted-from-a-naturally-fallen-tree-sati-rocking-chair-reflects-on-life-death-and-impermanence\/","title":{"rendered":"handcrafted from a naturally fallen tree, sati rocking chair reflects on life, death and impermanence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Cheer Manlekha\u2019s Sati is made from a fallen street tree in Brent<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sati, designed by Cheer Manlekha as part of the MA Industrial Design program at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, is a handcrafted <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/wood-and-timber-architecture\/\">wooden<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/chair-design\/\">chair<\/a><\/strong> made from a fallen street tree in Brent, London. The project explores themes of presence, impermanence, and material life cycles through an everyday object.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The term \u2018Sati\u2019 derives from the Thai language, meaning \u2018to remember,\u2019 \u2018to recollect,\u2019 or \u2018to bear in mind.\u2019 The design draws influence from Zen meditation practices, particularly the concept of \u2018just sitting\u2019 without specific objective or outcome. \u2018The project, beyond a chair, is also a profoundly personal exploration on existentialism, fears of death, and the process of letting go of things which lie beyond our control. It is a record of a fragment of time spent here in this life and a pursuit to come to terms with death through a design object carefully hand-crafted by natural elements as a contemplative means to reflect the smallness of human existence within the vast, continuous cycle of life in the simplest form of a mundane everyday object; a chair,\u2019 shares the designer.<\/p>\n<p>all images courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_n0thingspcial\/\">Cheer Manlekha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">a flat back and curved front base characterize Sati timber\u00a0chair<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Structurally, Sati is a non-traditional rocking chair characterized by its flat back and a curved front base. This configuration requires the user to engage their legs for balance and stabilization, encouraging physical awareness and grounding in the present moment, leaving all unnecessary scattered thoughts behind. The chair\u2019s deliberate unevenness invites active participation from the user, fostering bodily engagement rather than passive sitting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Materiality plays an important role in the project narrative by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_n0thingspcial\/\">designer<\/a><\/strong> Cheer Manlekha. By using timber from a naturally fallen tree in Brent, London, the design foregrounds memories of the time spent on Earth and a message that something once dead can find a new purpose again. Like any living being, the chair ages over time, gaining scars and marks that reflect a life lived, lessons learned, and the beauty of being alive. This approach reflects an acceptance of natural aging processes, both in materials and in human life, normalizing death as an inseparable part of life that all beings must one day come to face with. The design process of \u2018Sati\u2019 reflects an interest in existential themes, with the chair acting as a tool for contemplation and reflection on temporality. Its form and balance encourage moments of stillness, aligning with the broader objective of fostering awareness of one\u2019s body and surroundings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>the chair draws influence from Zen meditation practices, encouraging moments of stillness and awareness<\/p>\n<p>the form of the armrest and the backrest mimics the organic sprouting of plants from the ground<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>a flat back and a curved front base define the chair\u2019s non-traditional rocking form<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>the structural configuration encourages users to engage their legs for balance and stability<\/p>\n<p>raw wood parts as a reminder that the chair is crafted from a living thing that once stood, grew, and fell<\/p>\n<p>visible imperfections reflect the chair\u2019s origins and its previous life as part of an urban tree<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the structural configuration encourages users to engage their legs for balance and stability<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>the project uses a single everyday object\u2014the chair, to frame themes of temporality and letting go<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>natural material aging is integrated into the design intent, embracing impermanence<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>Sati acts as both a functional object and a contemplative tool for spatial and existential reflection<\/p>\n<p>designer Cheer Manlekha<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Sati: A Chair of Existentialism and Fears of Death<br \/>\n<strong>designer:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_n0thingspcial\/\">Cheer Manlekha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers-submit\">DIY submissions<\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/design\/handcrafted-naturally-fallen-tree-sati-rocking-chair-life-death-impermanence-cheer-manlekha-06-27-2025\/\">handcrafted from a naturally fallen tree, sati rocking chair reflects on life, death and impermanence<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheer Manlekha\u2019s Sati is made from a fallen street tree in Brent \u00a0 Sati, designed by Cheer Manlekha as part of the MA Industrial Design program at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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