Tai Chi Work Desk by Lu Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
IronFurniture· 2022
Tai Chi Work Desk
by Lu Yi
Client: Syid Design
A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Tai Chi Work Desk
Tai Chi is a work desk designed for offices and studios, especially for people who draw by hand. Three edges of the desktop are raised to stop brushes and other tools from falling to the floor. The front edge is cut as a soft corner for more comfortable use. The curved form is inspired by Chinese Tai Chi and its balance of yin and yang. The metal parts are made by CNC machining, and the wood used is beech. The curved sections are shaped by machine and finished by hand. The desk measures 1600 by 800 by 710 millimeters.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Tai Chi Work Desk is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Tai Chi Work Desk is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Tai Chi Work Desk is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Some designers will use a lot of brushes for creation in the office. The three edges of this table are designed with upturned edges to prevent the brush tools from falling to the ground. The front is a soft corner cutting design, which will be more comfortable in use. The overall shape of the table is more in line with the characteristics of the Oriental curved surface
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1600mm*800mm*710mm
- Tags
- Tai Chi；Work table；soft；comfortable；
- Production Technology
- Rhinoceros is selected for modeling and rendered as keyshot. The metal part of this furniture is made by CNC process, and the wood is processed by beech. The real process difficulty lies in the curved part of the table, which needs to be made by machine and hand
- Design Challenge
- Inspired by Oriental Tai Chi, the curved surface of the table is challenging
- Research
- Inspired by Chinese Tai Chi, Tai Chi stresses the use of softness to overcome hardness. The design feature of this table is the folding of the inside and outside, and the lifting of the edge, which can prevent some office items from falling, especially some brushes and other tools. This is a mild office furniture design
- Inspiration
- Inspired by Chinese Tai Chi, Tai Chi stresses Yin and Yang. Yin and yang are a balance. This furniture combines the above design language from the design of form and structure
- Project Duration
- Syid design studio in Shenyang, China
- Operation Flow
- This type of desk can be combined with computer in some daily hand-painted work, with higher compatibility
- Team Members
- Lu Yi
Ziyao Zhang
Runbo Wang
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