Grille Prestatgeria by Wei Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

ArgentMobiliari· 2021

Grille Prestatgeria

by Wei Huang

Client: Bruce Tao

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About Grille Prestatgeria

Grille és una prestatgeria modular inspirada en la forma de la gelosia tradicional xinesa. La prestatgeria està feta de fusta de pi i fa 124 cm de longitud, 32 cm d'amplada i 186 cm d'alçada. Un marc blanc sosté petites capses de fusta, quatre a cada fila i sis a cada columna. Cada capsa petita es pot col·locar en quatre direccions diferents, i una part de la capsa està girada 45 graus. Els usuaris munten les capses ells mateixos, de manera que es poden crear molts patrons diferents. La prestatgeria proporciona un espai d'emmagatzematge que es pot organitzar segons les preferències personals.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Grille Prestatgeria és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Grille Prestatgeria sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Grille Prestatgeria és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a unique bookcase design. The most different thing about it is that it is a DIY bookcase. It is divided into small wood box and white big bookcase as two parts. The bookcase can put four small boxes in each row and six in each column. The small box can also be placed in four directions. This combination opens multiple possibilities. Users can make up their own patterns according to this feature.
Dimensions & Packaging: length 124cm x Width 32 cm x Height 186cm
Tags: Bookcase, DIY, Different, Chinese icon, Beautiful, Assembly, Grille
Production Technology: The bookcase is made of pine wood. Pine does not have a very good smell of pine fragrance, texture is very soft, is the cheapest material in solid wood furniture, widely used in mid-grade solid wood furniture, many log furniture and children's furniture are made of pine. It has the advantages of cheap price, natural environmental protection, not easy to deform, clear and beautiful texture, strong elasticity and air permeability, good thermal conductivity and simple maintenance.
Design Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research: The most common consideration for users to buy bookcases is the amount of storage, the convenience of using (taking books to buy books), the space, the safety (including formaldehyde and stability), and the cost performance. Formaldehyde is mainly a problem to be considered when choosing wooden bookshelves.
Inspiration: I got inspiration from the ancient Chinese grille and designed this bookcase by the form of a grid. Nowadays, more and more people like DIY products. The motivation for our design is that this is a free-form bookcase. Too neat a grid is not free. So, we rotate one part of the small box by 45 degrees. This not only fits our design motivation, but also allows users to combine patterns according to their own preferences.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow: First, remove all the small boxes when users start assembling. The size of the bookcase can hold 4 small boxes in each row and 6 in each column. Then make them stack up after filling out the row. Each small box has 4 direction to put altogether. Users can diy according to the pattern that they like.
Team Members: Design leader: Shiwen Huang
Designer: Yuebing Chen
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)