Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans by Wei Jingye and Zhou Haoyuan

Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans by Wei Jingye and Zhou Haoyuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

BronzeMobiliari· 2026

Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans

by Wei Jingye and Zhou Haoyuan

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans

Obsidian Wing és una butaca de descans dissenyada per a llars contemporànies, espais d'art i oficines boutique. La butaca s'inspira en la forma de les ales dels ocells, traduint l'estructura òssia de l'ala i les línies de tensió en mobiliari. Un respatller en forma d'ala envolta la persona asseguda i li ofereix una sensació de recer i suport. Com a material base s'utilitza plàstic d'alt rendiment, modelat mitjançant impressió 3D i mecanitzat de precisió controlat per ordinador. La superfície presenta un acabat negre mat amb línies de plata metàl·lica incrustades. Obsidian Wing mesura 550 per 650 per 800 mil·límetres.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Obsidian Wing Butaca de descans satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This chair is a modern art seat designed for contemporary homes, art spaces, and boutique office environments. It transcends the functional boundaries of traditional seating by deeply integrating aesthetics, ergonomics, and an emotional experience. The chair not only offers comfortable seating but also, through its unique form and materials, creates a spatial narrative that embodies both Eastern philosophical ideas and contemporary aesthetics, providing users with an immersive experience that feels as if they could take flight while seated.
Dimensions & Packaging: 550 mm × 650 mm × 800 mm, the product manufacturing process includes 3D printing, precision CNC machining, matte black glaze spraying, and metal silver inlay, offering high design freedom with excellent structural strength and lightweight performance.
Tags: Wings, Biomimetic chair, Modern minimalist, Leisure
Production Technology: Using high performance plastic as the base material, it is formed through an integrated process of 3D printing and precision CNC machining, accurately achieving complex surfaces and load bearing structures. The surface is coated with a matte finish and embedded with metal silver wires, balancing lightweight characteristics with excellent load bearing performance.
Design Challenge: The core concept of the design is to transform the imagery of wings providing protection and extension into the form of a chair. The main challenge lies in balancing the lightness of the wing like structure with its load bearing capacity, achieving a fusion of metallic silver lines and matte black textures.
Research: Seated in the chair feels like growing obsidian wings, freezing a moment of burgeoning power into static form. Its enveloping wing like structure creates psychological shelter, turning sitting into a posture of gathering momentum. Exploring bionic integration with modern furniture, it balances aesthetics and ergonomics, presenting a design both powerful and poetic.
Inspiration: Inspired by the imagery of sitting as if sprouting black wings, the chair draws on the fluid structure of avian wing bones, mechanical distribution of wing spars, and tension lines of tendons, translating the grace and power of nature into furniture language. It offers a sense of being guarded and supported, symbolizing rest, release, and spiritual freedom from daily routine.
Project Duration: The design had started in Shenyang in January 2025, completed in Shenyang in June 2025, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2025.
Operation Flow: Suitable for modern home living rooms, artistic studies, luxury model rooms, boutique hotel lounges, and creative office spaces. It can serve as a focal art piece for the space, combining practical functionality with visual appeal, and complements a variety of design styles such as luxury, and avant garde.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Zhou Haoyuan
Zheng Xiaolei
Song Kexin