Toolless TV-skab by Huang ning is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award i Bronze in Møbeldesign Competition Category.

BronzeMøbler· 2025

Toolless TV-skab

by Huang ning

Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Møbler Category

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The Design

About Toolless TV-skab

Toolless er et TV-skab designet til samling uden værktøj. Samlingsdelene er forudmonteret i pladerne under produktionen, så pladerne blot skal presses eller skubbes sammen. Samlingsdelene fungerer ved elastisk deformation og muliggør gentagen adskillelse og genmontering, hvilket forlænger skabets levetid. Pladerne er pakket i monteringsrækkefølge, og de tofarvede plader viser tydeligt indersiden og ydersiden. Samlingen tager cirka ti minutter. Skabet måler 1400 x 395 x 450 millimeter og leveres i flad emballage.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronze

Toolless TV-skab er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Toolless TV-skab forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Toolless TV-skab tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Traditional panel furniture assembly often involves dealing with unlabeled panels, numerous screws, and complex instructions, all of which can make the task time-consuming for many people.
The connector eliminates the need for tools, and "Toolless" panels are packaged in the sequence of assembly, ensuring that users can assemble their furniture in about 10 minutes.
Dimensions & Packaging: TOOLLESS cabinet's external dimensions are 1400mm*395mm*450mm; The assembled structure makes it possible to achieve flat packaging, and its packaging size is 1545mm*485mm*115mm.
Tags: Modern style, TV cabinet, storage, tool-free, convenient
Production Technology: TOOLLESS cabinets use connectors that pre-insert panels at the production stage, allowing users to simply press or slide panels together to complete assembly. This connector uses the principle of elastic deformation and can be repeatedly disassembled and reassembled, thereby extending the service life of the furniture. This feature makes it suitable for repositioning or correcting assembly errors. In addition, TOOLLESS uses sequential packaging and combines a logical modular assembly process to greatly improve the user experience.
Design Challenge: Repeated adjustment of composite materials, and finally find the most suitable hardness, in order to guide users to install quickly, the cabinet uses two-color plates, which can allow users to intuitively distinguish the inside and outside of the cabinet. Through the repeated study of our structure, we have solved its stability problem.
Research: The installation of traditional panel furniture is more complicated, and professionals are required to arrange packaging without error. Our TOOLLESS cabinet brings the most simple and understandable packaging to users, so that our cabinets can be reused many times. The key technology is its connector, in our research, we tried many new materials and new processes, and finally selected plastic connector, the structure is strong, stable, low-cost, and it is reusable.
Inspiration: "Toolless" also champions sustainability. It allows for repeated disassembly and assembly without causing damage to furniture, which extends the furniture's lifespan and prevents waste of resources.
Finally, "Toolless" refines furniture structures and adopts flat packaging, resulting in improved time and cost efficiencies for manufacturers.
Project Duration: The project began in November 2023 in Shenzhen, China, and ended in April 2024 in Shenzhen, China, with an exhibition at Paris Maison & Objet Bally in August 2024.
Operation Flow: The modern style TOOLLESS cabinet can be matched with a variety of home environments, which supports the user to disassemble the furniture several times when moving, in order to extend the service life of the product.
Patents: Patent No ZL 2023 2 1722842.9.Patent Holder Ouzhi Li，Fei Qi.Year 2023.
Team Members: Ning Huang，Fangqi Luo，Juan Wang，