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Dress Your Chair Removable Upholstery by Yumeng Gai Receives the A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yumeng Gai for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Dress Your Chair Removable Upholstery by Yumeng Gai. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Dress Your Chair Removable Upholstery
Dress Your Chair is a series of removable upholstery made for a common and easy to assemble chair. The series includes one set of foam undergarments and three coverings inspired by the seasons: a spring dress, an autumn jumpsuit and a winter Teddy coat. The foam undergarments use various densities and provide support and comfort during seating. The jumpsuit and the Teddy coat close with invisible zippers around the seat, while the dress slides on and off. Each piece is easy to change, wash and ship, so an existing chair can be renewed instead of replaced.
About Yumeng Gai
Yumeng Gai is a furniture designer graduating from Rhode Island School of Design. In her design work, creating identities for furniture is the main concept. Furniture is creatures like other living things on this planet. They have their emotion and expectation of the world, and they eager to participate in our daily life. Yumeng is interested in building interactive relationships between furniture, humans, and the surrounding environment, and creating an environment where humans and furniture respect, love, and take care of each other. And during the interaction process, furniture enhances their unique identities.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yumeng Gai a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/122193
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122193
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122193
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/292813
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.yumenggai.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dress Your Chair Removable Upholstery
- Function
- Removable Upholstery
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Silver, Light Pink and Tan
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yumeng Gai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122193
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020.; Photographer Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020. Video #1 : Creator Yumeng Gai, Dress your Chair, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- What is the reason for throwing away a chair? The style does not fit in the room anymore? Or the upholstery is broken? The idea of the Dress Your Chair project is to design a series of upholstery works for a single common chair, like the IKEA ADDE Chair, which is accessible and easy to assemble. The upholstery can be put on and taken off as easily as apparel for humans. During the process of changing apparel for our furniture, we build closer relationships with the things we already have.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the fashion industry seasons, the Dress Your Chair upholstery series includes three seasonal clothes for the IKEA ADDE chair. The spring dress is inspired by blooming flowers in spring. This piece adds a romantic feeling to the chair and space. For the autumn jumpsuit, with the classic houndstooth pattern fabric, the suit gives the chair and space an elegant formal look. For winter, the Teddy coat designed for the chair provides a cozy and comfortable seating experience.
- Research
- The research was focused on three parts: style, structure, and pattern. Research on fashion apparel and study how fashion styling applies to furniture upholstery design. Test on different undergarments and apparel structures, and find the best form that provides the easiest way to put on and take off. Various methods of pattern making are used during the process.
- Challenge
- Challenges mainly come from the structures and patterns of apparel.
- Realization and Technology
- This upholstery series includes a set of foam undergarments and three coverings. For undergarment production, laser cut the foam first, cover with batting with the same shape, then put the foam into sewed fabric then hemming. Once the foam is developed, it is applied to the chair as the model for pattern making. The muslin is draped from here to get the measurement for the final pattern for all apparel designs. Then the fabrics are cut according to the pattern.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Dress Your Chair upholstery series includes one set of foam undergarments with various densities and three sets of apparel inspired by three different seasons: spring dress, autumn jumpsuit, and winter Teddy coat. Undergarments are mainly made up of foam, providing enough support and comfort for an enjoyable seating experience. The Jumpsuit and the Teddy coat have invisible zippers around the seat, while the dress slides on and off. They are easy to change, wash, and ship.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2019 in Providence and finished in December 2020 in Providence.
- Specifications
- Dimension for ADDE frame: Width 390 mm x Depth 470 mm x Height 772 mm
- Keywords
- Upholstery work, furniture upholstery, dress for furniture, removable upholstery, cushion
