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Exquisite Wood Bookshelf by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying Wins the A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Exquisite Wood Bookshelf by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying, designed for Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored 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.
About Exquisite Wood Bookshelf
Exquisite Wood is a bookshelf made of elm. The design is inspired by Chinese furniture and combines square and round forms for a simple and dignified appearance. The components are joined by metal butterfly screws, and some parts use mortise and tenon structures. The parts are cut from straight wood by numerical control carving and milling, which reduces material loss. The bookshelf can be assembled and taken apart by hand, so production and transport remain simple. Partitions allow books and objects to be sorted and stored.
Award Record
This recognition makes Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying a winner of 26 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/136868
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136868
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136868
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/180555
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Exquisite Wood Bookshelf
- Function
- Bookshelf
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Sienna, Dark Khaki and Peru
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136868
Credits
- Team
- Wei Jingye, Wang Ruilin, Wang Yiqin, Wu Wenhao, Ou Xiaoqing and Guo Rongying
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The shelf is made of elm with thick, heavy and simple appearance. It is connected with metal connectors on the basis of mortise and tenon structure. The bookshelf can be disassembled and assembled by itself. The components are made of elm straight materials to reduce material loss. The metal connectors are butterfly screws. The overall design is convenient for production and transportation and disassembly and assembly by users, Add modern semantics while alleviating boredom.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by Chinese furniture, this multifunctional shelf is made with a dignified and simple overall shape and a combination of square and round, but the overall shape is not too solemn and rigid. Some parts are connected by tenon and mortise structure. The components of the overall design are connected by butterfly screws. Solid wood and metal materials are matched with each other, and the bookcase is dignified and modern.
- Research
- The bookshelf is a thick, heavy and simple solid wood bookshelf completed by the combination of metal parts and tenon and mortise structure. The design adopts Chinese tenon and mortise structural elements. The components are mainly connected by metal butterfly screws. The two are integrated. The butterfly screw connection has strong stability. The overall style has industrial atmosphere, strong functionality and simple structure.
- Challenge
- On the basis of retaining Chinese elements, butterfly screws are used as ornaments, which not only retains the elegant and simple style of Chinese furniture, but also does not appear too heavy. On the basis of meeting the functional requirements, tenon and mortise structure is applied, and the disassembly structure is more convenient for transportation and assembly.
- Realization and Technology
- The whole furniture is connected with metal connectors. Butterfly screws are convenient for manual DIY assembly. Some details are inserted with tenon and mortise structure. The applied tenon and mortise structure appears in the simplest form of insertion. Most of them are straight wood, which are processed by NC engraving and milling. The parts are simple and convenient for transportation, and the overall structure is stable.
- Operation and Interaction
- It is mostly used for placing articles and books. The bookshelf is made of straight materials and plates, which is relatively light and convenient for disassembly and assembly. The bookshelf is equipped with partitions for book classification and easy sorting.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design had started in Shenyang in March 2021, completed in Shenyang in June 2021, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2021.
- Specifications
- 1500mm x 4500mm x 1900mm, The mortise and tenon structure used in the solid wood part is in the form of interleaving, and the required wood is straight. It is carved and milled by mechanical numerical control. The overall design is assembled with metal butterfly screws, which is convenient for personal assembly and long-distance transportation, saves processing cost, and is suitable for mass production.
- Keywords
- Chinese elements, Storage, Solid wood, Assembly, Butterfly screw
