Press Release
Han Mei Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Erhu Chair in Furniture Design
Han Mei acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Erhu Chair by Han Mei has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Erhu Chair
Erhu is a chair inspired by the erhu, a traditional Chinese string instrument. The design uses national culture as a language of modern furniture and explores a contemporary Chinese style. The structure is simple, with only two parts: the seat surface and the legs. The chair back, seat surface and front leg form one piece of curved plywood pressed in a premade mold. The surface is veneered with ash wood and walnut, and the legs are made of walnut. The shape of the back leg recalls the hoof shaped leg of Ming style furniture. The curves follow the human body.
About Han Mei
Han Mei, Chinese furniture designer, graduated from the furniture design, Tokyo Designers College, Japan, and her graduation design has won the most outstanding design award and been collected by college till now. From 2013 to 2018, 9 pieces of her works were selected for Christie's private sales. In 2018, two works from the "She" series were selected for Christie's 2018 first open Hong Kong Auction and sold above the reserve price.
Award Record
With this recognition, Han Mei is 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. 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/141800
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/141800
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!141800
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/333184
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Erhu Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Silver, Saddle Brown, White Smoke, Sienna and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Han Mei
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #141800
Credits
- Image Credits
- COPYRIGHT： Han Mei
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Inspired by Erhu, a traditional Chinese classical instrument, the design incorporated national culture as a language of modern furniture, exploring a new style of contemporary Chinese furniture. The structure is so simple that there are only two parts: seat surface and legs. The chair back, seat surface and front leg are made of curved plywood as a whole, and the three dimensional seating space is completed with two dimensional curves fitting the shape of the human body.
- Inspiration
- The design is inspired by Erhu, a traditional Chinese instrument. Erhu’s unique timbre is presented in the form of seats by interpreting the intangible with the tangible. Erhu has a long history in China. The shape of the back leg simulates the Ming style hoof shaped leg, which is a tribute to Ming style furniture and interprets traditions in a new way.
- Research
- Erhu has a long history in China. The shape of the back leg simulates the Ming style hoof shaped leg, which is a tribute to Ming-style furniture and interprets traditions in a new way.
- Challenge
- The abstract timbre of Chinese classical Musical Instruments is interpreted in a figurative and modern style，On the basis of inheriting and developing traditional Chinese culture and craft, it used modern bentwood technology to make furniture with contemporary Chinese style.he structure is so simple that there are only two parts: seat surface and legs.
- Realization and Technology
- The integrated shape of the seat surface, chair back and front leg is completed by pressing the curved plywood in a premade mold. The surface used ash wood and walnut for veneering. The legs are made of walnut.
- Operation and Interaction
- The chair is ergonomic in design，Sitting on it fits the human body perfectly. The integrated shape of the seat surface, chair back and front leg is completed by pressing the curved plywood in a premade mold.
- Specifications
- 330mm*580mm*1230mm*445mm high
- Keywords
- Chinese Musical Instruments, Erhu, Bentwood , Chinese style
