Press Release
Relax Composable Leaning Chair by Meng Quan Wang Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Meng Quan Wang recognized 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Relax Composable Leaning Chair by Meng Quan Wang has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Relax Composable Leaning Chair
A chair that can be split into a furniture for leaning and a coffee table. Taking mortise and tenon which is the soul of Chinese furniture as the starting point, and combining the characteristics which can be assembled and disassembled, it can realize the multi-purpose of one thing in the form of combination. It can not only meet the requirements of modern furniture generalization and standardization, but also contain Chinese national characteristics and traditional culture.
About Meng Quan Wang
She is a young designer who has been engaged in design for four years. She studied product and industrial design at Northeast Forestry University and Tunghai University. She is interested in smart home, service system and experience of emerging technologies in people's daily life. She’d like to participate in cooperation projects with organizations and enterprises to meet experts from various fields. She engages in comprehensive design and management and really want to become an inter-disciplinary talent, and strive to a career of industrial transformation. She is currently working as a senior product designer in Shenzhen, China.
Award Record
This recognition makes Meng Quan Wang 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/142532
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142532
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142532
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/333363
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Relax Composable Leaning Chair
- Function
- Composable Leaning Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Lavender, Rosy Brown, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Meng Quan Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142532
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A chair that can be split into a furniture for leaning and a coffee table. Through different using ways of furniture, it can realize multiple functions, plan the living room space, and advocate a free lifestyle that meets people's physical and mental needs.
- Inspiration
- Taking mortise and tenon which is the soul of Chinese furniture as the starting point, and combining the characteristics which can be assembled and disassembled, it can realize the multi-purpose of one thing in the form of combination.
- Research
- Pingji is a kind of furniture for people to lean when they are sitting on the ground in ancient China. With the development of people's sitting form turn to sitting on the high-type furniture, chairs and benches became the main sitting furniture, and the round-backed armchair evolved from the combination of Pingji and square benches. The structure is derived from the traditional redesign. The overall shape is simple and full of Chinese flavor.
- Challenge
- The mid-and top-earners in the first tier cities always have small apartments, and many families do not have special leisure space such as a study or tea room. Therefore, the living room needs to receive guests and have the function of leisure. People have requirements for the quality of life. They hope to relax and pursue an elegant and interesting lifestyle when they return home after work. It can not only meet the requirements of modern furniture generalization and standardization, but also contain Chinese national characteristics and traditional culture.
- Realization and Technology
- Black walnut, cotton cloth, sponge
- Operation and Interaction
- One person can realize the conversion between chair, leaning furniture and coffee table through simple combination. Meet the needs of different scenarios.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2018 in ShenZhen and improved in June 2022.
- Specifications
- Dimensions 620mmx550mmx720mm
- Keywords
- New Chinese style, Furniture design, Living room leisure, Mortise and tenon, composed furniture
