A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Tiles Writing Desk by Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang

The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang for furniture design

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Tiles Writing Desk by Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang, 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 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The A' Design Award Explained

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 Tiles Writing Desk

Tiles is a writing desk and chair set made mainly of metal copper. The forms and patterns follow Chinese furniture traditions, while the cool brown copper adds a modern character to the simple and solid shapes. The decorative pattern is inspired by overlapping roof tiles. The chair form refers to the Chinese Ming style armchair. A brown leather cushion makes the seat more comfortable. The copper parts are cut, carved, bent, welded and polished, and the plate edges are wrapped in metal tube that forms the main connecting structure. Tiles suits studies and living rooms.

Award Record

Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang is a winner of 29 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2022 - 2023 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. 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/149307
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149307
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149307
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/180555

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: Tiles Writing Desk
Function: Writing Desk
Category: Furniture Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home
Colors: Silver, Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Gray and Saddle Brown
Images: 5
Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

The Recognition

Laureate: Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang
Country: China
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #149307

Credits

Team: Wei Jingye, Zhang Wenyang, Wang Luqing, Zheng Xiaolei and Zhou Haoyuan

Design Details

Unique Properties: "Tiles" furniture is a Chinese style table and chair designed with metal copper material. The overall design elements apply Chinese pattern and shape, and the cold brown copper is used as the main material, which adds a smart modern sense to the strong and simple Chinese semantics. The surface is matched with brown leather cushion, which is more convenient for the use of products. The inspiration of furniture pattern decoration is mainly from the roof tiles of childhood, and Chinese elements are added to simplify the decoration. The overall shape is solemn and simple yet clever and modern, which is suitable for a variety of leisure places such as study and living room.
Inspiration: The inspiration of furniture pattern decoration is mainly from the roof tiles of childhood, which are overlapping and shining. As the core semantics of the design, it is integrated into the design, and the whole is simplified and sorted out. The shape of the chair comes from the Chinese Ming style arm-chair, with modern metal materials, simple and smart.
Research: This design takes Chinese furniture as the reference and tiles as the inspiration source. The overall design elements apply Chinese patterns and shapes, and the cold brown copper as the main material adds a smart modern sense to the strong and simple Chinese semantics. The surface is matched with brown leather cushion, which makes it more convenient to use products.
Challenge: The combination of ancient Chinese semantics and modern sense of metal copper material, so that history and modern sense of collision, and on the basis of structural innovation to ensure the comfort and functionality of products.
Realization and Technology: Mainly made of metal copper materials, after cutting, carving, bending, welding, polishing and other processes. The edge part of the plate is wrapped in metal tube, which is the main connecting structure. The production process is simple and the production efficiency is high.
Operation and Interaction: It is suitable for leisure and entertainment, sitting down or kneeling, whether reading or drinking tea or resting and playing is the right choice. The product material is mainly brown metal copper, the color is stable and atmospheric, it is easier to integrate into the space, and add color to the space design. Collocation leather cushion makes the furniture use more comfortable and convenient.
Project Duration and Location: It will start in Shenyang in January 2023 and will be completed in Shenyang in February 2023.
Specifications: 1600mm x 750mm x 780mm, 820mm x 660mm x 900mm, the product production and processing technology is composed of cutting, carving and washing, bending, welding, polishing, etc., the processing mode is relatively simple, no special technical requirements, high freedom of modeling.
Keywords: Tiles, New Chinese style, Multifunctional, Leisure