Press Release
Line Series Furniture by Wei Jingye and Wu Wenhao Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Wei Jingye and Wu Wenhao 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Line Series Furniture by Wei Jingye and Wu Wenhao, designed for Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Line Series Furniture
Line is a furniture series composed of a chair, a table and a lamp. Each piece is formed from bent metal wire, joined by welding and combined with wood. The main material is 304 stainless steel, which is hard and corrosion resistant. The production process includes blanking, bending, heating, stretching, welding and polishing. The shapes are polished to suit the sitting posture and to improve comfort. The series is intended for home study spaces. The lamp can also hold books, while the table stores objects and organizes cables.
Award Record
This recognition makes Wei Jingye and Wu Wenhao a winner of 30 A' Design Awards. 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/149308
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149308
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149308
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/180555
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Line Series Furniture
- Function
- Series Furniture
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Lavender, Wheat, Dim Gray, Light Gray and Burly Wood
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Jingye and Wu Wenhao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149308
Credits
- Team
- Wei Jingye, Wu Wenhao, Sun Jiayu, Zheng Xiaolei and Song Kexin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Line series furniture consists of line chair, line table and line lamp. The structural joints of each piece of furniture are assembled using the same metal wire bending, welding and other technological means. Referring to the pure art works of pure abstract linear constructivism, the linear composition law is discussed in pure art and applied to furniture design.
- Inspiration
- The design inspiration is based on the pure art line painting. The metal wire is selected as the production material, and the shape is polished to make it more suitable for the human sitting posture and more comfortable to use. The steel pipe finally meets the wooden part through the connector.
- Research
- This research starts from the multi-function of furniture. Through the combination of wood and iron ring, the line lamp can also be used to place books, and the line table can be used to store articles and solve the problem of office wire.
- Challenge
- Explore the beauty of linear elements in the space, ensure the comfort and functionality of the product on the basis of using only one element, and solve the problem that the shape of metal wire is not easy to use due to the use and weight of the product.
- Realization and Technology
- The material is mainly made of metal wire, which is used in combination with wood. It is environmentally friendly and suitable for bending processing. The process of material production is relatively simple. It is composed of blanking, bending, heating, stretching, springback, welding, polishing, etc., and the process is mature.
- Operation and Interaction
- It is suitable for home learning places. The multi-function desk can better adapt to the daily work process. In addition, the product material is 304 white steel, which is hard and corrosion resistant, and ensures the service life of the product.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design had started in Shenyang in March 2022, completed in Shenyang in June 2022, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2022.
- Specifications
- The product manufacturing process consists of blanking, bending, firing, stretching, springback, welding, polishing, etc. The processing mode is relatively simple, with no special technical requirements, and high degree of freedom of modeling.
- Keywords
- Liner element, Multi-function, Leisure time, Metal, Originality
