Press Release
A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Lydia Chair by Weiqiang Yao
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Weiqiang Yao for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 21, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Lydia Chair by Weiqiang Yao, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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.
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.
Regarding Lydia Chair
Lydia is a chair designed as part of a furniture series for home interiors. The form is inspired by the appearance of an elephant, and the full soft upholstery gives a comfortable and reliable feeling. Colour is used as the main styling element, since colour has a direct emotional effect on users. The iron frame uses a suspended and detachable structure. The soft upholstery can be washed and replaced, so a chair that becomes dirty or worn can be renewed instead of discarded. Flat packaging reduces transport costs, and shared modules support standardised production.
About Weiqiang Yao
China's emerging furniture designer-Ren Yu, he is an interesting furniture designer, loves life, and has always been passionate about new things. For Ren Yu, design is not an empty concept, let alone a popular element. It is an insight into rooted life. Expressing his own thinking through design; for design, in addition to form and function, he seeks the beauty of the text of the product, trying to create a dialogue with the user through the product.
Award Record
With this recognition, Weiqiang Yao is a winner of 24 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2023 - 2024 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/159500
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/159500
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!159500
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/294475
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lydia Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Light Gray, Maroon, Brown, Black and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Weiqiang Yao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #159500
Credits
- Team
- Weiqiang Yao、Peishang Yan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This series of products can cover multiple scenarios to help users achieve a unified home style. Comfort and fashion aesthetics coexist, giving products unique visual symbols and quality. Serial design can effectively help enterprises realize standardized production management. Our product module adopts strict standardized design to improve production efficiency and quality control.
- Inspiration
- The design of this product is inspired by the appearance of the elephant, and the full soft bag gives people a comfortable and reliable feeling
- Research
- As the pace of life accelerates, the pressure of people's life is increasing. Products not only need to meet the needs of people's functions, but also to meet the needs of user spirit. Studies have proved that in styling elements, color has the most direct impact on people, and its color has a huge impact on consumer purchase behavior. Good product design to generate design that meets the user's emotional image needs through color matching, and enhance the happiness index of home life happiness index
- Challenge
- We have formulated a series of standardization technology, which greatly improves production efficiency. The backbone of the soft bag is shared, and the entire series uses demolished and flattened flat packaging. The transportation cost has been greatly reduced. The products have passed pressure, torque, and fell testing
- Realization and Technology
- Environmental protection technology leather, flexible, wear -resistant, and easier to wipe. Using 28D cotton cotton, the overall reflection is high, and the chemical testing of multiparty
- Operation and Interaction
- This series of products can cover the application of multiple scenarios, helping users to achieve a unified home style. The soft bag can be washed and replaced. When the chair is obviously dirty or worn, it can be replaced instead of discarding, so that the chair can be used longer. The flat packaging saves transportation costs.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Shenzhen in January 2023 and completed in Shenzhen in September 2023
- Specifications
- Width 780 mm x Depth 660 mm x Height 850 mm Width 430 mm x Depth 490 mm x Height 1020 mm Width 430 mm x Depth 490 mm x Height 920 mm Width 430 mm x Depth 490 mm x Height 640 mm
- Keywords
- Modern fashion, common module, comfortable
