Growing Tree Portemanteau by Lei Yang, Shaohua Lei and Chengyong Li

Growing Tree Portemanteau by Lei Yang, Shaohua Lei and Chengyong Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Mobilier Competition Category.

BronzeMobilier· 2021

Growing Tree Portemanteau

by Lei Yang, Shaohua Lei and Chengyong Li

Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Mobilier Category

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The Design

About Growing Tree Portemanteau

Growing Tree est un portemanteau conçu pour les enfants. Sa hauteur peut être ajustée grâce à une structure en spirale, si bien que le portemanteau reste utile à mesure que les enfants grandissent. L'idée s'inspire de la façon dont de jeunes pousses deviennent de grands arbres. Des formes géométriques constituent les patères, et cette même structure permet d'en modifier les angles et les hauteurs. Une base circulaire assure le soutien et la stabilité. Des couleurs vives invitent les enfants à suspendre vêtements, chapeaux et cartables sans aide. Peu de matériaux sont utilisés et la durée de vie du portemanteau s'en trouve prolongée.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Growing Tree Portemanteau est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Growing Tree Portemanteau est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Growing Tree Portemanteau satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a coat rack that can accompany children to grow up. Use the concept of saplings grow into towering trees to tell children to understand the growth process of growing tall, so when designing this coat rack, the spiral structure is used to adjust the height of the coat rack, which is convenient for children who keep growing up to use.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 330mm, Depth 330mm, Height 1500mm
Tags: Growing, Rack, Children, Sustainable, Spin
Production Technology: Geometric elements are used as the shape of hooks, and the same structure is used to adjust their angles and heights, so as to cultivate children's good habits of self storage and arranging clothes, hats and schoolbags. With the bottom disc used for fixing and supporting, the childish appearance and ingenious structural application complement each other.
Design Challenge: Systematically think about the relationship between the coat rack and children, and use less materials and smarter structures to satisfy the cognitive feelings of children in their growth stage. Products in life have a certain life cycle. What designers can do is to try to extend the service life of products as much as possible. This concept also conforms to the topic of sustainable design.
Research: Thinking from the perspective of children, the designer sought to create a coat rack that would accompany them as they, their needs, and their preferences grew and changed. The Growing Coat Tree was the result.
Inspiration: Design Idea:
Through systematic thinking about the relationship between coat racks and children, the designer hopes to use fewer materials and smarter structures to assist children as they grow to understand the concept of growth even better. Products have life cycles, and it is up to the designer to extend their life as much as possible, promoting sustainable design.
Project Duration: The project started in Zhengzhou in October 2019 and was completed in Zhengzhou in March 2020.
Operation Flow: With a smart structure, bright colors, and geometric elements, the Growing Coat Tree will attract children to organize their belongings on their own, form good habits while young, and promote organizational skills as they grow into adults. The sturdy round base ensures stability and provides a safer environment for children.
Patents: Patent No：202030188414.8
Patent No：202020690491.8
Team Members: Lei Yang、Shaohua Lei、Chengyong Li、Yali Shen、Fei Chen