Toolless Cófra Teilifíse by Huang ning is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àirneis Competition Category.

UmhaÀirneis· 2025

Toolless Cófra Teilifíse

by Huang ning

Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.

Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Àirneis Category

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The Design

About Toolless Cófra Teilifíse

Is cófra teilifíse é Toolless atá deartha le cur i dtoll a chéile gan uirlisí. Cuirtear na naisceoirí isteach sna painéil roimh ré le linn an tsaothraithe, sa chaoi is nach mbíonn le déanamh ach na painéil a bhrú nó a shleamhnú le chéile. Oibríonn na naisceoirí trí dhífhoirmiú leaisteach agus ceadaíonn siad díchóimeáil agus athchóimeáil arís is arís eile, rud a chuireann le saolré an chófra. Pacáiltear na painéil in ord an chóimeáilte, agus léiríonn painéil dhá dhath an taobh istigh agus an taobh amuigh go soiléir. Tógann an cóimeáil timpeall deich nóiméad. Tomhaiseann an cófra 1400 x 395 x 450 milimhéadar agus seoltar cothrom é.

The Recognition

About the Duais Umha A' Design Award

Tha Toolless Cófra Teilifíse air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Toolless Cófra Teilifíse na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh Toolless Cófra Teilifíse a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Traditional panel furniture assembly often involves dealing with unlabeled panels, numerous screws, and complex instructions, all of which can make the task time-consuming for many people.
The connector eliminates the need for tools, and "Toolless" panels are packaged in the sequence of assembly, ensuring that users can assemble their furniture in about 10 minutes.
Dimensions & Packaging: TOOLLESS cabinet's external dimensions are 1400mm*395mm*450mm; The assembled structure makes it possible to achieve flat packaging, and its packaging size is 1545mm*485mm*115mm.
Tags: Modern style, TV cabinet, storage, tool-free, convenient
Production Technology: TOOLLESS cabinets use connectors that pre-insert panels at the production stage, allowing users to simply press or slide panels together to complete assembly. This connector uses the principle of elastic deformation and can be repeatedly disassembled and reassembled, thereby extending the service life of the furniture. This feature makes it suitable for repositioning or correcting assembly errors. In addition, TOOLLESS uses sequential packaging and combines a logical modular assembly process to greatly improve the user experience.
Design Challenge: Repeated adjustment of composite materials, and finally find the most suitable hardness, in order to guide users to install quickly, the cabinet uses two-color plates, which can allow users to intuitively distinguish the inside and outside of the cabinet. Through the repeated study of our structure, we have solved its stability problem.
Research: The installation of traditional panel furniture is more complicated, and professionals are required to arrange packaging without error. Our TOOLLESS cabinet brings the most simple and understandable packaging to users, so that our cabinets can be reused many times. The key technology is its connector, in our research, we tried many new materials and new processes, and finally selected plastic connector, the structure is strong, stable, low-cost, and it is reusable.
Inspiration: "Toolless" also champions sustainability. It allows for repeated disassembly and assembly without causing damage to furniture, which extends the furniture's lifespan and prevents waste of resources.
Finally, "Toolless" refines furniture structures and adopts flat packaging, resulting in improved time and cost efficiencies for manufacturers.
Project Duration: The project began in November 2023 in Shenzhen, China, and ended in April 2024 in Shenzhen, China, with an exhibition at Paris Maison & Objet Bally in August 2024.
Operation Flow: The modern style TOOLLESS cabinet can be matched with a variety of home environments, which supports the user to disassemble the furniture several times when moving, in order to extend the service life of the product.
Patents: Patent No ZL 2023 2 1722842.9.Patent Holder Ouzhi Li，Fei Qi.Year 2023.
Team Members: Ning Huang，Fangqi Luo，Juan Wang，