Berkley Colección de Mobles by Ning Huang, Huangkun Cai and Yan Huang

Berkley Colección de Mobles by Ning Huang, Huangkun Cai and Yan Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

FerroMobiliario· 2025

Berkley Colección de Mobles

by Ning Huang, Huangkun Cai and Yan Huang

Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Berkley Colección de Mobles

Berkley é unha colección de mobles que inclúe unha mesa auxiliar, unha mesa de centro, unha mesa de esquina e un moble para televisión. A colección está feita de aglomerado e tubo de aceiro. As pezas únense mediante parafusos bidireccionais e parafusos de plástico na parte superior, polo que a montaxe realízase á man sen ferramentas. As cestas de tea pódense pregar para o seu almacenamento e colocar en diferentes posicións. O formato plano reduce o volume e o custo de envío. Os compoñentes compartidos en toda a colección axudan a manter baixos os custos de produción. As liñas limpas dan ás pezas unha aparencia minimalista.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Berkley Colección de Mobles gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Berkley Colección de Mobles sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Berkley Colección de Mobles é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Berkeley Furniture Collection showcases minimalist elegance with its clean lines and practical design. Durability and stability are ensured by combining chipboard and steel tubing through hand assembly. This design and material is not only strong but also easy to install. The flat pack design reduces shipping costs and the folding storage basket increases storage space.
Dimensions & Packaging: End Table： width 340mm x depth 300mm x height 590mm
Coffee Table: width 100mm x depth 500mm x height 460 mm
Corner Table：width 288mm x depth 288mm x height 1390 mm
TV Stand：width 1100mm x depth 350mm x height 460 mm
Tags: Production Optimized, Flat Pack, Easy Assembly, Adequate storage
Production Technology: The Berkley range of furniture is made entirely from chipboard and steel tubing, which ensures product quality while keeping production costs under control. To reduce the size of the package, the fabric baskets can also be folded for storage. The components of the entire range are connected by two-way screws and plastic screws at the top, making it easy to assemble by hand without tools.
Design Challenge: Ensuring stability and production costs while enabling tool-free assembly was the main challenge for this concept. As a solution, we used tougher steel tubes and chipboard to address stability issues. In addition, sharing components throughout the range was also a solution to reduce costs.
Research: Many companies prioritise low-cost products, which often means limited development budgets and cost-cutting at every stage. It is therefore a challenge to incorporate a tool-free installation concept into budget furniture. The aim of this concept is to demonstrate that tool-free installation concepts and financial gains can indeed coexist if the focus is on optimising design and production, even if the user's assembly experience is optimised and production costs are not increased.
Inspiration: The Berkley furniture series aims to simplify assembly by eliminating the need for tools. Recognizing that online furniture buyers often struggle with time-consuming and error-prone assembly processes, the design prioritizes ease and efficiency. Through hand-twisting to connect plates and steel tubes, the furniture achieves stability, durability, and enhanced storage capacity.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2024 and was completed in July 2024 in Shenzhen, China.
Operation Flow: The Berkley range of furniture is designed for quick assembly and disassembly. The whole structure can be easily assembled with a simple twist of the hand, ensuring stability without the need for complicated tools. Fitted with fabric baskets that can be placed in different positions depending on the use.
Team Members: ID Designer：Ning Huang，Huangkun Cai
CMF Designer：Yan Huang