Cross Furniture Pākaukau Kope by Le Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

KalaLako Hale· 2023

Cross Furniture Pākaukau Kope

by Le Xu

Client: Zhi jiang College of Zhe jiang University of Technology

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Cross Furniture Pākaukau Kope

He pākaukau kope hiki ke wehe ʻia ʻo Cross Furniture i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā hale liʻiliʻi, me kahi noho kua ʻole e kūlike pū ana. Hana ʻia ʻo Cross Furniture me ka lāʻau paʻa, ka ʻili ʻāpala, ka acrylic a me ka sima. Hoʻohui ʻia nā ʻāpana e kahi ʻano hoʻopili kuʻuna ʻo mortise a me tenon, no laila ʻaʻole pono nā kui wili. ʻElua a ʻekolu paha ʻanuʻu o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, a paʻa a lōʻihi ke ola o ka mea i pau. Hahai nā wāwae i ke ʻano pihaʻā piʻo o nā lako hale kaila Ming, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻalahi a mālie. Hoʻemi ka ʻano pālahalaha i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā koina halihali a kūpono i ke kūʻai pūnaewele a me ka neʻe pinepine ʻana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cross Furniture Pākaukau Kope i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cross Furniture Pākaukau Kope he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Cross Furniture Pākaukau Kope e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Cross Furniture is aimed to 90s’ living features. It is made from a combination of solid wood, apple Leatherwear, acrylic and cement. The design is simple and elegant, and it is made of traditional tenon structure, Free assembly, easy to solid, without a screw, the beauty of its structure to show the wisdom of their predecessors, leg modeling refining in the Ming-style coupons coupon mouth shape, inside the circle, the shape of the United States embodies the ancients aesthetic. Flat design concept, greatly reducing the cost of transportation, very suitable for network sales.
Dimensions & Packaging: 320mm × 320mm × 450mm (stool), 550mm × 550mm × 550mm (coffee table)
Tags: C、F
Production Technology: Manufacturing process: wooden cut and setback plane
Material: solid wood, apple Leatherwear, acrylic 、cement
Design Challenge: The most challenging part was the structural design. According to the self-locking function of mortise and tenon structure, a new one was innovatively designed, which realized cruciform furniture's disassembling role and firmness. The presentation of its structural form and the perfect integration of contemporary aesthetics!
Research: Nowadays, the post-90s have low income, small living spaces, love online shopping, move frequently, and pursue a certain quality of life. They need flexible, space-saving, easily accessible, simple, and stylish furniture to improve their quality of life. It is made of a traditional tenon structure, Free assembly, easy to solid, without a screw; the beauty of its design shows the wisdom of their predecessors, leg modeling refining in the Ming-style coupons coupon mouth shape, inside the circle, the form of the United States embodies the ancients aesthetic. The flat design concept significantly reduces transportation costs and is very suitable for network sales.
Inspiration: In this realistic environment of the snail's pace era, the post-90s population faces many living problems, such as small living space, the pursuit of fashion, frequent changes in living places, and the preference for fast and convenient online shopping. Therefore, this group of people needs to realize the disassembly of furniture through clever mortise and tenon structure, and at the same time, versatile furniture products in line with contemporary aesthetics to improve the quality of life.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020in Hangzhou and finished in September 2022 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: Open the product package, and assemble the product in 2-3 steps; the operation is very convenient, you can experience the fun of assembly, and the completed product is solid and durable.