Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki by Wei Jingye and Song Kexin

Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki by Wei Jingye and Song Kexin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

KeleaweLako Hale· 2026

Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki

by Wei Jingye and Song Kexin

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki

He pūʻulu lako hale ʻo Orange Link i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā keiki. Hoʻohui kēia pūʻulu i ka lāʻau ash paʻa me nā ami plastik ʻenekinia ʻalani. Ua ʻoki ʻia nā ʻāpana lāʻau me ka CNC a hoʻopau ʻia me ka ʻaila wax, a hana ʻia nā ami ʻalani ma o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i loko o ke kāpili. ʻO nā ami plastik poepoe e wahī ana i nā hui lāʻau, e wehe ana i nā kihi ʻoi a e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻopā ʻana. Hoʻomaʻalahi pū nā ami paʻa like i ke kāpili ʻana a kākoʻo i ka hana ʻoihana maikaʻi. Hahai nā ana i ka hiki ke kīkoʻo a me ka ʻike maka o nā keiki, e kōkua ana i ka heluhelu, ka hana noʻeau a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana. Hoʻohui ka ʻokoʻa o nā waihoʻoluʻu i ka mahana kūlohelohe me ka pololei ʻoihana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Orange Link Nā Lako Hale no nā Keiki i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This furniture series blends warm solid wood with modern engineering plastics. By wrapping wooden joints in vibrant orange plastic, it creates a unique visual rhythm while ensuring maximum safety through a zero-edge design. Structurally, it unifies the stability of wood with the flexibility of injection molding, achieving a symbiotic balance between tradition and technology to foster a vibrant sensory growth environment for children.
Dimensions & Packaging: Sizes are 320 mm x 320 mm x 520 mm，490 mm x 245 mm x 520 mm，310 mm x 310 mm x 1100 mm, built with CNC and injection molding. Ergonomic dimensions fit children's reach and sight. Simple processing ensures stability, efficiency, and high mass production potential.
Tags: Color, Children, Multipurpose, Material Contrast
Production Technology: Crafted from ash wood and engineering plastics. Wood is CNC-cut and wax-oiled. Orange nodes use injection molding for strength and smoothness. Plastic interlocking joints simplify assembly and ensure high production efficiency.
Design Challenge: The challenge lies in achieving a seamless interlocking of natural wood and modern plastics. It requires balancing structural stability with rounded safety protection. The design uses the Orange-Link system to unify industrial standardization with natural warmth, ensuring functionality and safety while creating a high-impact visual aesthetic.
Research: This design explores the cross-application of solid wood and engineering plastics in children's furniture. Focusing on the Orange-Link system, it unifies structural connection with rounded protection. By using color contrast and tactile guidance, it breaks traditional wood constraints to create a logical, vibrant, and interactive growth environment for children.
Inspiration: The forms are inspired by the act of fastening buttons. Orange plastic parts serve as Orange-Links, locking wooden structures together like vibrant buttons. This core semantic defines the Orange-Link series, using simplified visual language to express logical material connections. Structurally, it merges wood stability with plastic flexibility, creating a modern aesthetic that balances structural strength with a playful, childlike spirit.
Project Duration: The design had started in Shenyang in January 2025, completed in Shenyang in June 2025, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2025.
Operation Flow: Ideal for children learning and playing. Rounded Orange-Link joints guide natural touch and interaction, providing skin-friendly, safe support for reading, crafting, or organizing. The blend of warm ash wood and vibrant orange stimulates creativity and enhances the interactive growth experience within the space.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Song Kexin
Zhou Haoyuan
Zheng Xiaolei