Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So by Wei Jingye and Yu Xiaowei

Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So by Wei Jingye and Yu Xiaowei is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Rooj Tog Competition Category.

ToojRooj Tog· 2026

Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So

by Wei Jingye and Yu Xiaowei

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Rooj Tog Category

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The Design

About Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So

Branching yog ib lub rooj zaum so uas tau kev tshoov siab los ntawm kev loj hlob ntawm cov ceg ntoo. Lub thav yog xuas aluminum alloy ua thiab muab tsim kom raug duab los ntawm txoj kev txiav xuas tshuab CNC. Lub rooj zaum thiab daim npuab nraub qaum yog xuas ntoo elm ua, uas tsim los ntawm kev txiav xuas tshuab CNC thiab kev ua xuas tes. Cov ntsia liaj qhib bolt txuas cov feem ua ke, yog li lub rooj zaum thiaj muab rhuav tau ua tej feem thiab muab ntim tiaj tus rau kev thauj mus los. Kev tsom xam finite element tau siv los kho cov qauv tuab thiab qhov sib npaug ntawm cov txheem hlau. Qhov siab ntawm lub rooj zaum, qhov tob ntawm lub rooj zaum thiab lub kaum sam sim ntawm daim npuab nraub qaum ua raws li cov ntaub ntawv ergonomic. Branching haum rau tej vaj tsev, tej tsev nthuav qhia duab thiab tej chaw tos hauv chaw ua haujlwm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Branching Lub Rooj Zaum So ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Degenerate Lounge Chair explores the tension and balance between natural organic forms and modern industrial logic. The core design element lies in the abstract extraction of the logic of tree growth, simplifying the complex natural branching into a powerful metal frame that supports the warm, solid wood seat. The piece blends the warm texture of solid wood with the cool, dynamic metal, presenting an upward-growing modern industrial aesthetic that interprets modern craftsmanship's tribute to and reconstruction of natural vitality.
Dimensions & Packaging: 520 mm × 600 mm × 760 mm. Finite element analysis was used during the design process to optimize the thickness and center of gravity distribution of the metal support, ensuring a lightweight visual effect while maintaining extremely high stability. The product features a detachable structure design, significantly reducing carbon emissions during transportation and reflecting a sustainable design philosophy.
Tags: Branching, Lounge Chair, Bionic Design, Organic Modernism, Material Contrast
Production Technology: The main frame is made of aluminum alloy and manufactured using CNC machining technology. The seat and backrest are made of high-quality elm wood, shaped through CNC machining and handcrafting. Bolt connections are used at the joints, ensuring the chair's smooth curves while also accommodating mass production and convenient flat packaging.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was maintaining the visual appeal of the slender branches while ensuring their load-bearing safety as a seat. By repeatedly refining the structural nodes and connection details, the stress relationship and connection logic between the metal frame and the solid wood panels were clarified, making the overall structure both lightweight and safe.
Research: This study focuses on how to use parametric tools to simplify and refine traditional biomimetic furniture. By analyzing the relationship between the branching angle of tree branches and gravity support, it seeks the optimal solution between artistic expression and industrial manufacturing. This research successfully transforms complex organic forms into detachable structures, solving the bottleneck problems of logistics and mass production in biomimetic furniture.
Inspiration: The design draws inspiration from the phototropic growth of tree branches in a forest. It captures the dynamic moment of branches stretching and supporting each other, transforming this into a structurally sound language. Through digital refinement, the originally random natural forms are transformed into a geometric language that aligns with modern aesthetics and industrial production. The chair's form, based on minimalism, incorporates biomimetic lines, aiming to inject a flowing life energy into the otherwise cold interior space.
Project Duration: It will begin in Shenyang in January 2025, and the prototype will be completed and produced in June 2025, and then exhibited at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Shenyang.
Operation Flow: The cascading lounge chair is suitable for modern home spaces, galleries, or upscale office waiting areas. Its design strictly adheres to ergonomic data, with precise control over seat height, seat depth, backrest angle, and support curves to conform to the contours of the back and hips, providing stable and comfortable support and enhancing comfort during extended use. The warm texture of the natural wood contrasts sharply with the precision craftsmanship of the metal structure, achieving a balance between natural aesthetics and rational construction.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Yu Xiaowei
Gu Mingtian
Zhao Jiahui