Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ by Yuqi Wang

Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ by Yuqi Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaNgwá Ụlọ· 2024

Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ

by Yuqi Wang

Client: Kuka Home Jason Furniture (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ

Hanoi bụ sofa a na-akwapụ akwapụ e mere maka mkpuchi dị larịị. A na-arụkọta sofa a n'ihe dị ka nkeji anọ na-ejighị ngwá ọrụ, gluu ma ọ bụ ihe ndị e ji ígwè mee. A na-atụgharị ogidi anọ e ji osisi beech mee n'ime oghere nwere eriri ntụgharị dị n'ala osisi ahụ. E mesịa, a na-etinye ebe ndabere azụ na ebe ndabere aka ndị e mechiri akwa n'ogidi ndị ahụ ma jiri okpuchi nwere eriri ntụgharị dị n'elu ogidi ọ bụla kwụsie ha ike. A na-etinye ohiri isi n'ikpeazụ. Olu nke ihe ahụ mgbe a kwakọbara ya bụ ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ ise nke sofa a rụkọtara arụkọta, nke na-ebelata ụgwọ mkpuchi, nchekwa na mbufe. Nhazi ya na-echetara mmadụ egwuregwu mgbagwoju anya Tower of Hanoi.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Hanoi Sofa A Na-akwapụ Akwapụ bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Hanoi Sofa is designed for flat packaging. It can be easily assembled in 4 minutes without any tools or metal parts by attaching the upholstered parts to four wooden pillars. Vice versa, it's also easy to disassemble. The joints between wooden pillars and sofa base are with threads to reinforce the structure. Similarly, the caps at the top of the pillars are also threaded. The volume of the packaged sofa is only 2/5 of an assembled one. It optimizes the cost of package, storage and transportation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Flat packaging size, W2050×D960×H320mm. Assembled sofa size, W2050×D980×H830mm. The volume of the packaged sofa is only 2/5 of an assembled one. It optimizes the cost of package, storage and transportation.
Tags: Sofa, Flat-Packing, Detachable sofa, Easy Assembly, Tool-free Assembly, Quick Assembly, Sustainable Design
Production Technology: The key structure of Hanoi Sofa is made of beech wood. It's hard enough for us to carve stairs for the wooden pillars and threads for the joints and the caps at the top of the wooden pillars. By rotating the threaded parts, we can get a sturdy structure for the sofa. This interesting structure has been validated through our experiment.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this project was to create a simple and interesting assembly method. There were already so many different types of detachable sofas. We had to come up with a structure that was simple, enables mass production, and has not been used on other sofas by anyone else. We did a lot of work on wood construction to ensure that the wood structure can be firmly assembled without tools, glue or metal parts.
Research: Our research is aimed at the furniture market, and we hope to get an innovative sofa product through our project. We collected online information, including user feedback through our e-commerce department and learned that many sofas now are large in size, difficult to assemble, difficult to storage and with other problems. So we designed this sofa to solve these problems.
Inspiration: Tower of Hanoi is a popular intelligence toy worldwide. The process of players moving the rings onto the towers inspired me to design Hanoi Sofa. I want to design a sofa that is easy and fun to assemble, a sofa that can optimize the volume and the cost of package, storage and transportation, and a sofa that is in line with the concept of sustainable design. This interesting structure has been validated through our experiment and the materials are all environmentally friendly.
Project Duration: This project started in Hangzhou in September 2023 and will be completed in Hangzhou in February 2024. The structural testing has been completed and the sofa is scheduled to be launched in May 2024.
Operation Flow: Firstly, we need to rotate the four wooden pillars into the four screw holes in the wood base. Then we attach the backrests and armrests to the four pillars through the holes. Next, it is fixed by the threaded caps at the top of the wooden pillars. Finally, put the cushions on the sofa. So we assembled this sofa easily and quickly without tools or metal parts.
Patents: Patented.
Patent No.2023232943808
Patent Holder: Yuqi Wang
Year: 2023
Jurisdiction：China