Press Release
Elegance Comfortable To Use by Wei Jingye and Jiang Tianran Is Granted the A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Wei Jingye and Jiang Tianran honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Elegance Comfortable To Use by Wei Jingye and Jiang Tianran, designed for Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Elegance Comfortable To Use
Elegance is a set of leisure furniture consisting of a chair and a tea table. The supporting frame is made of stainless steel tubes that are bent, cut and welded to form a solid and stable structure. The tabletop, seat and armrests are made of wood, which adds comfort and a warm appearance. The tubes arranged across the chair back make the furniture look light and rhythmic. The form is inspired by the lines of wood texture. Elegance is intended for offices, studies and homes, and the back supports a correct sitting posture.
Award Record
With this recognition, Wei Jingye and Jiang Tianran is a winner of 17 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2019 - 2020 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/80117
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/80117
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!80117
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/180555
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Elegance Comfortable To Use
- Function
- Comfortable To Use
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Lavender, White, Gainsboro, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Jingye and Jiang Tianran
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #80117
Credits
- Team
- Wei Jingye, Jiang Tianran, Jia Zhuohang and Li Tianning
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a set of casual furniture consisting of chair and tea table. Its advantage is that it is both lively and rhythmic. It uses the stainless steel tube after bending welding forming, forming a solid and stable structure as the support frame, which is durable and cost-effective. Tabletop, chair face and armrest with wood add comfort and beauty. Stainless steel tube extension trend coincides with wood edge rhythm. The stainless steel tube pipe arrangement in the back of the chair increases the design of the chair and makes the whole furniture look lively and light.
- Inspiration
- Design inspiration comes from the texture of wood. By refining the line rhythm of wood texture, using the stainless steel tube as the line, wood as the surface, to form a stable structure and lively with rhythmic style.
- Research
- The advantage of furniture is that it is both lively and light, and has a sense of rhythm. It uses stainless steel tubes to be welded after bending to form a solid and stable structure as a supporting skeleton, which is durable and cost-effective.
- Challenge
- The creative challenge in the process is to make boring stainless steel tube lively and rhythmic, and to increase the comfort of furniture.
- Realization and Technology
- The design of wood using machinery and manual processing, metal pipe using bending, cutting, welding and other processing technology. The main material of the furniture is stainless steel tube and Brazilian rosewood.
- Operation and Interaction
- This furniture is designed for various purposes, such as office, study, and life. Designed to fit people sitting posture and habits, it is suitable for a variety of sitting postures, sitting on a chair with their feet down, and the seat back fits the shape of the person back, which can help people to make a correct sitting posture, suitable for entertainment, reading and other activities.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design project began in January 2018 in Shenyang, was completed in June 2018, and was exhibited in the art museum of Shenyang Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in June 2018.
- Specifications
- Chair and tea table by stainless steel tube and Brazil beautiful pear wood two kinds of material combination and become, integral modelling is fluent, lumber part USES numerical control and manual processing and become, stainless steel tube material USES the processing way of bend, cut, weld to form.
- Keywords
- Log, Stainless steel tube, Simplicity, Leisure, Comfortable
