Grille 本棚 by Wei Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
銀家具· 2021
Grille 本棚
by Wei Huang
Client: Bruce Tao
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 家具 Category
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About Grille 本棚
「Grille（グリル）」は、中国伝統の格子の形態からインスピレーションを得たモジュール式の本棚である。素材にはパイン材を用い、寸法は幅124cm、奥行32cm、高さ186cm。白いフレームの中に小さな木製ボックスが収められ、横に4つ、縦に6つ並ぶ構成となっている。それぞれの小箱は4方向に向きを変えて配置でき、箱の一部は45度回転させたデザインとなっている。使用者自身が箱を組み合わせるため、実に多彩なパターンを生み出すことができる。この本棚は、個人の好みに応じて自在にアレンジできる収納を提供する。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Grille 本棚は、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Grille 本棚は、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Grille 本棚は、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is a unique bookcase design. The most different thing about it is that it is a DIY bookcase. It is divided into small wood box and white big bookcase as two parts. The bookcase can put four small boxes in each row and six in each column. The small box can also be placed in four directions. This combination opens multiple possibilities. Users can make up their own patterns according to this feature.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- length 124cm x Width 32 cm x Height 186cm
- Tags
- Bookcase, DIY, Different, Chinese icon, Beautiful, Assembly, Grille
- Production Technology
- The bookcase is made of pine wood. Pine does not have a very good smell of pine fragrance, texture is very soft, is the cheapest material in solid wood furniture, widely used in mid-grade solid wood furniture, many log furniture and children's furniture are made of pine. It has the advantages of cheap price, natural environmental protection, not easy to deform, clear and beautiful texture, strong elasticity and air permeability, good thermal conductivity and simple maintenance.
- Design Challenge
- This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
- Research
- The most common consideration for users to buy bookcases is the amount of storage, the convenience of using (taking books to buy books), the space, the safety (including formaldehyde and stability), and the cost performance. Formaldehyde is mainly a problem to be considered when choosing wooden bookshelves.
- Inspiration
- I got inspiration from the ancient Chinese grille and designed this bookcase by the form of a grid. Nowadays, more and more people like DIY products. The motivation for our design is that this is a free-form bookcase. Too neat a grid is not free. So, we rotate one part of the small box by 45 degrees. This not only fits our design motivation, but also allows users to combine patterns according to their own preferences.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
- Operation Flow
- First, remove all the small boxes when users start assembling. The size of the bookcase can hold 4 small boxes in each row and 6 in each column. Then make them stack up after filling out the row. Each small box has 4 direction to put altogether. Users can diy according to the pattern that they like.
- Team Members
- Design leader: Shiwen Huang
Designer: Yuebing Chen - Image Credits
- Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)
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