Exquisite Wood 本棚 by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
鉄家具· 2022
Exquisite Wood 本棚
by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying
Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 家具 Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Exquisite Wood 本棚
「Exquisite Wood」は楡材を用いた本棚である。中国の伝統家具に着想を得たデザインで、方形と円形の造形を組み合わせ、簡潔かつ端正な佇まいを生み出している。各部材は金属製の蝶ねじで接合され、一部には木組み（ほぞ）構造を採用している。部材は直材からNC彫刻・フライス加工によって切り出されるため、材料のロスを抑えることができる。本棚は工具を用いず手作業で組み立て・分解が可能であり、生産と輸送を簡便に保つ。仕切り板により、書籍や小物を分類して収納することができる。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Exquisite Wood 本棚は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Exquisite Wood 本棚は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Exquisite Wood 本棚は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The shelf is made of elm with thick, heavy and simple appearance. It is connected with metal connectors on the basis of mortise and tenon structure. The bookshelf can be disassembled and assembled by itself. The components are made of elm straight materials to reduce material loss. The metal connectors are butterfly screws. The overall design is convenient for production and transportation and disassembly and assembly by users, Add modern semantics while alleviating boredom.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1500mm x 4500mm x 1900mm, The mortise and tenon structure used in the solid wood part is in the form of interleaving, and the required wood is straight. It is carved and milled by mechanical numerical control. The overall design is assembled with metal butterfly screws, which is convenient for personal assembly and long-distance transportation, saves processing cost, and is suitable for mass production.
- Tags
- Chinese elements, Storage, Solid wood, Assembly, Butterfly screw
- Production Technology
- The whole furniture is connected with metal connectors. Butterfly screws are convenient for manual DIY assembly. Some details are inserted with tenon and mortise structure. The applied tenon and mortise structure appears in the simplest form of insertion. Most of them are straight wood, which are processed by NC engraving and milling. The parts are simple and convenient for transportation, and the overall structure is stable.
- Design Challenge
- On the basis of retaining Chinese elements, butterfly screws are used as ornaments, which not only retains the elegant and simple style of Chinese furniture, but also does not appear too heavy. On the basis of meeting the functional requirements, tenon and mortise structure is applied, and the disassembly structure is more convenient for transportation and assembly.
- Research
- The bookshelf is a thick, heavy and simple solid wood bookshelf completed by the combination of metal parts and tenon and mortise structure. The design adopts Chinese tenon and mortise structural elements. The components are mainly connected by metal butterfly screws. The two are integrated. The butterfly screw connection has strong stability. The overall style has industrial atmosphere, strong functionality and simple structure.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by Chinese furniture, this multifunctional shelf is made with a dignified and simple overall shape and a combination of square and round, but the overall shape is not too solemn and rigid. Some parts are connected by tenon and mortise structure. The components of the overall design are connected by butterfly screws. Solid wood and metal materials are matched with each other, and the bookcase is dignified and modern.
- Project Duration
- The design had started in Shenyang in March 2021, completed in Shenyang in June 2021, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2021.
- Operation Flow
- It is mostly used for placing articles and books. The bookshelf is made of straight materials and plates, which is relatively light and convenient for disassembly and assembly. The bookshelf is equipped with partitions for book classification and easy sorting.
- Team Members
- Wei Jingye
Wang Ruilin
Wang Yiqin
Wu Wenhao
Ou Xiaoqing
Guo Rongying
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