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Butterfly Kursi by Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin

Butterfly Kursi by Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Prabot Competition Category.


PerungguPrabot· 2021

Butterfly Kursi

by Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Prabot Category

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The Design

About Butterfly Kursi

Butterfly minangka kursi kang diinspirasi saka wangun kupu-kupu. Garis-garis lengkung ing swiwi dijupuk lan dikembangake dadi wangun palungguhan, sandaran gegere, lan sikile. Sandaran geger lan permukaan palungguhan dibagi dadi loro bagean, nuruti gerakane swiwi. Kursi iki digawe saka baja kacepetan dhuwur lan dibentuk dadi siji potongan wutuh liwat teknologi 3D printing, kang menehi kekuatan apik lan kilap logam. Strukture stabil, sarta wangun lan struktur wis terintegrasi kanthi apik. Kursi iki bisa digunakake kanggo ngaso, maca, lan hiasan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Butterfly Kursi menang A' Design Award Perunggu, pangenalan sing prestisius banget sing diparingake marang desain sing luar biasa sing dicirikake dening kreativitas, kapinteran lan kaweruh sing landhep. Pemenang Perunggu iku artefak sing trampil banget lan kreatif banget sing mbuktekake pengalaman sing jembar, imajinasi lan kapinteran para desainer. Butterfly Kursi dikarepake dadi barang sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani, profesional lan inovatif banget. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Perunggu iki ngemot praktik sing paling apik ing seni, sains, desain lan teknologi, lan apik banget ing perhatiane marang rincian. Butterfly Kursi nyukupi kabutuhan kanthi apik, nutul kekarepan, ngaya rasa lan narik rasa pengin weruh.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This chair is designed with the butterfly as the source of inspiration, gradually transformed from the basic shape of the butterfly, and finally developed this kind of butterfly chair.The structure is stable, and the overall furniture has a good fusion of shape and structure. This furniture adopts 3D printing technology and uses high-speed steel as raw material for better strength. On the whole, it can cater to the aesthetic and leisure needs of modern people.
Dimensions & Packaging
906 mm × 942 mm × 808mm, the furniture is integrally formed by 3D printing, the processing procedure is concise, and the operation is simple; additive manufacturing, saving materials and not easy to waste; high degree of freedom in modeling.
Tags
Shoulder blade, high-speed steel, organic form, bionic modeling, 3D printing
Production Technology
The whole is made of high-speed steel as raw material, and processed and shaped by 3D printing technology. The overall strength is good, showing a metallic luster, fully showing the beauty of the material itself, and adding color to the overall shape.
Design Challenge
Realize the organic integration of the three forms of seat surface, backrest, and chair legs, find the most beautiful curved surface angle and achieve the coordinated proportion of each part. achieve the organic unity of furniture shape and structure.
Research
This seat is designed with the human body's scapula as inspiration, the smooth lines of the back are extracted, and the basic shape of the scapula is evolved and developed to form the seat.
Inspiration
The design extracts the shape of the butterfly in the nature as the inspiration for the design. The butterfly chair shape extracts the momentum of the butterfly to divide the back and the seat surface into two parts, and at the same time derive the overall shape based on it.The curve shape of the chair legs is to extract the back curve produced by the butterfly wings. The furniture as a whole tries to simulate the vertical dynamics of the butterfly to obtain a different kind of beauty from it, and to provide an unusual curve beauty for the indoor home.
Project Duration
It will start in Shenyang in January 2021 and will be completed in Shenyang in February 2021.
Operation Flow
Sitting with your feet down, the structure of the seat and back helps support your spine and helps people use the seat correctly. Used for rest, reading, decoration and other functions.
Team Members
Wei Jingye
Wang Yiqin
Li Fengze
Lu Xinyu
Xin Xu
Zou Liyang

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