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Exquisite Wood 책장 by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying

Exquisite Wood 책장 by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 철상 in 가구 디자인 Competition Category.


철가구· 2022

Exquisite Wood 책장

by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 가구 Category

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The Design

About Exquisite Wood 책장

정목(精木)은 느티나무(엘름)로 제작된 책장이다. 중국 전통 가구에서 영감을 받은 디자인으로, 네모와 원의 형태를 결합해 간결하면서도 단정한 외관을 구현했다. 각 부재는 금속 나비 나사로 결합되며, 일부 부위에는 장부 구조(맞춤 결구)를 적용했다. 부재는 직선재에서 수치제어(NC) 조각 및 밀링 가공으로 절단하여 재료 손실을 줄였다. 책장은 도구 없이 손으로 조립하고 분해할 수 있어 생산과 운송이 간편하다. 칸막이를 통해 책과 물품을 분류하여 보관할 수 있다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Exquisite Wood 책장, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Exquisite Wood 책장, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Exquisite Wood 책장, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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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