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Hanoi Išardoma sofa by Yuqi Wang

Hanoi Išardoma sofa by Yuqi Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Sidabrinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award in Baldų dizainas Competition Category.


SidabrinisBaldai· 2024

Hanoi Išardoma sofa

by Yuqi Wang

Client: Kuka Home Jason Furniture (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

Sidabrinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award Winner in Baldai Category

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The Design

About Hanoi Išardoma sofa

Hanoi – tai išardoma sofa, sukurta plokščiam pakavimui. Sofa surenkama maždaug per keturias minutes be įrankių, klijų ar metalinių dalių. Keturios buko medienos kolonėlės įsukamos į sriegines skyles mediniame pagrinde. Tada minkšti atlošai ir porankiai užmaunami ant kolonėlių ir pritvirtinami srieginiais dangteliais kiekvienos kolonėlės viršuje. Galiausiai uždedamos pagalvėlės. Supakuotos sofos tūris sudaro du penktadalius surinktos sofos tūrio, todėl sumažėja pakavimo, sandėliavimo ir transportavimo išlaidos. Konstrukcija primena Hanojaus bokšto galvosūkį.

The Recognition

About the Sidabrinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

Hanoi Išardoma sofa laimėjo Sidabrinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, nepaprastai prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą aukščiausios klasės, puikiems ir įspūdingiems dizainams. Sidabro laureatai yra itin puikūs ir labai kūrybingi darbai, rodantys jų kūrėjų išskirtinę kompetenciją, talentą ir įžvalgumą. Tikimasi, kad Hanoi Išardoma sofa bus nuostabus, pavyzdinis, labai profesionalus ir giliai novatoriškas kūrinys. Šis Sidabriniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas yra žymus, žavimas išradimas, padedantis plėsti meno, mokslo, dizaino ir technologijų ribas. Hanoi Išardoma sofa yra kūrinys, kuriam daugelis pavydi, žadinantis troškimus, teikiantis teigiamų jausmų ir sukeliantis nuostabą bei stebėjimąsi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Hanoi Sofa is designed for flat packaging. It can be easily assembled in 4 minutes without any tools or metal parts by attaching the upholstered parts to four wooden pillars. Vice versa, it's also easy to disassemble. The joints between wooden pillars and sofa base are with threads to reinforce the structure. Similarly, the caps at the top of the pillars are also threaded. The volume of the packaged sofa is only 2/5 of an assembled one. It optimizes the cost of package, storage and transportation.
Dimensions & Packaging
Flat packaging size, W2050×D960×H320mm. Assembled sofa size, W2050×D980×H830mm. The volume of the packaged sofa is only 2/5 of an assembled one. It optimizes the cost of package, storage and transportation.
Tags
Sofa, Flat-Packing, Detachable sofa, Easy Assembly, Tool-free Assembly, Quick Assembly, Sustainable Design
Production Technology
The key structure of Hanoi Sofa is made of beech wood. It's hard enough for us to carve stairs for the wooden pillars and threads for the joints and the caps at the top of the wooden pillars. By rotating the threaded parts, we can get a sturdy structure for the sofa. This interesting structure has been validated through our experiment.
Design Challenge
The most difficult part of this project was to create a simple and interesting assembly method. There were already so many different types of detachable sofas. We had to come up with a structure that was simple, enables mass production, and has not been used on other sofas by anyone else. We did a lot of work on wood construction to ensure that the wood structure can be firmly assembled without tools, glue or metal parts.
Research
Our research is aimed at the furniture market, and we hope to get an innovative sofa product through our project. We collected online information, including user feedback through our e-commerce department and learned that many sofas now are large in size, difficult to assemble, difficult to storage and with other problems. So we designed this sofa to solve these problems.
Inspiration
Tower of Hanoi is a popular intelligence toy worldwide. The process of players moving the rings onto the towers inspired me to design Hanoi Sofa. I want to design a sofa that is easy and fun to assemble, a sofa that can optimize the volume and the cost of package, storage and transportation, and a sofa that is in line with the concept of sustainable design. This interesting structure has been validated through our experiment and the materials are all environmentally friendly.
Project Duration
This project started in Hangzhou in September 2023 and will be completed in Hangzhou in February 2024. The structural testing has been completed and the sofa is scheduled to be launched in May 2024.
Operation Flow
Firstly, we need to rotate the four wooden pillars into the four screw holes in the wood base. Then we attach the backrests and armrests to the four pillars through the holes. Next, it is fixed by the threaded caps at the top of the wooden pillars. Finally, put the cushions on the sofa. So we assembled this sofa easily and quickly without tools or metal parts.
Patents
Patented.
Patent No.2023232943808
Patent Holder: Yuqi Wang
Year: 2023
Jurisdiction:China

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