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Wings Tūru Whakatā by Wei Jingye and Wu Yanxia

Wings Tūru Whakatā by Wei Jingye and Wu Yanxia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.


HiriwaTaputapu· 2022

Wings Tūru Whakatā

by Wei Jingye and Wu Yanxia

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taputapu Category

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The Design

About Wings Tūru Whakatā

Ko Wings he tūru whakatā i whakaawehia e te nekehanga o ngā pūrerehua. Ko te āhua e pā ana ki ngā parirau pūrerehua i ō rātou āhuatanga rerekē, e whakawhiwhia ana te ora ki tētahi mea mārō. Ka honoa te tuarā ki waenganui o te nohoanga, ā, ka tuwhera te mata o te nohoanga ki ngā taha e rua kia awhi i ngā papa hope mō te whakamānawa nui ake. Ka whakamahia e ngā waewae he tautoko papa rua e whakapiki ana i te pūmautanga. Ka whakaputaina te tūru hei kotahi wāhanga mā te tā 3D ki te kirihou puata kikorangi. He kakano riu tā te mata o waho e whakamahara ana ki ngā tauira parirau me te whakapiki i te waku.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Wings Tūru Whakatā te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Wings Tūru Whakatā he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Wings Tūru Whakatā he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The "Wings" chair is a leisure chair design, made of plastic and integrated technology. The appearance of the product is inspired by the movement of butterflies, aiming to show signs of life from solid objects; The back of the chair is connected with the middle part of the seat surface. The seat surface on both sides is open to surround people's entire hips, making people sit up more comfortable. The design of the legs is double-decker support to increase the support and expressive force of the chair.
Dimensions & Packaging
655mm x 710mm x 785mm, The seat is 3D printed in one piece, and each structure is tightly connected, which made of blue translucent plastic material. The outer part of the chair has striated concave-convex texture to match the wing pattern of a butterfly, at the same time increase the friction force and quality performance of the seat, integrated design convenient transportation, at the same time modeling freedom is also higher.
Tags
The butterfly, Wings, Bionic modeling, Leisure, Vitality
Production Technology
The leisure chair is an integral structure, made of 3D printing integral forming technology, the whole is blue translucent plastic material, the outer shape has stripes and concave, in order to increase the friction of the seat.
Design Challenge
Seek the organic combination of solid seat mechanism and butterfly vitality, increase the sense of power of the product in modeling, with blue translucent plastic material to enhance the expressive force of the seat, so that users have a more comfortable and pleasant use experience.
Research
This seat in butterfly wings form as a source for design, interconnected seat structure, chair leg open seat surface show a seat compact feeling, let chair itself is stronger, the legs of the design of supporting structure is more strengthened the bearing capacity of the chair, on the surface of the bridge to the inclusion of design improves the comfort, connection out chair at the same time, make the form more expressive and vitality, Let users have a better use experience.
Inspiration
As a creature as a prototype for the design of the "Wings" chair, has a unique bionic modelling, mainly in butterfly Wings as the prototype, the butterfly resting, long Wings, has formed the design of the chair, when butterflies to fly, Wings flap, open on both sides of the seat surface structure is created, design through the Wings under different status of different forms, Let people feel and experience the existence of life in objects.
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
Suitable for leisure and entertainment, sit with your feet down, no matter reading, drinking tea or relaxing, the part of the back of the seat with wrapped nature brings the user a sense of safety and comfort, at the same time, the vitality of the shape can also be used for interior decoration.
Team Members
Wei Jingye
Wu Yanxia
Shi Mengjiao
Ma Wenhui

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