Wei Jingye and Song Kexin · CLIENT: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
Orange Link is a furniture series designed for children. The series combines solid ash wood with orange engineering plastic joints. The wooden parts are CNC cut and finished with wax oil, while the orange nodes are made by injection molding. The rounded plastic joints wrap the wooden connections, removing sharp edges and guiding touch. The interlocking joints also simplify assembly and support efficient production. Dimensions follow the reach and sight of children, aiding reading, crafting and organizing. The colour contrast joins natural warmth with industrial precision.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This furniture series blends warm solid wood with modern engineering plastics. By wrapping wooden joints in vibrant orange plastic, it creates a unique visual rhythm while ensuring maximum safety through a zero-edge design. Structurally, it unifies the stability of wood with the flexibility of injection molding, achieving a symbiotic balance between tradition and technology to foster a vibrant sensory growth environment for children.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Sizes are 320 mm x 320 mm x 520 mm，490 mm x 245 mm x 520 mm，310 mm x 310 mm x 1100 mm, built with CNC and injection molding. Ergonomic dimensions fit children's reach and sight. Simple processing ensures stability, efficiency, and high mass production potential.
- Tags
- Color, Children, Multipurpose, Material Contrast
- Production Technology
- Crafted from ash wood and engineering plastics. Wood is CNC-cut and wax-oiled. Orange nodes use injection molding for strength and smoothness. Plastic interlocking joints simplify assembly and ensure high production efficiency.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge lies in achieving a seamless interlocking of natural wood and modern plastics. It requires balancing structural stability with rounded safety protection. The design uses the Orange-Link system to unify industrial standardization with natural warmth, ensuring functionality and safety while creating a high-impact visual aesthetic.
- Project Duration
- The design had started in Shenyang in January 2025, completed in Shenyang in June 2025, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2025.
- Operation Flow
- Ideal for children learning and playing. Rounded Orange-Link joints guide natural touch and interaction, providing skin-friendly, safe support for reading, crafting, or organizing. The blend of warm ash wood and vibrant orange stimulates creativity and enhances the interactive growth experience within the space.
- Research
- This design explores the cross-application of solid wood and engineering plastics in children's furniture. Focusing on the Orange-Link system, it unifies structural connection with rounded protection. By using color contrast and tactile guidance, it breaks traditional wood constraints to create a logical, vibrant, and interactive growth environment for children.
- Inspiration
- The forms are inspired by the act of fastening buttons. Orange plastic parts serve as Orange-Links, locking wooden structures together like vibrant buttons. This core semantic defines the Orange-Link series, using simplified visual language to express logical material connections. Structurally, it merges wood stability with plastic flexibility, creating a modern aesthetic that balances structural strength with a playful, childlike spirit.
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