Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo by Wei Jingye and Li Jiashu

Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo by Wei Jingye and Li Jiashu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2021

Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo

by Wei Jingye and Li Jiashu

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo

O le Bamboo Malolo o se nofoa malolo e talafeagai mo le faaaogaina i totonu ma fafo o fale. O le faavaa e faia i ni tootoo 'ofu lapotopoto, ma o vaega e vaaia e faamalu. O le nofoaga ma le tua e lalaga i lima, e faaaoga ai le malosi ma le fetuutuunai o le 'ofu ina ia maua ai le tofa lelei. O vaega e fesootai e ala i le tuiina, afifi ma taamilomilo nai lo le faaaogaina o mea uamea. E fa'atu e tolu vae se tafatolu lea e faamausali ai le nofoa. O le foliga e maua mai i lau o le fugalaau morning glory a'o tatala. E mama atu le 'ofu nai lo le laau, o lea ua faigofie ai ona si'itia le nofoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Bamboo Leisure Nofoa Malolo ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Bamboo leisure chair uses natural and environmental protection bamboo as the main material. The natural form of round bamboo can create a quiet and comfortable atmosphere. The chair adopts round bamboo frame and woven surface. The use of woven surface gives full play to the toughness and elasticity of bamboo, giving people a relaxed and comfortable use experience and visual experience. The chair extracts the form elements and texture of morning glory, showing vigorous vitality, enabling people to get rid of busy and noisy, and give more kind and quiet care.
Dimensions & Packaging: The overall size of the seat is 1325 mm x 1240 mm x 1170 mm, which is suitable for both indoor and outdoor. The support parts of the seat are connected by wrapping and inserting structure. The bamboo has strong toughness, softness and moisture resistance, so that the seat is stable and reliable, and the hot bending process is easy.
Tags: Bamboo, Weave, Leisure, natural, Structural innovation
Production Technology: The whole frame is made of round bamboo material, and its exposed part is polished and polished; relying on the toughness and elasticity of bamboo, the connection structure mostly adopts the way of wrapping, cutting off a part of a bamboo pole to form a notch, putting the other bamboo pole at the notch, wrapping it inside by bending, and winding reinforcement on the outside; the seat surface and back are reinforced by hand They are made by braiding, and the joints between them and the framework are connected by inserting and winding.
Design Challenge: The round bamboo frame is combined with the braided surface, and the connection mode of the cross beam and the front and rear legs is wrapping connection. The use of the braided surface and wrapping connection gives full play to the toughness and elasticity of the bamboo, and gives people a more relaxed and comfortable experience, so that the overall seat will not be too rigid. At the same time, the structure is stable and simple on the reasonable basis.
Research: The overall design of bamboo leisure chair extracts the form elements and texture of morning glory, combines the natural and eco-friendly bamboo and stable triangle structure, showing vigorous vitality, so that people can get rid of the busy and noisy, and give more kind and quiet care.
Inspiration: The design extracts the morphological elements of morning glory, and the state of petals when unfolding constitutes the seat back and seat surface. Associated with the natural texture of petals, the seat surface and back are designed as woven surface to give full play to the toughness and elasticity of bamboo and give people a great sense of comfort and security.
Project Duration: It began in Shenyang in November 2020, was completed in Shenyang in January 2021.
Operation Flow: The whole seat is formed by three leg support, which is subject to the triangle and has stability, which is conducive to the stability of the whole structure. The seat has plenty of space, which can make people relax better. Bamboo is lighter than wood, which is convenient to move.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Li Jiashu
Bei Yunong
Wang Yingchun
Han Xiaolu