Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying

Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2022

Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi

by Wei Jingye and Guo Rongying

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi

Exquisite Wood o se fata tusi e faia i le la'au elm. O le mamanu e maua mai i mea faitino Saina ma tu'ufa'atasia ai fo'i foliga sikuea ma li'o e maua ai se foliga faigofie ma le mamalu. O vaega e feso'ota'i fa'atasi e ala i sikulū u'amea fa'atagata pepe, ma o nisi vaega e fa'aoga ai fausaga mortise ma tenon. O vaega e tipi mai i la'au sa'o e ala i le tā ma le vane fa'akomepiuta, lea e fa'aitiitia ai le maimau o mea faitino. E mafai ona fa'apipi'i ma tatala le fata tusi i le lima, o lea e tumau ai ona faigofie le gaosiga ma le felauaiga. O vaega tetele e mafai ai ona fa'avasega ma teuina tusi ma isi mea.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi, 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 Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi 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 Exquisite Wood Fata Tusi 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: 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