Sweet Candy Nofoa Malolo by Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu

Sweet Candy Nofoa Malolo by Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2022

Sweet Candy Nofoa Malolo

by Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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Colors

The Design

About Sweet Candy Nofoa Malolo

O le Sweet Candy o se faasologa o nofoa malolo na maua mai i le fausaga lapotopoto ma lanu pipisi o lole suamalie. O le faavaa lagolago e faia i le laau moni i lona lanu masani, tipiina e masini fa'atonutonu numera ma fa'ai'uina e ala i le ola lima. O vaega malulu e su'i lima mai ie fulufulu ma faatumuina i sponge. O le foliga lapotopoto e mafai ai e le tagata ona nofo ma tautau ona vae po'o ona gaugau vae a'o faitau tusi, inu lauti, po'o le malolo. O lanu maualuluga fo'i e mafai ai ona avea nofoa ma mea teuteu totonu o fale. O nofoa e fa'apipi'i mai vaega eseese, lea e faafaigofie ai le felauaiga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Sweet Candy 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 Sweet Candy 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 Sweet Candy 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: This group of furniture comes from the dazzling candies. By refining the high saturation color and mellow shape of candies, combined with the single support structure of home seats,.And it evolved into a colorful, playful and flexible seat form. The skeleton is made of solid wood, and the soft bag part is made of manual cloth sewing and sponge. The overall shape is round and bony, which meets the daily leisure use, and the bright color makes the indoor environment quite pleasant.
Dimensions & Packaging: 800mm x 750mm x 950mm, 640mm x 550mm x 800mm, The solid wood of the supporting structure is processed and formed by machine cutting and manual grinding. The soft package part adopts manual cloth art and sponge filling technology. It is assembled and formed, convenient for transportation and high modeling freedom.
Tags: Color, Candy, Soft, Bionic modeling, leisure time
Production Technology: The supporting structure of the product is made of solid wood in primary color, which adopts modern numerical control technology and is formed by machine cutting and manual grinding. The soft bag part is made of cloth with plush texture and bright color, which is sewn by manual cloth art and made by sponge filling process.
Design Challenge: Seek the organic combination between the hardness of solid wood and the softness of soft bags, increase the sense of strength of products when looking for round and lovely shapes, and control the use of colors when matching beautiful colors, so as to make them warm, lovely and not messy.
Research: The seat is designed with colored candies as the inspiration source, and strives to retain the warm and relaxed feeling of users when selecting a wide range of candies in front of the window. On the basis of retaining the round shape of candy, the colorful colors are extracted and applied to the design.
Inspiration: The design takes the dazzling and mouth watering candies in the window as the inspiration source. The candies refine the high saturation color and mellow and attractive appearance shape respectively. Supported by solid wood, they contrast with soft sponge and cloth. The shape is round and smooth, playful and flexible, and decorated with bright colors, which makes people feel like being in candies and give people a sense of fantasy, Add a touch of beautiful color to the room.
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 suitable for leisure and entertainment. It can sit with feet hanging or knees bent. Whether it is reading, drinking tea or rest and play, the soft cushion and backrest bring users a sense of safety and comfort. At the same time, the round shape and beautiful colors can also be used for interior decoration.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Wang Yiqin
Lu Xinyu
Wang Ruilin