Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti by Wei Jingye and Song Kexin

Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti by Wei Jingye and Song Kexin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

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Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti

by Wei Jingye and Song Kexin

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti

O le Orange Link o se faasologa o meaafale ua fuafuaina mo tamaiti. O lenei faasologa e tuufaatasia ai le laau malō o le ash ma sooga palasitika inisinia lanu moli. O vaega laau e tipiina i le CNC ma faamaeʻaina i le suauu wax, ae o pona lanu moli e faia i le injection molding. O sooga palasitika lapotopoto e afifi ai fesootaiga o le laau, e aveesea ai pito maai ma taialaina ai le paʻi. O sooga fesootaʻi faatasi e faafaigofie ai foi le faapotopotoina ma lagolagoina ai le gaosiga lelei. O fua e mulimuli i le maua atu ma le vaai a tamaiti, e fesoasoani i le faitau, galuega taulima ma le faatulagaina. O le eseesega o lanu e tuufaatasia ai le mafanafana faalenatura ma le saʻo faapisinisi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Orange Link Meaafale mo Tamaiti e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.
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.
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.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Song Kexin
Zhou Haoyuan
Zheng Xiaolei