Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō by Wei Jingye and Zhou Haoyuan

Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō by Wei Jingye and Zhou Haoyuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

ApamemeaMeafale· 2026

Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō

by Wei Jingye and Zhou Haoyuan

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō

O le Obsidian Wing o se nofoa mālōlō ua fuafuaina mo fale fa'aonaponei, avanoa fa'ata'ita'iga faatufugaga ma ofisa laiti fa'apitoa. O le nofoa e fa'aosofia mai i le foliga o apa'au o manulele, ma fa'aliliuina ai le fausaga o ivi o apa'au ma laina o le fa'amalosi i meaafale. O le fa'alagolago tua e pei o se apa'au e si'osi'omia ai le tagata o lo'o nofo, ma maua ai se lagona o le puipuiga ma le lagolago. O le palasitika e maualuga lona fa'atinoga o lo'o fa'aaogaina e fai ma mea faavae, ua fa'afoligaina e ala i le lomitusi 3D ma le masini fa'akomepiuta e matuā sa'o lelei. O le fogāfa'a e iai le fa'ai'uga uliuli lē fe'ilafi ma laina u'amea siliva ua fa'apipi'i i totonu. O le fua o le Obsidian Wing e 550 i le 650 i le 800 milimita.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō, 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 Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō 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. Obsidian Wing Nofoa Mālōlō 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 chair is a modern art seat designed for contemporary homes, art spaces, and boutique office environments. It transcends the functional boundaries of traditional seating by deeply integrating aesthetics, ergonomics, and an emotional experience. The chair not only offers comfortable seating but also, through its unique form and materials, creates a spatial narrative that embodies both Eastern philosophical ideas and contemporary aesthetics, providing users with an immersive experience that feels as if they could take flight while seated.
Dimensions & Packaging: 550 mm × 650 mm × 800 mm, the product manufacturing process includes 3D printing, precision CNC machining, matte black glaze spraying, and metal silver inlay, offering high design freedom with excellent structural strength and lightweight performance.
Tags: Wings, Biomimetic chair, Modern minimalist, Leisure
Production Technology: Using high performance plastic as the base material, it is formed through an integrated process of 3D printing and precision CNC machining, accurately achieving complex surfaces and load bearing structures. The surface is coated with a matte finish and embedded with metal silver wires, balancing lightweight characteristics with excellent load bearing performance.
Design Challenge: The core concept of the design is to transform the imagery of wings providing protection and extension into the form of a chair. The main challenge lies in balancing the lightness of the wing like structure with its load bearing capacity, achieving a fusion of metallic silver lines and matte black textures.
Research: Seated in the chair feels like growing obsidian wings, freezing a moment of burgeoning power into static form. Its enveloping wing like structure creates psychological shelter, turning sitting into a posture of gathering momentum. Exploring bionic integration with modern furniture, it balances aesthetics and ergonomics, presenting a design both powerful and poetic.
Inspiration: Inspired by the imagery of sitting as if sprouting black wings, the chair draws on the fluid structure of avian wing bones, mechanical distribution of wing spars, and tension lines of tendons, translating the grace and power of nature into furniture language. It offers a sense of being guarded and supported, symbolizing rest, release, and spiritual freedom from daily routine.
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: Suitable for modern home living rooms, artistic studies, luxury model rooms, boutique hotel lounges, and creative office spaces. It can serve as a focal art piece for the space, combining practical functionality with visual appeal, and complements a variety of design styles such as luxury, and avant garde.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Zhou Haoyuan
Zheng Xiaolei
Song Kexin