Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka by Wei Huang

Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka by Wei Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fenitjhara Competition Category.

SileveraFenitjhara· 2021

Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka

by Wei Huang

Client: Bruce Tao

Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award Winner in Fenitjhara Category

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The Design

About Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka

Book Text: Grille ke kabete ea libuka e entsoeng ka likarolo tse arohaneng e susumelitsoeng ke sebōpeho sa grille ea setso ea Machaena. Kabete ena ea libuka e entsoe ka lehong la phaene 'me e na le bolelele ba disenthimithara tse 124, bophara ba disenthimithara tse 32 le bophahamo ba disenthimithara tse 186. Foreimi e tšoeu e ts'oere mabokose a manyenyane a lehong, a mane mel'aneng e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe le a tšeletseng khalong e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe. Lebokose le leng le le leng le lenyenyane le ka behoa ka litsela tse 'nè tse fapaneng, 'me karolo e 'ngoe ea lebokose e potolositsoe ka lidikirii tse 45. Basebelisi ba bopa mabokose ka bobona, kahoo mekhoa e mengata e fapaneng e ka bopoa. Kabete ena ea libuka e fana ka sebaka sa polokelo se ka hlophisoang ho latela seo motho a se ratang.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e phahameng ka ho fetesisa, e ntle le e tsosang maikutlo. Bahapi ba Silevera ke mesebetsi e khanyang haholo le e nang le boqapi bo ikhethang e bontšang botsebi, talenta le bohlale ba baqapi ba eona. Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka e lebelletsoe ho ba mosebetsi o motle, oa mohlala, o nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha e tebileng. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award ke mohopolo o hlokomelehang haholo le o ratoang o tlisang molemo mme o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Grille Primary Function: Kabete ea libuka ke mosebetsi oo batho ba bangata ba o lakatsang, o tsosang litakatso, o tlisang maikutlo a matle le o tsosetsang ho makala le ho hlolla.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a unique bookcase design. The most different thing about it is that it is a DIY bookcase. It is divided into small wood box and white big bookcase as two parts. The bookcase can put four small boxes in each row and six in each column. The small box can also be placed in four directions. This combination opens multiple possibilities. Users can make up their own patterns according to this feature.
Dimensions & Packaging: length 124cm x Width 32 cm x Height 186cm
Tags: Bookcase, DIY, Different, Chinese icon, Beautiful, Assembly, Grille
Production Technology: The bookcase is made of pine wood. Pine does not have a very good smell of pine fragrance, texture is very soft, is the cheapest material in solid wood furniture, widely used in mid-grade solid wood furniture, many log furniture and children's furniture are made of pine. It has the advantages of cheap price, natural environmental protection, not easy to deform, clear and beautiful texture, strong elasticity and air permeability, good thermal conductivity and simple maintenance.
Design Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Research: The most common consideration for users to buy bookcases is the amount of storage, the convenience of using (taking books to buy books), the space, the safety (including formaldehyde and stability), and the cost performance. Formaldehyde is mainly a problem to be considered when choosing wooden bookshelves.
Inspiration: I got inspiration from the ancient Chinese grille and designed this bookcase by the form of a grid. Nowadays, more and more people like DIY products. The motivation for our design is that this is a free-form bookcase. Too neat a grid is not free. So, we rotate one part of the small box by 45 degrees. This not only fits our design motivation, but also allows users to combine patterns according to their own preferences.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
Operation Flow: First, remove all the small boxes when users start assembling. The size of the bookcase can hold 4 small boxes in each row and 6 in each column. Then make them stack up after filling out the row. Each small box has 4 direction to put altogether. Users can diy according to the pattern that they like.
Team Members: Design leader: Shiwen Huang
Designer: Yuebing Chen
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)