Hanoi Sofa e Manollohang by Yuqi Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fenitjhara Competition Category.

SileveraFenitjhara· 2024

Hanoi Sofa e Manollohang

by Yuqi Wang

Client: Kuka Home Jason Furniture (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

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

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The Design

About Hanoi Sofa e Manollohang

Hanoi ke sofa e manollohang e etselitsoeng ho pakoa ka mokhoa o bataletseng. Sofa ena e kopanngoa ka metsotso e ka bang mene ntle le lisebelisoa, sekhomaretsi kapa likarolo tsa tšepe. Litšiea tse 'ne tsa lehong la beech li potolohisoa ka har'a masoba a nang le likhoele setsing sa lehong. Ka mor'a moo, litšehetso tsa mokokotlo le lipehelo tsa matsoho tse apesitsoeng ka masela li khomarelloa litšieng 'me li tiisoa ka likoahelo tse nang le likhoele holim'a tšiea ka 'ngoe. Mesamo e kenngoa qetellong. Boholo ba sepakana ke likarolo tse peli ho tse hlano tsa sofa e kopantsoeng, e leng se fokotsang litšenyehelo tsa ho paka, ho boloka le ho tsamaisa. Sebopeho sa eona se hopotsa papali ea Tower of Hanoi.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Hanoi Sofa e Manollohang 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. Hanoi Sofa e Manollohang 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. Hanoi Sofa e Manollohang 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: Hanoi Sofa is designed for flat packaging. It can be easily assembled in 4 minutes without any tools or metal parts by attaching the upholstered parts to four wooden pillars. Vice versa, it's also easy to disassemble. The joints between wooden pillars and sofa base are with threads to reinforce the structure. Similarly, the caps at the top of the pillars are also threaded. The volume of the packaged sofa is only 2/5 of an assembled one. It optimizes the cost of package, storage and transportation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Flat packaging size, W2050×D960×H320mm. Assembled sofa size, W2050×D980×H830mm. The volume of the packaged sofa is only 2/5 of an assembled one. It optimizes the cost of package, storage and transportation.
Tags: Sofa, Flat-Packing, Detachable sofa, Easy Assembly, Tool-free Assembly, Quick Assembly, Sustainable Design
Production Technology: The key structure of Hanoi Sofa is made of beech wood. It's hard enough for us to carve stairs for the wooden pillars and threads for the joints and the caps at the top of the wooden pillars. By rotating the threaded parts, we can get a sturdy structure for the sofa. This interesting structure has been validated through our experiment.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this project was to create a simple and interesting assembly method. There were already so many different types of detachable sofas. We had to come up with a structure that was simple, enables mass production, and has not been used on other sofas by anyone else. We did a lot of work on wood construction to ensure that the wood structure can be firmly assembled without tools, glue or metal parts.
Research: Our research is aimed at the furniture market, and we hope to get an innovative sofa product through our project. We collected online information, including user feedback through our e-commerce department and learned that many sofas now are large in size, difficult to assemble, difficult to storage and with other problems. So we designed this sofa to solve these problems.
Inspiration: Tower of Hanoi is a popular intelligence toy worldwide. The process of players moving the rings onto the towers inspired me to design Hanoi Sofa. I want to design a sofa that is easy and fun to assemble, a sofa that can optimize the volume and the cost of package, storage and transportation, and a sofa that is in line with the concept of sustainable design. This interesting structure has been validated through our experiment and the materials are all environmentally friendly.
Project Duration: This project started in Hangzhou in September 2023 and will be completed in Hangzhou in February 2024. The structural testing has been completed and the sofa is scheduled to be launched in May 2024.
Operation Flow: Firstly, we need to rotate the four wooden pillars into the four screw holes in the wood base. Then we attach the backrests and armrests to the four pillars through the holes. Next, it is fixed by the threaded caps at the top of the wooden pillars. Finally, put the cushions on the sofa. So we assembled this sofa easily and quickly without tools or metal parts.
Patents: Patented.
Patent No.2023232943808
Patent Holder: Yuqi Wang
Year: 2023
Jurisdiction：China