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Branching لاؤنج چیئر by Wei Jingye and Yu Xiaowei

Branching لاؤنج چیئر by Wei Jingye and Yu Xiaowei is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award کانسی انعام in فرنیچر ڈیزائن Competition Category.


کانسیفرنیچر· 2026

Branching لاؤنج چیئر

by Wei Jingye and Yu Xiaowei

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award کانسی انعام Winner in فرنیچر Category

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The Design

About Branching لاؤنج چیئر

برانچنگ ایک لاؤنج چیئر ہے جو درخت کی شاخوں کی نشوونما سے متاثر ہو کر تخلیق کی گئی ہے۔ اس کا فریم ایلومینیم ایلائے سے بنایا گیا ہے اور اسے سی این سی مشیننگ کے ذریعے شکل دی گئی ہے۔ نشست اور پشت (بیک ریسٹ) ایلم کی لکڑی سے بنائے گئے ہیں، جنہیں سی این سی مشیننگ اور دستکاری کے امتزاج سے تیار کیا گیا ہے۔ اجزاء کو بولٹ کے ذریعے جوڑا گیا ہے، چنانچہ کرسی کو الگ الگ کر کے نقل و حمل کے لیے فلیٹ پیک کیا جا سکتا ہے۔ دھاتی سہاروں کی موٹائی اور توازن کو بہتر بنانے کے لیے فائنائٹ ایلیمنٹ اینالیسس کا استعمال کیا گیا۔ نشست کی اونچائی، نشست کی گہرائی اور پشت کا زاویہ ارگونومک اعداد و شمار کے مطابق رکھے گئے ہیں۔ برانچنگ گھروں، آرٹ گیلریوں اور دفاتر کے انتظار گاہوں کے لیے موزوں ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award کانسی انعام

Branching لاؤنج چیئر A' Design Award کانسی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان ممتاز ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا انتہائی باوقار اعتراف ہے جو تخلیقی صلاحیت، چالاکی اور ذہانت سے پہچانے جاتے ہیں۔ کانسی کے فاتحین نہایت ماہرانہ اور حیرت انگیز طور پر تخلیقی نمونے ہیں جو اپنے ڈیزائنرز کے وسیع تجربے، تخیل اور ذہانت کی تصدیق کرتے ہیں۔ Branching لاؤنج چیئر سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز شے ہوگا جو قابل ذکر حد تک پیشہ ورانہ اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award کانسی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن اور ٹیکنالوجی میں بہترین طریقوں کو شامل کرتا ہے اور تفصیلات پر توجہ میں ممتاز ہے۔ Branching لاؤنج چیئر ضروریات کو خوبصورتی سے پورا کرتا، خواہشات کو چھوتا، جذبات کو مسحور کرتا اور تجسس کو اپیل کرتا ہے۔

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The Degenerate Lounge Chair explores the tension and balance between natural organic forms and modern industrial logic. The core design element lies in the abstract extraction of the logic of tree growth, simplifying the complex natural branching into a powerful metal frame that supports the warm, solid wood seat. The piece blends the warm texture of solid wood with the cool, dynamic metal, presenting an upward-growing modern industrial aesthetic that interprets modern craftsmanship's tribute to and reconstruction of natural vitality.
Dimensions & Packaging
520 mm × 600 mm × 760 mm. Finite element analysis was used during the design process to optimize the thickness and center of gravity distribution of the metal support, ensuring a lightweight visual effect while maintaining extremely high stability. The product features a detachable structure design, significantly reducing carbon emissions during transportation and reflecting a sustainable design philosophy.
Tags
Branching, Lounge Chair, Bionic Design, Organic Modernism, Material Contrast
Production Technology
The main frame is made of aluminum alloy and manufactured using CNC machining technology. The seat and backrest are made of high-quality elm wood, shaped through CNC machining and handcrafting. Bolt connections are used at the joints, ensuring the chair's smooth curves while also accommodating mass production and convenient flat packaging.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge was maintaining the visual appeal of the slender branches while ensuring their load-bearing safety as a seat. By repeatedly refining the structural nodes and connection details, the stress relationship and connection logic between the metal frame and the solid wood panels were clarified, making the overall structure both lightweight and safe.
Research
This study focuses on how to use parametric tools to simplify and refine traditional biomimetic furniture. By analyzing the relationship between the branching angle of tree branches and gravity support, it seeks the optimal solution between artistic expression and industrial manufacturing. This research successfully transforms complex organic forms into detachable structures, solving the bottleneck problems of logistics and mass production in biomimetic furniture.
Inspiration
The design draws inspiration from the phototropic growth of tree branches in a forest. It captures the dynamic moment of branches stretching and supporting each other, transforming this into a structurally sound language. Through digital refinement, the originally random natural forms are transformed into a geometric language that aligns with modern aesthetics and industrial production. The chair's form, based on minimalism, incorporates biomimetic lines, aiming to inject a flowing life energy into the otherwise cold interior space.
Project Duration
It will begin in Shenyang in January 2025, and the prototype will be completed and produced in June 2025, and then exhibited at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Shenyang.
Operation Flow
The cascading lounge chair is suitable for modern home spaces, galleries, or upscale office waiting areas. Its design strictly adheres to ergonomic data, with precise control over seat height, seat depth, backrest angle, and support curves to conform to the contours of the back and hips, providing stable and comfortable support and enhancing comfort during extended use. The warm texture of the natural wood contrasts sharply with the precision craftsmanship of the metal structure, achieving a balance between natural aesthetics and rational construction.
Team Members
Wei Jingye
Yu Xiaowei
Gu Mingtian
Zhao Jiahui

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