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Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ by ZKW Studio

Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ by ZKW Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Đồng in Thiết kế Đồ nội thất Competition Category.


ĐồngĐồ nội thất· 2025

Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ

by ZKW Studio

Client: ZKW Studio

A' Design Award Đồng Winner in Đồ nội thất Category

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The Design

About Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ

Nội dung sách: Tủ Weaving Wood là một chiếc tủ gỗ óc chó hình thang với ba tấm bên được chế tác từ chất liệu dệt bằng veneer gỗ óc chó đan xen. Mật độ đan thay đổi trên khắp bề mặt, tạo nên sự chuyển sắc tinh tế về kết cấu. Quy trình thủ công này, vốn không thể đạt được bằng phương pháp cơ khí, kết hợp độ cứng cáp về cấu trúc của gỗ với tính mềm dẻo của chất liệu dệt. Khi tiếp xúc với ánh nắng, bề mặt tạo ra những lớp bóng đổ, và sự sắp xếp của vân gỗ góp phần tạo nên một nhịp điệu thị giác đồng nhất.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Đồng

Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ là người chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Đồng, một sự công nhận vô cùng danh giá dành cho các thiết kế xuất sắc nổi bật về sự sáng tạo, tài khéo léo và sự sắc sảo. Những người chiến thắng giải Đồng là những hiện vật rất điêu luyện và sáng tạo ấn tượng, xác thực kinh nghiệm phong phú, trí tưởng tượng và sự tháo vát của các nhà thiết kế. Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ được kỳ vọng là một vật phẩm được đánh giá cao, ngưỡng mộ và trân trọng, chuyên nghiệp và đổi mới đáng chú ý. Thiết kế chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Đồng này tích hợp các thực hành tốt nhất trong nghệ thuật, khoa học, thiết kế và công nghệ, và xuất sắc nhờ sự chú ý đến chi tiết. Weaving Wood Chức năng chính: Tủ thỏa mãn nhu cầu một cách tuyệt vời, chạm đến ham muốn, làm say mê cảm xúc và thu hút sự tò mò.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This piece of furniture employs a unique weaving technique that integrates walnut veneer into textile, transforming the originally fabric into a unique screen. When exposed to sunlight, the woven surface casts delicate and beautiful shadows. Weaving veneer into textile is a unique technique that machines are not capable of doing. Each wooden board undergoes a meticulous selection based on its grain and color, building a consistent sense of nature beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging
W * D * H : 508 * 304 * 1118 mm
Tags
Cabinet, Veneer Textile, Furniture, Material Innovation, Indoor Furniture
Production Technology
This cabinet is entirely handcrafted from walnut, including the textile panels on both sides, which are woven from a combination of cotton thread and walnut veneer. The technique of integrating wood veneer into textile weaving is a process that cannot be replicated by machines. Due to the hardness and thickness of the walnut veneer, the tension of the weave must be carefully and continuously adjusted—tight enough to securely hold the veneer strips in place, yet flexible enough to maintain structural integrity without causing displacement.
Design Challenge
The project posed creative and technical challenges, particularly in adapting thick wood veneer for weaving. Wood veneer lacks the tension typically required by a loom and thread fabric, making it necessary to carefully calculate the spacing between each column to maintain a good structure. Beyond the textile, the frame designed to hold the textile became another big technical challenge. Though the grooves are invisible from the outside, there are 28 hidden channels that secure the woven surface in place. Due to their seamless requirement and the thinness of each wooden board, cutting precise grooves along narrow edges proved fine-tuned craftsmanship, merging material research with construction precision.
Research
The project is rooted in a deep investigation of materials and making techniques, centering on a textile innovation that integrates thin walnut veneer into a woven structure using a loom. The process involved extensive experimentation, beginning with a series of prototypes that tested veneer thicknesses, thread weights, and weaving patterns. A key challenge was preserving the tension necessary for weaving while accommodating the rigidity of wood—an issue resolved through careful calibration of spacing, tension, and structural support.

Traditional weaving tools were adapted for this process, with each strip of veneer hand-cut and softened for flexibility before being woven alongside cotton thread. Machines proved incompatible with the delicacy and precision required, making the technique entirely dependent on manual craftsmanship. The final textile achieves both strength and fluidity, allowing the wood grain to appear continuous across a pliable surface.

In parallel with material research, the project draws on classical furniture forms—particularly the trapezoidal cabinet, a shape now rare in contemporary contexts. Reinterpreted through this new textile language, the form is both familiar and reimagined, merging historic references with a distinctly modern sensibility.
Inspiration
Inspired by the balanced spirit of nature, this cabinet reinterprets a classic trapezoidal form with three side panels composed of walnut veneer textile. The veneer is woven more densely near the frame, creating a visual and tactile gradient , not only in the viewing but also in the tactile experience. By blending rigid walnut with flexible textile, the piece explores harmony through material, offering a unique sensory experience that invites closer interaction and touch.
Project Duration
The project started in October 2023 and finished in March 2024 in United States, and was exhibited in ICFF WANTED in May 2024.
Operation Flow
The cabinet features a slender profile suited for storing small objects, making it well-suited to living spaces and compact interiors. Its low height allows it to sit neatly beside a television, serving as a functional storage piece. Designed to be freestanding, the cabinet reveals its tactile quality when illuminated. Sunlight filtering through the woven textile creates a soft interplay of light and shadow. The pale-toned fabric responds gently to natural light, introducing a sense of airy and a renewed lightness to the surrounding space.
Team Members
Textile Partner: Huining Liu

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