Butterfly Alaga by Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ilé Competition Category.
IdẹOhun-èlò Ilé· 2021
Butterfly Alaga
Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ilé Category
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About Butterfly Alaga
Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: Labalábá jẹ́ àga tí a fa àwòkọ́ rẹ̀ láti ara ìrísí labalábá. Àwọn ìlà tí ó wó ti apá ìyẹ́ rẹ̀ ni a fà yọ tí a sì mú dàgbà di ìrísí ìjókòó, ẹ̀yìn-ìtẹ́lẹ̀ àti ẹsẹ̀ àga náà. Ẹ̀yìn-ìtẹ́lẹ̀ àti ojú ìjókòó ti pín sí ẹ̀ka méjì, ní bíbá ìṣírò ìyẹ́ náà mu. A ṣe àga náà pẹ̀lú irin onípele-yíyára (high-speed steel), tí a sì ṣe é ní ẹyọ kan ṣoṣo nípasẹ̀ ìtẹ̀wé onípò-mẹ́ta (3D printing), èyí tí ó fún un ní okun tí ó dára àti ìtànṣán irin. Ìgbékalẹ̀ náà dúró ṣinṣin, ìrísí àti ìgbékalẹ̀ náà sì bára wọn mu dáradára. A lè lo àga náà fún ìsinmi, kíkàwé àti ohun ọ̀ṣọ́.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Butterfly Alaga jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Butterfly Alaga yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Butterfly Alaga ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This chair is designed with the butterfly as the source of inspiration, gradually transformed from the basic shape of the butterfly, and finally developed this kind of butterfly chair.The structure is stable, and the overall furniture has a good fusion of shape and structure. This furniture adopts 3D printing technology and uses high-speed steel as raw material for better strength. On the whole, it can cater to the aesthetic and leisure needs of modern people.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 906 mm × 942 mm × 808mm, the furniture is integrally formed by 3D printing, the processing procedure is concise, and the operation is simple; additive manufacturing, saving materials and not easy to waste; high degree of freedom in modeling.
- Tags
- Shoulder blade, high-speed steel, organic form, bionic modeling, 3D printing
- Production Technology
- The whole is made of high-speed steel as raw material, and processed and shaped by 3D printing technology. The overall strength is good, showing a metallic luster, fully showing the beauty of the material itself, and adding color to the overall shape.
- Design Challenge
- Realize the organic integration of the three forms of seat surface, backrest, and chair legs, find the most beautiful curved surface angle and achieve the coordinated proportion of each part. achieve the organic unity of furniture shape and structure.
- Research
- This seat is designed with the human body's scapula as inspiration, the smooth lines of the back are extracted, and the basic shape of the scapula is evolved and developed to form the seat.
- Inspiration
- The design extracts the shape of the butterfly in the nature as the inspiration for the design. The butterfly chair shape extracts the momentum of the butterfly to divide the back and the seat surface into two parts, and at the same time derive the overall shape based on it.The curve shape of the chair legs is to extract the back curve produced by the butterfly wings. The furniture as a whole tries to simulate the vertical dynamics of the butterfly to obtain a different kind of beauty from it, and to provide an unusual curve beauty for the indoor home.
- Project Duration
- It will start in Shenyang in January 2021 and will be completed in Shenyang in February 2021.
- Operation Flow
- Sitting with your feet down, the structure of the seat and back helps support your spine and helps people use the seat correctly. Used for rest, reading, decoration and other functions.
- Team Members
- Wei Jingye
Wang Yiqin
Li Fengze
Lu Xinyu
Xin Xu
Zou Liyang
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