Pagoda 储物柜 by Pandi Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铁家具· 2021

Pagoda 储物柜

by Pandi Li

Client: Bruce Tao

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Pagoda 储物柜

"宝塔"是一款以佛教宝塔造型为灵感的储物柜。每一层都设有飞檐,柜体不以抽拉抽屉的方式开启,而是通过旋转开合。使用者握住檐角,使该层绕后侧轴心转动,便可在同等占地面积内获得更多储物空间。最底层为高15厘米的传统抽屉,这一抽屉使整体重心保持低而稳固。四个万向轮让柜体可以轻松移动。柜身采用红斑马木制成。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Pagoda 储物柜是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Pagoda 储物柜将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Pagoda 储物柜因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is the cabinet design with a unique modelling. What sets it apart most is its appearance and function. First, this appearance is according to the pagoda, which is unique cabinet in the market. In addition, its open and close means is not a drawer, however the revolving shaft of cabinet backside. The user can open the cabinet according to this axis. This way of opening and closing is not available in the market. This way of opening can also use more space.
Dimensions & Packaging: length 50cm x Width 50cm x Height 76cm
Tags: Cabinet, Pagoda, Traditional Icon, Beautiful, Revolve, Different
Production Technology: The material of the cabinet is made of red zebra horse wood, which is mainly made from Cameroon and Gabon. The advantages of erythema alba are many. The texture of red zebra is straight, the wood structure is fine, the mineral line is obvious, the fiber contains silica, and the metallic luster is felt. The wood of red zebra is hard and relatively strong physically. It is difficult to cut manually, but the cutting surface is smooth, and the dyeing and polishing performance are good. Wood is more resistant to rot, can resist white rot fungus, heartwood preservative is difficult to soak. Wet board surface easy to lose moisture, will be slightly warped or end crack, after drying wood stability is good. Red spotted horse wood has excellent dyeing and polishing performance and is easy to stain. When making brunet furniture especially, polished face is faintly red, metallic simple sense is very intense.
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: According to the data, the market size of the cabinet has been growing steadily since 2015, with an average annual growth rate of about 17%. In 2017, the market size of the domestic locker industry reached 6.61 billion euros, and in 2020, the market size reached 10 billion euros. It's a very big market. Beautiful cabinet is not only a furniture, but also a very good decoration.
Inspiration: I got my inspiration from Buddhist pagodas. The pagoda is a place where Buddhist scriptures are stored, and we used this meaning to design this cabinet. The cabinet is also a product for storing things. Our design motivation was to make traditional symbols as unique as possible in modern products. We changed the way this cabinet opens and closes. Artfully rotated through the shape of the pagoda.
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: Like a pagoda, it has eaves on every floor. When the user is using the cabinet, the cabinet can be opened by grabbing the eaves and rotating it around the axis behind it. First, users can use the pagoda in this way. Secondly, compared with the traditional cabinet, the way of opening and closing can be more open more areas on the space. For details, the bottom layer is a traditional drawer with a height of 15cm. This can ensure the center of gravity of the cabinet is stable. Finally, it is equipped with four universal wheels to facilitate the user to move it.
Team Members: Design leader: Qi Wang
Designer: Quanwei Ma
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)