Cross Furniture 咖啡桌 by Le Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 银奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

银家具· 2023

Cross Furniture 咖啡桌

by Le Xu

Client: Zhi jiang College of Zhe jiang University of Technology

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Cross Furniture 咖啡桌

Cross Furniture是一款专为小户型住宅设计的可拆卸咖啡桌，并配有一款无靠背坐凳。Cross Furniture采用实木、苹果皮革、亚克力与水泥制成。各部件通过传统榫卯结构连接，无需使用任何螺丝。整体组装仅需两三个步骤，成品稳固耐用。桌腿沿用明式家具的束腰曲线造型，外观简洁而沉静。平板包装的形态降低了运输成本，适合线上销售及频繁搬迁的使用场景。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Cross Furniture 咖啡桌是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Cross Furniture 咖啡桌将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Cross Furniture 咖啡桌是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Cross Furniture is aimed to 90s’ living features. It is made from a combination of solid wood, apple Leatherwear, acrylic and cement. The design is simple and elegant, and it is made of traditional tenon structure, Free assembly, easy to solid, without a screw, the beauty of its structure to show the wisdom of their predecessors, leg modeling refining in the Ming-style coupons coupon mouth shape, inside the circle, the shape of the United States embodies the ancients aesthetic. Flat design concept, greatly reducing the cost of transportation, very suitable for network sales.
Dimensions & Packaging: 320mm × 320mm × 450mm (stool), 550mm × 550mm × 550mm (coffee table)
Tags: C、F
Production Technology: Manufacturing process: wooden cut and setback plane
Material: solid wood, apple Leatherwear, acrylic 、cement
Design Challenge: The most challenging part was the structural design. According to the self-locking function of mortise and tenon structure, a new one was innovatively designed, which realized cruciform furniture's disassembling role and firmness. The presentation of its structural form and the perfect integration of contemporary aesthetics!
Research: Nowadays, the post-90s have low income, small living spaces, love online shopping, move frequently, and pursue a certain quality of life. They need flexible, space-saving, easily accessible, simple, and stylish furniture to improve their quality of life. It is made of a traditional tenon structure, Free assembly, easy to solid, without a screw; the beauty of its design shows the wisdom of their predecessors, leg modeling refining in the Ming-style coupons coupon mouth shape, inside the circle, the form of the United States embodies the ancients aesthetic. The flat design concept significantly reduces transportation costs and is very suitable for network sales.
Inspiration: In this realistic environment of the snail's pace era, the post-90s population faces many living problems, such as small living space, the pursuit of fashion, frequent changes in living places, and the preference for fast and convenient online shopping. Therefore, this group of people needs to realize the disassembly of furniture through clever mortise and tenon structure, and at the same time, versatile furniture products in line with contemporary aesthetics to improve the quality of life.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020in Hangzhou and finished in September 2022 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: Open the product package, and assemble the product in 2-3 steps; the operation is very convenient, you can experience the fun of assembly, and the completed product is solid and durable.