Tiles 书桌、椅子 by Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang

Tiles 书桌、椅子 by Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铁家具· 2023

Tiles 书桌、椅子

by Wei Jingye and Zhang Wenyang

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Tiles 书桌、椅子

《瓦》是一套以金属铜为主要材质打造的书桌与座椅。其造型与纹样承袭中国传统家具的语汇，冷调的棕色铜material为简洁厚实的形体注入现代气质。装饰纹样的灵感源自层叠交错的屋瓦，座椅造型则借鉴中国明式扶手椅，配以棕色皮革坐垫，使就座更为舒适。铜制部件经过切割、雕刻、弯折、焊接与抛光等工艺处理，板材边缘以金属管包覆，并由此构成主要的连接结构。《瓦》适用于书房与客厅空间。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Tiles 书桌、椅子是 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Tiles 书桌、椅子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。Tiles 书桌、椅子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: "Tiles" furniture is a Chinese style table and chair designed with metal copper material. The overall design elements apply Chinese pattern and shape, and the cold brown copper is used as the main material, which adds a smart modern sense to the strong and simple Chinese semantics. The surface is matched with brown leather cushion, which is more convenient for the use of products. The inspiration of furniture pattern decoration is mainly from the roof tiles of childhood, and Chinese elements are added to simplify the decoration. The overall shape is solemn and simple yet clever and modern, which is suitable for a variety of leisure places such as study and living room.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1600mm x 750mm x 780mm, 820mm x 660mm x 900mm, the product production and processing technology is composed of cutting, carving and washing, bending, welding, polishing, etc., the processing mode is relatively simple, no special technical requirements, high freedom of modeling.
Tags: Tiles, New Chinese style, Multifunctional, Leisure
Production Technology: Mainly made of metal copper materials, after cutting, carving, bending, welding, polishing and other processes. The edge part of the plate is wrapped in metal tube, which is the main connecting structure. The production process is simple and the production efficiency is high.
Design Challenge: The combination of ancient Chinese semantics and modern sense of metal copper material, so that history and modern sense of collision, and on the basis of structural innovation to ensure the comfort and functionality of products.
Research: This design takes Chinese furniture as the reference and tiles as the inspiration source. The overall design elements apply Chinese patterns and shapes, and the cold brown copper as the main material adds a smart modern sense to the strong and simple Chinese semantics. The surface is matched with brown leather cushion, which makes it more convenient to use products.
Inspiration: The inspiration of furniture pattern decoration is mainly from the roof tiles of childhood, which are overlapping and shining. As the core semantics of the design, it is integrated into the design, and the whole is simplified and sorted out. The shape of the chair comes from the Chinese Ming style arm-chair, with modern metal materials, simple and smart.
Project Duration: It will start in Shenyang in January 2023 and will be completed in Shenyang in February 2023.
Operation Flow: It is suitable for leisure and entertainment, sitting down or kneeling, whether reading or drinking tea or resting and playing is the right choice. The product material is mainly brown metal copper, the color is stable and atmospheric, it is easier to integrate into the space, and add color to the space design. Collocation leather cushion makes the furniture use more comfortable and convenient.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Zhang Wenyang
Wang Luqing
Zheng Xiaolei
Zhou Haoyuan