Butterfly 椅子 by Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.
銅傢俱· 2021
Butterfly 椅子
Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category
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About Butterfly 椅子
蝴蝶係一張以蝴蝶形態為靈感嘅椅子。設計師擷取咗蝶翼嘅弧線,並將之發展成椅座、靠背同椅腳嘅造型。靠背同座面沿住蝶翼嘅動態分成兩部分。呢張椅子採用高速鋼製造,以3D打印技術一體成形,賦予咗良好嘅強度同金屬光澤。結構穩固,造型同結構融合得恰到好處。呢張椅子可用嚟休息、閱讀同裝飾。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅獎
Butterfly 椅子是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Butterfly 椅子將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Butterfly 椅子出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。
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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