Home Away from Home 家具系列 by Nio Life is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

鐵傢俱· 2022

Home Away from Home 家具系列

by Nio Life

Client: NIO Life

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Home Away from Home 家具系列

《Home Away from Home》係一個家具系列，包括圓凳、茶几凳同埋具備收納同照明功能嘅燈具。呢個系列選用汽車製造業剩餘嘅物料製成，例如剩餘嘅安全帶布料、安全氣囊布料、皮革同金屬邊角料，再配合Karuun籐木製成。呢盞燈可以擺放喺房間中央、餐桌上，或者陽台度。「Cotton Cloud」燈具仲配有皮革吊帶，方便懸掛擺放。圓凳提供三種尺寸同滾邊款式選擇，亦可以作為額外座位使用。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Home Away from Home 家具系列是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Home Away from Home 家具系列將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Home Away from Home 家具系列因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This furniture series such as end poufs, tea stools and lamps for both storage and lighting, is made of leftovers in automobile manufacturing. Following the NIO design approach, this series combines aesthetics, innovation and care altogether, creating a soft and comfortable atmosphere for the home.
Dimensions & Packaging: Multi dimensions
Production Technology: Pegasus waste: Nappa leather, Fly fabric and seatbelt in Vetiver Terracotta and Skyline colors. Waste of seat foams and textile backings. Made with recycled materials from airbag fabric of NIO, metal/leather leftovers, and Karuun wood.
Design Challenge: The challenge in innovation is how to convey the understanding of sustainability to users through NIO design in a unique style. The "Home Away from Home" Concept Furniture Series is exactly an exploration that Blue Sky Lab launches to pioneer future home lifestyles.
Research: At Auto Shanghai 2021, NIO Life displayed the Blue Sky Lab, a fashion project about auto recycling. Recycled leftovers in auto manufacturing are used to produce fashion collections with an exclusive logo of auto recycling, conveying the environmental protection through material recycling. NIO expects the Blue Sky Lab to create a pleasant and sustainable lifestyle for people. This series will also be a long-term one further collaborating with global designers and brands to launch new products.
Inspiration: Blue Sky Lab "Home away from home" concept furniture series is mainly made ofthree kinds of car-grade materials, namely surplus seat belt fabric, airbag material and Haptex leather in automobile manufacturing, creating fashionable collections through recycling.
Project Duration: The project was launched in December 2020, and debuted at Shanghai International Automobile Exhibition in April 2021.
Operation Flow: You can place the lamp in the middle of the room, on a dining table, or outside on the balcony. The leather band allows you to hang up the Cotton Cloud. The POUFF Collections comes in 3different sizes and trims and can be used as extra seating or to decorate an unused corner of any room.
Team Members: NIO
NIO Life