Wowo 多功能座椅 by Wei Jingye / 魏靖野 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銅傢俱· 2024

Wowo 多功能座椅

by Wei Jingye / 魏靖野

Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Wowo 多功能座椅

WOWO係一系列適合有人同寵物嘅家庭使用嘅多功能座椅家具。圓潤嘅造型源自小朋友講「wowo」呢個詞語時口部嘅形狀。高飽和度嘅色彩配合鏤空結構,令座椅充滿童趣同靈活嘅個性。支撐部分採用原色實木製作,經機器切割同人手打磨完成。主體部分採用3D打印技術同磁吸組裝結構,方便運輸搬動。呢款座椅適合閱讀、飲茶同休息之用。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Wowo 多功能座椅是 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Wowo 多功能座椅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。Wowo 多功能座椅出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This group of furniture comes from the mouth shape when children say wowo. By refining the high saturation color and mellow shape, combined with a special hollow structure，it evolved into a colorful, playful and flexible seat form. The support part of this group of furniture is made of solid wood, and the main part uses 3D-printing technology and magnetic assembly structure.
Dimensions & Packaging: 800 mm x 750 mm x 950 mm, 640 mm x 550 mm x 800 mm, The solid wood of the supporting structure is processed and formed by machine cutting and manual grinding. The main part uses 3D-printing technology and magnetic assembly structure. It is assembled and formed, convenient for transportation and high modeling freedom.
Tags: Color, Children, Multipurpose, Pet friendly, Leisure time
Production Technology: The supporting structure of the product is made of solid wood in primary color, which adopts modern numerical control technology and is formed by machine cutting and manual grinding. The main part uses 3D-printing technology and magnetic assembly structure.
Design Challenge: Seeking a balance between humans and pets in furniture usage, increase the sense of strength of products when looking for round and lovely shapes, and control the use of colors when matching beautiful colors, so as to make them warm, lovely and not messy.
Research: This research starts from the multi-function of furniture. Seeking a balance between humans and pets in furniture usage. Suitable for families with pets, especially those with cats, to create a lively and warm family atmosphere.
Inspiration: The design takes product semantics of elliptic as the inspiration source. By refining the high saturation color and mellow shape, it evolved into a colorful, playful and flexible seat form. This group of furniture is round and childlike innocence, which achieves good interaction between people and pets, and the bright color makes the indoor environment quite pleasant.
Project Duration: The design had started in Shenyang in January 2023, completed in Shenyang in June 2023, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2023.
Operation Flow: It is suitable for leisure and entertainment. It can sit with feet hanging or knees bent. Whether it is reading, drinking tea or rest and play, this design bring users a sense of safety and comfort. At the same time, the round shape and beautiful colors can also be used for interior decoration.
Team Members: Wei Jingye
Song Kexin
Zheng Xiaolei
Zhou Haoyuan