Press Release
Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Butterfly Chair in Furniture Design
Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin recognized for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Butterfly Chair by Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin, designed for Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Butterfly Chair
Butterfly is a chair inspired by the shape of a butterfly. The curved lines of the wings were extracted and developed into the form of the seat, the backrest and the legs. The backrest and the seat surface are divided into two parts, following the movement of the wings. The chair is made of high-speed steel and is shaped as a single piece by 3D printing, which gives good strength and a metallic luster. The structure is stable, and the shape and the structure are well integrated. The chair can be used for rest, reading and decoration.
Award Record
Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin is a winner of 20 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/117868
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117868
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117868
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/180555
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Butterfly Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Jingye and Wang Yiqin
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #117868
Credits
- Team
- Wei Jingye, Wang Yiqin, Li Fengze, Lu Xinyu, Xin Xu and Zou Liyang
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- Project Duration and Location
- It will start in Shenyang in January 2021 and will be completed in Shenyang in February 2021.
- Specifications
- 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.
- Keywords
- Shoulder blade, high-speed steel, organic form, bionic modeling, 3D printing
