Sweet Candy Leisure Chair by Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu Wins the A' Design Award in Furniture Design

Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Sweet Candy Leisure Chair by Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu, designed for Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.

About the A' Design Award

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

More About Sweet Candy Leisure Chair

Sweet Candy is a series of leisure chairs inspired by the rounded shapes and bright colors of candies. The supporting frame is made of solid wood in its natural color, cut by numerical control machines and finished by hand grinding. The soft parts are sewn by hand from plush cloth and filled with sponge. The rounded form lets users sit with the feet hanging or the knees bent while reading, drinking tea or resting. The high saturation colors also allow the chairs to act as interior decoration. The chairs are assembled from parts, which eases transport.

Award Record

Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu is a winner of 28 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2021 - 2022 editions 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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/136888
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136888
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136888
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/180555

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Sweet Candy Leisure Chair
Function: Leisure Chair
Category: Furniture Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home
Colors: Dark Slate Gray, Dark Slate Blue, Slate Gray, Linen and Indian Red
Images: 5
Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

The Recognition

Laureate: Wei Jingye and Lu Xinyu
Country: China
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #136888

Credits

Team: Wei Jingye, Wang Yiqin, Lu Xinyu and Wang Ruilin

Design Details

Unique Properties: This group of furniture comes from the dazzling candies. By refining the high saturation color and mellow shape of candies, combined with the single support structure of home seats,.And it evolved into a colorful, playful and flexible seat form. The skeleton is made of solid wood, and the soft bag part is made of manual cloth sewing and sponge. The overall shape is round and bony, which meets the daily leisure use, and the bright color makes the indoor environment quite pleasant.
Inspiration: The design takes the dazzling and mouth watering candies in the window as the inspiration source. The candies refine the high saturation color and mellow and attractive appearance shape respectively. Supported by solid wood, they contrast with soft sponge and cloth. The shape is round and smooth, playful and flexible, and decorated with bright colors, which makes people feel like being in candies and give people a sense of fantasy, Add a touch of beautiful color to the room.
Research: The seat is designed with colored candies as the inspiration source, and strives to retain the warm and relaxed feeling of users when selecting a wide range of candies in front of the window. On the basis of retaining the round shape of candy, the colorful colors are extracted and applied to the design.
Challenge: Seek the organic combination between the hardness of solid wood and the softness of soft bags, 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.
Realization and 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 soft bag part is made of cloth with plush texture and bright color, which is sewn by manual cloth art and made by sponge filling process.
Operation and Interaction: 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, the soft cushion and backrest 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.
Project Duration and Location: The design had started in Shenyang in March 2021, completed in Shenyang in June 2021, and displayed in the museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang in June in 2021.
Specifications: 800mm x 750mm x 950mm, 640mm x 550mm x 800mm, The solid wood of the supporting structure is processed and formed by machine cutting and manual grinding. The soft package part adopts manual cloth art and sponge filling technology. It is assembled and formed, convenient for transportation and high modeling freedom.
Keywords: Color, Candy, Soft, Bionic modeling, leisure time