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A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Fusion Folding Chair by Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue
Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue recognized for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 15, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for Fusion Folding Chair by Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue, designed for Hunan University of Engineering. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Fusion Folding Chair
Fusion is a folding chair designed for home use. The design combines the form of a traditional Chinese armchair with the compact structure of a modern folding chair. The legs are made of black walnut, while the armrest area and the seat surface are made of yellow walnut. Curved parts are steam bent and shaped in moulds, and the metal backrest supports and gears are cast, ground and machined. The chair measures 780 by 490 by 490 millimetres. The folding parts are placed on the inner legs, so the chair remains elegant when stowed.
About Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue
在湖南理工学院设计与艺术学院的产品设计专业，有一支充满激情和创造力的设计团队。他们来自不同的地区，拥有自己精湛的技能。我相信他们的设计不仅是对美的追求，也是解决问题的方法。 这支团队秉承着对设计的热情和执着，不断探索前进。
Award Record
With this recognition, Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/158866
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158866
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158866
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/343071
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.hnie.edu.cn/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Fusion Folding Chair
- Function
- Folding Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Dark Gray, Gray, Rosy Brown and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Hunan University of Engineering
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai and Longfei Yue
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158866
Credits
- Team
- Mengke Yuan, Siqi Cai, Longfei Yue, Fangui Zeng and Xingye Wang
- Image Credits
- Hunan University of Engineering
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- With the popularity and development of major designs, people are becoming less and less familiar with ancient art. We aim to integrate classic aesthetics into minimalist modern design, provide a fusion of classical and modern, and build a unique Art style. Promote more people to realize the charm of classic aesthetics and explore the collision of classic flavor and modern creativity.
- Inspiration
- Combining tradition with the new era is an important development trend in modern design. In order to integrate traditional elements into fast and convenient modern life, we mainly combine the unique Chinese style chairs with portable folding dining chairs. The structure of the chair is combined with the grand appearance of the Chinese chair, colliding the essence of tradition with modern multiculturalism, showing infinite creativity and charm, in order to achieve the purpose of adding retro traditional meaning to the new modern design.
- Research
- Folding chairs are very common in daily life. They are easy to use, light in weight and save space. We hope to break this inherent impression and extract the elements of the traditional Chinese high chair to create a new design for the folding chair. On the basis of the original convenience of use, we add an elegant appearance, which not only retains the original convenience of the folding chair, but also It embodies a different antique design beauty.
- Challenge
- In order to create this chair, we continued to extract traditional Chinese elements from the folding chair and explored the possibility of combining each element with a folding chair. And in order to break people's inherent impression of folding chairs, its texture is constantly shaped through the fusion of metal and wood, which highlights the texture that is different from ordinary folding chairs. At the same time, in order to make the folding chair still look overall beautiful in the stowed state, the folding parts are concentrated on the inner legs, while the outer legs are responsible for supporting the chair surface, ensuring the ornamental appearance even in the stowed state.
- Realization and Technology
- The chair legs are made of black walnut, and the armrest area and seat surface are made of yellow walnut. The parts that need to be bent to form a curved surface are steam-bent. After softening, a mold is used to shape the wood. The backrest metal and supports are cast and carefully ground, and the metal gears are machined.
- Operation and Interaction
- Part of the process of opening a folding chair retains the convenience of existing folding chairs. First, fix the position of the rear chair legs (outer leg), press the seat down from the front (facing the chair) or push forward from the back. When the seat surface is unfolded, the front legs are opened simultaneously. After reaching the sitting angle, the seat surface will be fixed by the metal structure of the rear legs. The backrest and chair ring armrests will also stretch as the seat surface and front legs are unfolded. When it reaches the bulge behind the seat, the backrest will be fixed by the magnetic buckle, and the folding chair will unfold.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project will start in Xiangtan in November 2023 and be completed in Zhengzhou in February 2024
- Specifications
- The chair is 780mm×490mm×490mm, and the seat surface is 380mm×365mm.
- Keywords
- Folding chairs, chairs, Ming and Qing furniture, product design, furniture design
