Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Pataya Series Study Furniture by Yuan Liang
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yuan Liang for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Pataya Series Study Furniture by Yuan Liang, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Pataya Series Study Furniture
Pataya is a series of study furniture that includes a desk, a chair, bookshelves and storage racks. The series combines frosted metal round tubes with natural rattan mesh to create a modern bohemian style. The metal tubes are cut into sections and joined by a tube shrinking process, so the frames can be assembled quickly and packed flat. Natural rattan mesh is set into the drawer fronts and cabinet doors as decoration. The chair is upholstered in off-white PU leather for comfort. The open racks and the corner shelf provide storage and display space.
About Yuan Liang
China's emerging furniture designer-Ren Yu, he is an interesting furniture designer, loves life, and has always been passionate about new things. For Ren Yu, design is not an empty concept, let alone a popular element. It is an insight into rooted life. Expressing his own thinking through design; for design, in addition to form and function, he seeks the beauty of the text of the product, trying to create a dialogue with the user through the product.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yuan Liang a winner of 41 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2024 - 2025 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/164642
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/164642
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!164642
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/294475
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Pataya Series Study Furniture
- Function
- Study Furniture
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Tan, Wheat and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yuan Liang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #164642
Credits
- Team
- Jingyi Zhang, Yu Ren, Guoyu Wang, Juan Wang and Tianfeng Jiang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Pataya study furniture series includes desks, chairs, bookshelves, etc. The main feature is to create a modern Bohemian-style study by combining metal frames with natural rattan materials. The natural rattan elements not only add unique texture decoration to the furniture but also bring a warm and natural atmosphere to the dull study space. The project team innovatively uses modern metal materials and natural rattan materials, whether in the selection of materials or in the design of structure and shape, to create a study environment full of personality and order.
- Inspiration
- The design inspiration of the Pataya furniture series stems from the desire to integrate nature with modern life.The innovative use of metal and rattan materials is also an expression of an attitude towards life.The metal frame enables quick structural installation of the product, achieving flat packaging,and maintaining a simple and clean appearance. It allows users to not only experience the convenience and efficiency of modern life in the study, but also have close contact with nature.
- Research
- According to the trend research, the overall trend of the bohemian style is in a slow growth. This study focuses on the modern bohemian style study furniture combining metal with natural rattan weaving. Through in-depth analysis and practice, a unique design path has been explored. The metal frame provides a stable structure and a modern texture, while the natural rattan weaving gives a sense of nature and warmth. In terms of color matching, soft neutral colors are mainly used to create a comfortable atmosphere. It opens up a new direction for the design of study furniture to meet people's pursuit of personalized and high-quality study spaces.
- Challenge
- The main challenge faced by the Pataya series of products is to meet users' demands for Bohemian style home decoration and expectations for modern lifestyles. The Pataya series of products adopt a combination of metal materials and natural rattan materials. Metal pipes are cut into sections to meet the requirements of small-sized flat packaging. The style and functional design takes into account the needs of display and storage to meet users flexible application of study furniture.
- Realization and Technology
- The Pataya series products select frosted-textured metal round tubes to make the supporting frame. The metal round tubes are cut into sections and connected using the tube shrinking process. The drawer fronts and cabinet doors are embedded with natural rattan mesh surfaces as decoration. The fabric of the soft package of the study chair is made of off-white PU leather to enhance the comfort of the product.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Pataya series is crafting a modern Bohemian-style collection of study furniture, offering a contemporary office experience. Aesthetics and storage functions coexist harmoniously. The desk featuring simple lines and the matching study chair are ergonomically designed, with their height and sitting sensation meticulously crafted to maintain a natural and comfortable posture during work. The designs of the corner shelf and the open five-layer storage rack furnish storage and display areas. You can freely arrange the items on each layer in accordance with your personal preferences to create a personalized space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project commenced in Shenzhen in June 2023 and concluded in Shenzhen in May 2024.
- Specifications
- Desk：135* 55 *75 cm study chair：44*44*80cm Storage rack with cabinet doors：40*30*175cm, 60*30*175cm Storage rack with drawers：40*30*175cm, 60*30*175cm Open five-layer storage rack:157*24*161cm Corner shelf：34*34*157cm
- Keywords
- Bohemian style, Metal frame, Natural weaving, Study furniture
