Triad
Triad Stool by Mingbo Hou and Ruoyou Zhou is a winner of the 2025 Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design.
Triad is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs.
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Triad is a stool designed with triangular geometry to provide stability while optimizing space. Made from bent and welded metal sheets, it has a durable structure and a slightly concave seat for comfort. Its light form allows for easy movement, making it suitable for different places. With no assembly required, Triad is designed for use in homes, cafes, and shared spaces. Its geometric design ensures material efficiency while keeping a practical approach to seating.
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Triad by Mingbo Hou and Ruoyou Zhou
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Furniture Design Award Winner in 2025.
Silver Winner
Triad Stool
Triad is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Triad is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Triad is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparkles amazement and wonderment.
Winner Designer
Mingbo Hou and Ruoyou Zhou
Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou is a design studio formed by two graduate students based in Okinawa, Japan. Inspired by the natural environment and everyday life of Okinawa, the studio explores furniture that blends culture, function, and quiet beauty. Through hands-on research and field practice, they seek forms that resonate gently with both people and place. Their work searches for new expressions rooted in nature, tradition, and the rhythms of daily living.
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Mingbo Hou and Ruoyou Zhou
Mingbo Hou and Ruoyou Zhou is a studio founded by two product designers, dedicated to the seamless integration of innovation and functionality. Leveraging their design expertise and interdisciplinary knowledge, Mingbo Hou and Ruoyou Zhou provide end-to-end design solutions, from concept to finished product. Their portfolio spans a diverse range of fields, including home goods, electronic devices, and fashion accessories, with a strong emphasis on user experience and sustainability. Whether working with startups or established brands, MINGBO HOU & RUOYOU ZHOU crafts tailored, market-competitive product designs that resonate with clients and consumers alike.
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