Accordio Pet House by Yongwook Seong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Competition Category.

BronzePet Care· 2021

Accordio Pet House

by Yongwook Seong

Client: Yongwook Seong

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Pet Care Category

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The Design

About Accordio Pet House

Accordio is a portable pet house made of silicone. The lightweight body folds like an accordion, so the house can be carried easily during outdoor activities and travel. The silicone surface is simple to clean. Pressing both sides compresses the house to one sixth of its full size. Eight reinforced magnetic frames provide structural stability and hold the collapsed form together, keeping the shape flat and compact. A fabric cushion fits inside the collapsed house for convenient transport.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Accordio Pet House is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Accordio Pet House is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Accordio Pet House splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: Slightly CoolSymmetry: AsymmetricBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Accordio is a design study about portable pet houses. The silicone pet house is light-weighted and collapsible as an accordion-like structure. It is easy to clean and carry during outdoor activities and travels.
Dimensions & Packaging: 714 mm (Height) x 593 mm (Length) x 705 mm (Depth)
*Sizes may vary.
Tags: Pet House, Collapsible Pet House, Accordion House
Production Technology: Accordio is made with silicone. Each magnetic frame (a total of 8) is reinforced for structural stability. Once collapsed, these frames adhere each other and keep it compact and portable.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was how to keep accordio in a flattened shape when it is collapsed. Several ways were explored such as snap buttons, strap and etc. Amongst them, magnetic frames were chosen to be an ideal solution as they could provide structural stability as well as visual clarity.
Research: Accordio is a design study about portable pet houses. The design explores the use of silicone for pet housing. The light-weighted and safe nature of silicone provides many potentials for a portable pet house.
Inspiration: Accordio was first inspired by my niece's silicone bowl plate. I was intrigued by its flexibility and portability. After some research, I found that silicone also has a fascinating collapsible feature, which was later adopted into a foldable house.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2020 in Calgary, Canada and finished in July 2020 in Banff, Canada.
Operation Flow: This silicone house can be compressed in a 1/6 size by pushing both sides. A fabric cushion can be conveniently fit into the collapsed form for portability.