Beyond Hand Mirror by Dajeong Jang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design Competition Category.

IronCosmetic Product· 2021

Beyond Hand Mirror

by Dajeong Jang

A' Design Award Winner in Cosmetic Product Category

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The Design

About Beyond Hand Mirror

Beyond is a hand mirror inspired by the wing mirror of a car. A wing mirror helps a driver to see areas beyond normal vision, and Beyond carries the phrase You are more than you appear on the mirror surface. The phrase invites people to consider their inner beauty beyond their appearance. The body is made of ash wood with a soap finish, and the mirror is an acrylic sheet shaped by laser cutting and marked with text. The rounded back gives a gentle feel in the hand, and the mirror is set slightly inside the wooden rim for protection when the mirror is placed face down.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Beyond Hand Mirror is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Beyond Hand Mirror is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Beyond Hand Mirror is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: Left and Right

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is a hand mirror inspired by a wing mirror. Like a phrase on the wing mirror 'Objects in mirror are closer than they appear', a phrase 'You are more than you appear' is marked on the surface of the mirror. It takes people to think about their own beauty inside beyond their appearance. With a generous volume shape on the back, it gives a gentle feeling when they are in hand. The mirror is placed slightly inside so it is protected by a wood rim when it is turned over.
Dimensions & Packaging: 96 × 69 x 25 mm
Tags: Hand mirror, Mirror, Ash, Object, Design, Industrial Design
Production Technology: It consists of two parts. The wood part is ashwood with a soap finish and the mirror part is an acrylic mirror with laser cutting and text marking.
Design Challenge: It was challenging to create a simple and concise phrase transition from the original one while keeping its essence. It also took a long journey to find a satisfactory volume shape in both situations when gripped by hand and placed on the table. After all, those challenges allowed me to go further than I expected.
Research: As this hand mirror is linked to the wing mirror of the car, I tried to find the most general characteristic of the wing mirror. Afterward, the shape was refined through the iteration of sketches and model making.
Inspiration: One time I got into a car, a wing mirror caught my eye. It helps the driver to see areas beyond the driver’s peripheral vision. I wondered what if a hand mirror also can reflect beyond our appearance.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Seoul.
Operation Flow: The ash wood gives natural warmth and lightweight on hand with shock resisting density and hardness.
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