Press Release
Ivan Lopez Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Cabulero Mini Monsters Art Toy in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Ivan Lopez acknowledged for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Cabulero Mini Monsters Art Toy by Ivan Lopez, designed for Iván López S., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 Cabulero Mini Monsters Art Toy
Cabulero Mini Monsters is a series of handmade art toys conceived as amulets linked to good fortune. Each figure is modeled by hand in modeling paste and finished in detail with acrylic paint. Silicone molds can be made to reproduce the figures in resin when a small series is required. The pieces measure 55 mm in width, 70 mm in depth and 70 mm in height. The figures have no joints and are delicate collectible objects produced in limited numbers. The project was developed in Quito, Ecuador, to offer original art toys in a local market where such collectible pieces were absent.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ivan Lopez is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award
The A' Toy Design Award is an international toy design competition recognizing good toy designs by best toy designers, manufacturers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to toy designers, game studios, industrial designers and hobby product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. The awarded toy designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/toy
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://designers.org/107452
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107452
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107452
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/280732
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://cutt.ly/5sxorpD
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cabulero Mini Monsters Art Toy
- Function
- Art Toy
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Gold, Saddle Brown, Goldenrod, Yellow and Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Iván López S.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ivan Lopez
- Country
- Ecuador
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107452
Credits
- Team
- Mario Tumipamba
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Cabulero Mini Monsters are amulets, attractive original figures and novelties, to give to whoever you want and in any commitment, they bring good fortune. So if you want a little magic spark (not miraculous either) in your life. Welcome! ... and remember the saying: "Luck is crazy and it's up to anyone"
- Inspiration
- All of us, whether or not we believe in luck, will have done something to make it happen to us. And in that voracious search for love, wealth, prosperity, ... happiness! We inevitably consult popular wisdom. Tips like getting a rabbit's foot, a clover and even a dead bone as my grandmother would say, could possibly help our purpose. And were you told that there are more effective and less scandalous amulets? ... since it would interest you.
- Research
- For the development of Cabulero Mini Monsters, the research starts with the need to create non-existent pieces in the local market. The only thing similar to an Art Toy is the crafts identified in various towns in different regions of Ecuador. Our goal is to create unique and exclusive Art Toys to open a collecting market in the country. Our research methodology was based on the observation of these crafts on various trips within the country for the compilation of references and information for the elaboration of Cabuleros. In addition to a long list of references from international artists who inspired creation.
- Challenge
- The most difficult part of the project was the search for materials to model and paint, since in the country it is very difficult to find specific and necessary art materials for the creation of Cabulero Mini Monsters, along with the non-existent market for the reproduction of toys of any type So the only way to create a series of various pieces is by hand with some art and some construction materials such as resins.
- Realization and Technology
- Cabulero Mini Monsters are amulet figures, made by hand with modeling paste and later if you want to create a series you can make silicone molds for reproduction in resin. For its finishes (in detail, as it should be) they are made by hand with acrylic paint. Therefore, it is friendly to the environment and of quality... Ah! and of course they are made in Ecuador.
- Operation and Interaction
- These are Art Toys created from a simple modeling paste. They are collectible pieces of low stock because they are handmade pieces, they do not have joints, their care must be important because they are delicate items.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Cabulero Mini Monsters Project began in March 2014 in Quito - Ecuador and ended in June 2014 (the first series of Art Toys). The 50 pieces made were sold.
- Specifications
- width 55 mm, depth 70 mm, height 70 mm
- Keywords
- Cabulero, Monsters, Aart Toy, Toy, Lucky, charms, amuleto, Ecuador
