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Shan Ni Receives the A' Design Award for Free Conversion Storage Rack in Furniture Design
Shan Ni recognized for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Free Conversion Storage Rack by Shan Ni, designed for by LAFA Industrial Design College, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Free Conversion Storage Rack
Free Conversion is a storage rack designed for narrow indoor spaces. The rack can stand on the floor or be fixed to a wall. Two-way tracks on both sides allow each storage basket to slide up and down, while transverse tracks allow the baskets to be pulled forward or pushed back. Baskets that are rarely used can be moved to the inner layer. The frame is made of metal, and the baskets are lined with linen that can be removed and cleaned. Colour marks on the front of each basket identify the stored items, such as toys, blankets and clothing.
About Shan Ni
As a graduate student in product design, Ni Shan is good at finding interesting things in everyday life that fascinate her. She is not good at expression, but she always has bold ideas, so she hopes to express her heart through design. In addition, she hopes to resonate with more people through design, and she hopes to make contributions to the society through design.
Award Record
Shan Ni is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions 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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
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/118867
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/118867
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!118867
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/269722
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Free Conversion Storage Rack
- Function
- Storage Rack
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- White, Gainsboro, Gray, Light Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- by LAFA Industrial Design College
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shan Ni
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #118867
Credits
- Team
- Weizhi Cao, Anzhen Zhang, Hong Cheng, Shuwen Zheng, Donglin Yang, Jiahui Li, Zihui Tang, Xiaoqian Gong and Jiahui Yan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a Free Conversion Storage Rack that can be fixed on the wall. The advantage of this design is different from other designs, users can drag each storage basket in the storage rack at will, and adjust the required storage basket at the appropriate height. And will use the temporary use of the storage basket moved to the inner layer. It is installed in narrow indoor space for storing toys, blankets, clothes, socks, etc., to save space and improve operational flexibility.
- Inspiration
- When storing clothes, users usually put them in order for use next time. However, stack a lot of receivable basket or receivable frame is too high, take goods difficult. Therefore, users not only need to take up less space, but also need to be orderly and fast to find and retrieve items. Taking the pulley as the initial inspiration, it further proposes the storage framework which can be converted from the four directions of upper, lower, front and rear, as the design motive of the project.
- Research
- In the early stage of product development, the quadrant method is used to analyze similar products of the existing Storage Rack, to study the advantages and limitations of the existing products, and to analyze the pain points of users. The designer thinks, the use of narrow space and flexible degree cannot become inversely proportional. Therefore, put forward the Storage Rack to be more convenient to put and occupy a small space as the design of the form of research points. The design by the project team members to participate in the design experiment, and finally to make effective results of the program.
- Challenge
- The challenge of designing this Free Conversion Storage Rack is to find out the practical, simple and convenient use mode and applicable structure that users really need according to their pain points in the early stage. Improve the fluency of the user's behavior in a small space, and increase the user's positive emotions and even fun through simple sliding and assembly operations.
- Realization and Technology
- This Free Conversion Storage Frame is mainly composed of metal frame, rail, metal basket frame, linen and other material components. The metal of rear end is worn can be fixed along the wall, after ensuring receiving articles, receiving the center of gravity that wears is smooth. The two sides of the receiving frame are equipped with two-way track, can slide up and down while, fixed point is provided with transverse track, can be dragged around the receiving basket. Linen is easy to remove and clean.
- Operation and Interaction
- First of all, in the process of use, the user can confirm the category of items by the color identification in front of the basket. When need not place article, all receive the position that the basket pushes and pulls to rely on a wall, reduce cover an area. Next, when the user needs to take when put article, can receive corresponding basket forward pull, when need a large number of clothings to be put, also can receive basket whole to draw out, wait for stack to install again after being put to finish. The high storage basket can be moved down to the appropriate height to take, the overall process is convenient and quick.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in September 2020 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, was completed in Shenyang in January 2021, and will be exhibited in February 2021.
- Specifications
- The static size of the Free Conversion Storage Frame is 550mm*440mm*2070mm, and the size of a single storage basket is 500mm*300mm*200mm.
- Keywords
- storage, sliding, free conversion, indoor, landing, suspension, combination
