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Tiger Pan Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Solar Media Package Reuse Solution in Packaging Design
Tiger Pan of Tigerpan Design Lab. honored for packaging 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 confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Solar Media Package Reuse Solution by Tiger Pan of Tigerpan Design Lab., designed for Shenzhen Power-solution Technology Co., Ltd.. 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Solar Media Package Reuse Solution
Solar Media is a reusable package created for solar powered lighting products sold in areas without electricity. The package is made of corrugated paper with simple printing. Every part of the pack is designed for a second use once the product is unpacked. The paper partition inside the box can be folded into a coat hanger. The box itself serves as a drawer. Six boxes and the outer transport carton can be combined into a wardrobe, a cupboard or another storage unit. The added function does not raise the production cost.
About Tiger Pan
Tiger Pan, renowned designer and founder of Tiger Pan Design Lab, currently serves as the Jury President for D&AD 2024 in Packaging Design. He is also a contracted artist for the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), a collaborative artist with the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), a partner artist with the Liechtenstein Postal Service, and a co-branded artist with BVLGARI. Additionally, he holds the role of Vice Chairman of the Shenzhen Illustration Association and serves as a guest professor at 18 prestigious design academies across China. Over the past 28 years, Tiger Pan has been deeply engaged in product and packaging design research and practice.
Award Record
With this recognition, Tiger Pan of Tigerpan Design Lab. is a winner of 21 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging
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/123931
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/123931
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!123931
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/187530
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.tigerpan.com/case/show/29.html
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Solar Media Package Reuse Solution
- Function
- Package Reuse Solution
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Chocolate, Black, Saddle Brown, Tomato and Firebrick
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shenzhen Power-solution Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tiger Pan
- Country
- China
- Brand
- Tigerpan Design Lab.
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #123931
Credits
- Team
- Tiger Pan, Yuxuan He, Zhangkun Xie and Lei Peng
- Image Credits
- No 1: Tiger Pan, Yuxuan He, Yuling Zhu, Lei Peng No 2: Tiger Pan, Yuxuan He, Yuling Zhu, Lei Peng No 3: Tiger Pan, Yuxuan He, Yuling Zhu, Lei Peng No 4: Tiger Pan, Yuxuan He, Yuling Zhu, Lei Peng No 5: Tiger Pan, Yuxuan He, Yuling Zhu, Lei Peng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- SolarMedia is a project of solar-energized lighting facilities, serving Africa and other underdeveloped areas with no electricity. The key to enable packaging of all sizes to be reused when the product is consumed. Inside the box, the section corrugated paper can be easily folded into clothes-hangers. The box itself is used as a drawer. The outer pack with 6 boxes turns into durable wardrobes, cupboards or any storage space.
- Inspiration
- The target consumers are BOP populations in 3rd world countries without electricity. The package box can be reused functionally without increased cost. The small boxes inside becomes a drawer; the corrugated paper compartment becomes a hanger by simple folding; and the outer box for transport turns into a wardrobe, combined with the 6 boxes, it also becomes a drawer chest.
- Research
- By the end of 2020, the global population without electricity is still over 800 million, a large ratio occupied by Africa and India. In these areas, infections caused by kerosene lamp lighting kill more than 5.3 million people yearly. The cost of lighting for a family exceeds 45USD per year, adding fuel to the fire. Yet, various diseases caused by the low sanitary conditions are countless.
- Challenge
- Targeted at the global BOP population, its profit margin is low, but it hopes to solve the survival problem of the poor. Not only it provides solar lighting, reduces costs and diseases caused by the use of kerosene lamps and candles; the product's media can deliver epidemic prevention knowledge and other survival skills. Design wise, it's utilized to be recyclable and long term usage at a budget.
- Realization and Technology
- Corrugated Paper and simple print.
- Operation and Interaction
- The standpoint of the thinking, is to make full use of all material used to pack. Unpacking the parcel, users will find the container and the package useful, instead of wasteful. the corrugated paper for partition inside the box, with simple folding, will turn into a coat hanger. Transportation fulfilled, the outer box will naturally be used as a drawer. Every 6 boxes can be fold easily into a wardrobe or a cupboard, or to store anything.
- Project Duration and Location
- The products produced in Mainland China, launched at 2020.5.1 and sales in Africa, India and other poverty area around the world.
- Specifications
- Product Package: 258(L)*355(H)*85(W); Logistic Box: 362(L)*527(H)*140(W) ; Package produce cost: 1USD; Product retai price: 70USD.
- Keywords
- Solar Energy, Solar Media, Packaging Reuse, Recycling Package
