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Zhao Yutong Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Saturn Cat Bed in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
Zhao Yutong honored for pet care, toys, supplies and products for animals design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Saturn Cat Bed by Zhao Yutong, designed for Beijing Yeak Tech Co. Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 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.
More About Saturn Cat Bed
Saturn is a cat bed shaped as a rounded wooden pet house for modern homes. The form is built from triangular pieces of surplus wood, assembled in the manner of a football, so that offcuts from furniture production are reused and material waste is reduced. A large opening allows the cat to enter, while two smaller holes on the sides let the owner interact with the pet. The interior is finished with dark paint to create a calm and comfortable space. Saturn measures 480 by 409 millimetres.
About Zhao Yutong
Beijing Yeak, established in Beijing in 2022, specializes in space design and excels in dealing with the relationship and integration among space, people and materials. The company, integrating such multi-scale design concepts as architecture, interior and furniture, is committed to exploring the boundaries of design, promoting actively spatial experiments and design innovation in practice.
Award Record
With this recognition, Zhao Yutong is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Award
The A' Pet Care Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good pet supplies, toys and product designs by designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to pet care designers, animal toy designers, pet supply manufacturers and pet care brands from all countries. Entries typically include pet food, pet apparel, pet beds, feeding bowls, litter boxes and pet carriers. Awarded pet supply designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/pet-care
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/133583
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/133583
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!133583
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/322067
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Saturn Cat Bed
- Function
- Cat Bed
- Category
- Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Beijing Yeak Tech Co. Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhao Yutong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #133583
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Saturn is a pet house with a modern style. Making full use of surplus materials of modern wood processing, this product reduces material waste and adheres to the maxim of sustainability. Moreover, it integrates elegance and utilization for a stunning view of modern home space.
- Inspiration
- The design team is inspired by the surplus materials during the production of modern furniture, which is premium in quality but cannot be reused for its sizes. Thus, they refer to the football and assemble the wood into a regular round shape.
- Research
- The study shows that pet housewares are a hit in the household industry. Saturn can perfectly blend in with the modern household decoration, which caters for the nature of cats and uses quality wood material for security and comfort during usage.
- Challenge
- The challenge lies in how to create a cozy environment for cats. Saturn is designed with two holes on either side for better interaction between the pet and its owner. In addition, based on the nature of pets, this product employs dark painting for a comfortable living space.
- Realization and Technology
- In terms of processing techniques, we imitate the way how the footballs are assembled, i.e. using triangles to assemble a round shape. This technique helps us make full use of and reprocess the surplus materials, thus reducing the waste during processing.
- Operation and Interaction
- The cat can enter the pet house through the large hole, while the owner can interact with the cat via the holes on either side.
- Project Duration and Location
- Started in March 2021 in Beijing, this product was finished in November 2021 in Henan Province and was exhibited in Caochangdi Art District, Beijing.
