Press Release
Sofan Folding Table by Qi An Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Qi An recognized for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Sofan Folding Table by Qi An, designed for Graduate School of Techno Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
More About Sofan Folding Table
By combining user culture and behavior, the traditional Soban's functional and aesthetic elements are redesigned to fit the modern life culture, and new materials and technologies are used to develop and produce the products. By conforming to the changes in people's behavioral characteristics in different periods, furniture that lasts for a long time is timeless and can also realize the sustainable development of furniture design and use.
About Qi An
Qi An is a doctoral candidate in spatial furniture design at TED Graduate School of Lifestyle Studies, Kookmin University, Korea. In 2020, he received a double master's degree in interior architecture and product design from Ecole Camondo, France. He has participated in the Beijing high-level talent training program and won national and international awards such as MadeCuleture Award International Design Competition, Jinpu Cup, National Packaging Design Competition, and National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.
Award Record
Qi An is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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. The competition 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. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
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/146543
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/146543
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!146543
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/306628
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sofan Folding Table
- Function
- Folding Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Maroon, Saddle Brown, Black and White
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Graduate School of Techno Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Qi An
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #146543
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer (An Qi / designer); Photographer (An Qi / designer) Video Credits： Editor（Zhang Jianrui/ Editor）
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- By extending the structure of the traditional Chinese fan, the new tray is formed. The Soban can be rolled up for storage, which greatly increases the mobility of the small plate. The part of the table top can be created in different styles according to different materials. With different woods of table legs, it forms a variety of combinations of traditional and modern co-existence and has unlimited development possibilities.
- Inspiration
- With the changing dwelling lifestyle, the typical sitting culture furniture, such as Soban, is still frequently used in contemporary life. Furniture has always been a medium to showcase the human way of life, and we can understand that era's culture and social structure through furniture. The Soban has changed from a necessity with a transport and dining table function to auxiliary furniture in contemporary life. Therefore, the design of modern Soban needs to be reconsidered the culture and behavior of the users so that it can meet the modern lifestyle.
- Research
- By observing the life of Chinese residents in Beijing, we analyzed the living environment of Chinese people based on Noldus software, and after understanding the habits and daily needs of Chinese people, we studied the behavior of space, time, and users. It is found that mobility and portable furniture are the new needs of people, so the design of this furniture is proposed
- Challenge
- Through the analysis of the user's needs, the high repetition of user behavior resulting in the repetition of movement lines, as well as user storage problems and other furniture use characteristics , proposed to achieve the function of nomadic furniture through the Furniture Design Using Pattern. At the same time, combined with the design theory, the structure, function, and use form of the table are designed. Through several derivations, the size and structure of the “sofan” were finally determined.
- Realization and Technology
- The table body material is made of toon wood, and the parts of the table top are separated by cnc cutting technology, and the different parts are linked by steel pipes inside.
- Operation and Interaction
- By folding the table, it is possible to achieve convenient storage of the table. The table can be used both indoors and outdoors depending on the variety of materials.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2022 and finished in September 2022 in Seoul
- Specifications
- Width 500mm * Depth 500mm * Height 260mm
- Keywords
- Folding Table, Living Furniture, Nomadic Furniture
