Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to Phantom Chair by Jun Wang
Jun Wang 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/ Phantom Chair by Jun Wang 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 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 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 Phantom Chair
Phantom is a modular chair system made of transparent high-strength glass. Single chairs, multi-person seating, side tables and tables can be assembled from a small set of components. The gradient colours of the glass give each piece a bright and dreamlike appearance. The design combines minimal forms with a sculptural character. The high-strength glass meets load-bearing standards, so decorative objects and daily items can be placed on the tables and seats. Phantom suits both interior and exterior spaces and serves as furniture and as decoration.
Award Record
This recognition makes Jun Wang a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2022 - 2023 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/147375
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147375
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147375
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/242053
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Phantom Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Silver, Light Gray, Gray, Gainsboro and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jun Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147375
Credits
- Team
- Junying Liu, Guodong Yan, Rongyu Du, Yining Xu and Guofeng Hu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Phantom Chair creates scenes that meet different furniture needs, single and multi-person chairs, sidetables and tables can be easily assembled by using some components of transparent high-strength glasswith unlimited flexibility, while the transparent glass with gradient colors creates furniture where aestheticsand usability coexist both suit for interior and exterior spaces.
- Inspiration
- The Phantom Chair features a futuristic design that combines Bauhaus-style minimalism with avant-garde elements. By integrating transparent glass with seating, it creates an exaggerated yet practical product. All of its products are crafted using gradient glass techniques, giving them a dreamy and surreal appearance. It can be used in combination with side tables or as a standalone sofa.
- Research
- in the process of processing, it pays attention to reflect the unigue surface texture of each product. lt is a pieceof home furnishing and an artistic decoration with unigue charm in the space, which adds vitality to the user'sindoor space.
- Challenge
- The high-strength glass material ensures that each piece of furniture can meet the load-bearing standards and users can freely place their own decorative items and daily necessities on the side tables and chairs.
- Realization and Technology
- This combination of beautiful colors and glass workmanship creates a product with high aesthetics and is suitable for most scenes, with high flexibility of different side tables and sofa chairs. Transparent and flawless materials with lively colors provide unlimited fun for personalized home life.
- Operation and Interaction
- The phantom chair creates a dynamic and designed space environment to meet the needs of most interior designs. The transparent gradient glass provides bright colors for the space. Every piece of furniture is an art decoration even if it is a product.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in China in May 2021 and ended in China in September 2021.
- Keywords
- chair, glass chair,coffee table, recliner, lounge chair
