Bronze A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Goes to The Stroke Typographic Coffee Mug by Yiannis Ghikas

Yiannis Ghikas recognized for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Stroke Typographic Coffee Mug by Yiannis Ghikas, designed for Letteres, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category. The recognition forms part of 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 scored 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 The Stroke Typographic Coffee Mug

Crafted from fine white porcelain and designed under the golden ratio principle, the typo mug reveals a typographic symbol of celestial importance with every sip you take. This mug is part of a series of decorative and functional objects which embody highly artistic practices with subtle yet distinct details and a hint of type. Set in Parachute Typefoundry's Centro typeface, this typo mug provides a deep soulful spirit with an eclectic mix of type, industrial design, and long experimentation. An homage to humanity's universal need for connectivity, unity, and peace.

About Yiannis Ghikas

Parachute® is an experimental space, a typographic playground expressed in a design studio, showroom and concept store under one roof with its creative hub Typeroom®. A place to experiment, play and create. Parachute's team is a small visionary group of type designers, graphic designers, font engineers and copywriters who have effectively collaborated with leading international organizations to incorporate complex custom type design into their brand’s strategic plan and convey their message in style.

Award Record

With this recognition, Yiannis Ghikas is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award

The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Typical entries include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. The awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/kitchenware

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/147815
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147815
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147815
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/341505
Further Information from the Laureate: https://letteres.com

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: The Stroke Typographic Coffee Mug
Function: Typographic Coffee Mug
Category: Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
Colors: Dim Gray, Black, Silver, Dark Gray and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Letteres

The Recognition

Laureate: Yiannis Ghikas
Country: Greece
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #147815

Credits

Team: Panos Vassiliou
Image Credits: Images and Video by: Math Studio

Design Details

Unique Properties: This is an extra fine porcelain product designed under the golden ratio principle to provide aesthetics and functionality that adhere to strict mathematical laws as well as a hands-on balanced experience. From the proportions of nautilus shells through tree leaves, pine cone seeds or sunflower spirals to the work of trailblazing artists like Le Corbusier and Salvador Dali, the golden ratio conquered the world of aesthetics as a proportion by default pleasing to the eye. This mug is a typographic object of desire and one that introduces its owner to a symbol of celestial importance across the passage of time, implementing a unique stroke that terminates with a sharp slit into the porcelain.
Inspiration: The 'sine qua non’ of digital living thanks to e-mail addresses and social media handles, the at symbol has been proclaimed by Moma as “the defining symbol of the computer age”. This coffee mug provides a deep soulful spirit with an eclectic mix of type, industrial design, and long experimentation. An homage to humanity’s universal need for connectivity, unity, and peace, whilst blessed by the Golden Ratio principle.
Realization and Technology: Made with extra fine white porcelain. Matte on the outside, glossy on the inside. Letteres (the brand name of these products) signature logo silkscreen printed in silver on the inner side. This mug is delivered inside its own custom box, which is made out of recycled brown, white and black paper. The package includes a booklet with full description, historical references, production process and specifications.
Operation and Interaction: Charmingly moulded at the bottom of this premier product, The at symbol offers an excellent excuse to kickstart discussion, a means to address one another with the mug at hand as you lift it up and slowly sip your drink. What are you looking at?
Project Duration and Location: Project duration: Two years Location: Athens, Greece
Specifications: Capacity:325 ml Packaging: H:12 x W:8 x D:8 (cm) Packaged weight: 350 g Weight: 210 g Dimensions: H 10.0cm (Diameter 8.0cm) Suitable for use with hot/cold drinks. Microwave safe. Dishwasher safe.
Keywords: mug, typography, type, porcelain, golden ratio, at symbol, typographic