Press Release
Chenchen Fan Receives the A' Design Award for Chefbox Multifunctional Cooker in Home Appliances Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Chenchen Fan for home appliances design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category for Chefbox Multifunctional Cooker by Chenchen Fan. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Chefbox Multifunctional Cooker
Chefbox is a versatile appliance that combines a pressure cooker and a pizza oven with smart pressure cooking technology for consistent high-quality cooking results. Its hybrid heating system produces perfect pizzas and replaces multiple appliances, ideal for small spaces. Its mobile app offers step-by-step instructions for hundreds of recipes, making cooking simple and satisfying. Chefbox is an innovative and convenient solution for those looking to cook different meals using a single appliance
About Chenchen Fan
Hello. I’m Chenchen Fan. I started with Fine Arts in Belgium, moved to NY to study engineering, and came to ArtCenter seeking a blend of technology and art. "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works and how to influence the world." As an industrial designer, I am constantly sketching my ideas and finding solutions that are highly functional, sustainable and visually innovative. I love taking my research and developing multiple concepts. I want to find the most logical solutions, those that explode with potential. In order to create designs that sustain into the future, I want to find that perfect chemistry between aesthetics, function, and experience.
Award Record
Chenchen Fan is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2022 - 2023 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Home Appliances Design Award
The A' Home Appliance Design Award is an international competition recognizing good home appliance designs by best appliance designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to home appliance designers, industrial designers, product engineers and appliance brands from all countries. Typical entries include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. The awarded home appliance designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/151190
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/151190
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!151190
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/305914
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.chenchen-fan.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
- Chefbox Multifunctional Cooker
- Function
- Multifunctional Cooker
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- White Smoke, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray, Silver and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chenchen Fan
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #151190
Credits
- Image Credits
- Main; 3D render Chenchen Fan, 2022. Optional; 3D render Chenchen Fan, 2022.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Chefbox is a multipurpose cooker that incorporates a pressure cooker and a pizza oven.It is a smart pressure cooker that generates high-temperature and high-pressure gases to assist pizza cooking.Through a hybrid heating system, it can produce a perfect pizza. It can replace multiple cooking appliances and is aimed primarily at young people who live in small spaces. The app provides users step-by-step instructions for hundreds of recipes and a simple and satisfying lifestyle.
- Inspiration
- Having multiple stoves and ovens is inconvenient and costly for people with limited living space or living alone.In this situation, multifunctional stoves are required. When a multifunctional pressure cooker and a pizza oven operate concurrently, the generated high-temperature and high-pressure gas can be automatically regulated and used to assist in pizza cooking. As a result, the pizza can be evenly heated and retain moisture in the bread portion, resulting in a juicier and tastier product.
- Research
- Based on the research, people need to spend more than billion dollars on kitchenwares every year around the world. 83% of users bought and own more than 3 different cookers. It is still a huge market. Users need to buy different kitchenwares to finish their cooking tasks. It is painful to clean and maintain multiple cookers and not friendly for people who live in a small space but have variety of needs for cooking. 1. It encourages people to prepare meals at home. With Chefbox, people can cook a delicious meal on their own without having to master numerous cooking techniques.
- Challenge
- The creative challenge is how to design a durable and multifunctional cooker that fit users kitchen environment but also encourages people to prepare and cook meals at home. We spent a lot of time on user research at the beginning of this project and found out pain points of using existing products. During the prototype stage we had a lot of communication with engineers, UX designers to bring this meaningful technology to the real world.
- Realization and Technology
- Chefbox has a cube shape and an innovative hybrid heating system with a powerful GDR motor, allowing it to perform a variety of cooking techniques. The hybrid heating system can automatically recycle the high-temperature, high-pressure gas produced by a pressure cooker for pizza cooking. Unlike the single heating tube system, the hybrid heating tube and gas system can produce a perfect pizza. The pizza bread retains a fair amount of moisture and has a juicy flavor. Users will never have to worry about the pizza bread becoming dry, particularly the bread on the circular edges.
- Operation and Interaction
- The user can access 14 cooking modes and hundreds of existing digital recipes with a single dial button. Additionally, users can customize their recipes and settings. With Chefbox's digital recipes, people can determine the caloric and nutritional content of various food ingredients. It helps users find healthier cooking and eating methods. Users can control settings for pressure, steam, frying, and pizza making on a single product and interface, as opposed to multiple cooking appliances.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2021 in Los Angeles and finished in August 2022 in Los Angeles, right now are processing the prototype production and will be launched in fourth quarter 2023
- Specifications
- 500 mm x 500 mm x 500 mm
- Keywords
- home appliances, kichenwares, industrial design, product design
