Platinum A' Design Award in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Goes to Rt9000 Massage Chair by Shanghai Rongtai Health Tech Co., Ltd.

The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Shanghai Rongtai Health Tech Co., Ltd. for sporting goods, fitness and recreation equipment design

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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Rt9000 Massage Chair by Shanghai Rongtai Health Tech Co., Ltd., designed for Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corporation Limited, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Platinum A' Design Award Explained

The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.

Regarding Rt9000 Massage Chair

RT9000 is a massage chair designed for use by all age groups. Multifunctional scissor doors, inspired by supercars, raise the armrests so users can enter and leave the seat easily and so the arms can be stretched. A dynamic split pressure relief system moves the legs and feet while the arms are extended, simulating postures such as a spacewalk. Sixty-four sets of airbags support blood circulation, and three rows of rollers in the base massage the feet. The chair identifies body parts from body curves and adjusts the massage intensity automatically.

About Shanghai Rongtai Health Tech Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corporation Limited was founded in 2002. The brand was founded in 1997 and listed on A-share on January 11, 2017 Excellent products and good service, currently Rongtai health in the world cumulative sales of 2600000 + units of massage, "Rongtai, more professional massage chair"

Award Record

Shanghai Rongtai Health Tech Co., Ltd. is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2023 - 2024 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award

The A' Sporting Goods Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good sports equipment designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to sporting goods designers, fitness equipment designers, recreation equipment designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include basketballs, tennis rackets, yoga mats, running shoes, dumbbells and bicycles. The awarded sports equipment designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/sporting-goods

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/154150
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154150
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154150
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/348360
Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.rotai.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: Rt9000 Massage Chair
Function: Massage Chair
Category: Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Sports
Colors: Light Gray, Silver, Gainsboro, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
Images: 5
Client: Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corporation Limited

The Recognition

Laureate: Shanghai Rongtai Health Tech Co., Ltd.
Country: China
Recognition: Platinum A' Design Award
Edition: 2023 - 2024
Design ID: #154150

Credits

Team: Xiang Li and Jianning Yang

Design Details

Unique Properties: RT9000, the first professional massage chair able to realize spacewalk in the industry, is applicable to all age groups. Thanks to its dynamic split pressure relief system and multifunctional scissor doors, the product allows for full limb stretching and total body relaxation, whose combination with advanced interaction technology ensures a comfortable, interesting experience.
Inspiration: Inspired by supercars, the design team integrated scissor doors into the massage chair, whereby the armrests can be raised to make it easy for users to get in or out of the massage chair and help to realize a new function of arm pulling, striking a balance between ease of use and practicality.
Research: Traditional massage chairs typically focus on the back of the torso and legs, neglecting the need for limb stretching, which fail to meet demands of the entire body, and always let users down due to outdated operational mechanisms and dull function configuration. To address that, RT9000 integrates multifunctional scissor doors with a dynamic massage system, to innovatively achieve arm and leg pulling, thereby realizing comprehensive full body relaxation and refreshment via professional massage.
Challenge: The challenge lies in how to achieve targeted massage while simultaneously allowing for arm lifting and stretching, as well as independent leg and foot movements, to ensure full body relaxation. RT9000 simulates stretching postures like spacewalk and jump while providing massage service, standing out from the largely homogeneous market. It offers an intelligent, comprehensive personalized full body massage solution, to effectively alleviate common stress and health problems in modern life.
Realization and Technology: adjustable scissor doors, 4D Lingxi chip at millimeter level, flexible rail supporting stepless adjustment over a broader range of angles in both directions, fingerprint senseless recognition, 64 sets of airbags, smart APP connectivity
Operation and Interaction: RT9000 is able to precisely identify different body parts based on the user’s body curves, and automatically adjust massage intensity. The dynamic split pressure relief system makes possible simultaneous leg and foot movements and arm stretching. Its combination with 64 sets of airbags promotes blood circulation to improve health of users. The base of the product is equipped with three rows of rollers and supports multiple modes to promote blood circulation in the feet via massage.
Project Duration and Location: The product was developed in October 2021 in Shanghai, and launched in December 2023 in China.
Specifications: product dimensions, 1740 mm x 870 mm x 1243 mm
Keywords: massage chair, dynamic split pressure relief system, multifunctional scissor doors, AIM intelligent cloud health system, full body stretching and massage