Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Nose Bookend in Homeware Design

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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Homeware Design category for Nose Bookend by Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos, designed for Kazoo. 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 Bronze A' Design Award Explained

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.

Regarding Nose Bookend

The nose bookend Pop Art inspired sculptures offer a playfully artistic element to any library of books. These functional pieces not only serve to hold books in place between shelves or on tabletops but also infuse a sculptural elegance into the space doubling as a canvas for creative expression. The noses also represent dichotomous concepts, such as light versus dark or convex versus concave, inviting viewers into a contemplative dialogue about societal norms surrounding aesthetics and beauty.

About Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos

For more than 20 years, Zeynep and Kostas have been working with computer generated imagery to create pre-viz for architecture, ads, short films and visual effects in documentaries and movies. All these years have led up to the formation of their brand Kazoo, which is solely based around their passion to create. Kazoo design studio is a place where curiosity has no boundaries, ideas and inspiration can come any moment. Kazoo objects are designed digitally, then a prototype is printed and post-processed and molds are made in order to finally hand-cast copies. Materials that are currently used for the final products are: Ceramics, Porcelain, Polyurethane Resin and Acrylic Resin.

Award Record

This recognition makes Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2023 - 2024 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Decorative Items and Homeware Design Award

The A' Homeware Design Award is an international homeware design competition recognizing good homeware designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to homeware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and ceramic artists from all countries. Typical entries include tableware, lighting fixtures, cookware, decorative accessories, bathroom accessories and furniture. The awarded homeware designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/homeware

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/157215
• A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/157215
• Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!157215
• Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/351488
• Further Information from the Laureate: https://kazoo.com.tr/tr/urun/nose-bookend-concave/

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