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Ba's Garden Compact Spouting Experience by Trang Nguyen Thuy Is Granted the A' Design Award in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design
Trang Nguyen Thuy acknowledged for sustainable products, projects and green design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, February 28, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Ba's Garden Compact Spouting Experience by Trang Nguyen Thuy, designed for Lund University School of Industrial Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
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.
More About Ba's Garden Compact Spouting Experience
Ba's Garden concept achieves its goal through a sustainable project, integrating farming into urban spaces. Using fully automated hydroponic technology, the project grows microgreens 25-50 percent faster, with reduced water and energy usage, minimizing food waste. Compact, modular, eco-friendly systems make it accessible to all, with a soilless method and a self watering system, plant roots continuously grow in a grid tray, providing high quality nutrition efficiently. The products are designed to seamlessly blend into home decoration spaces with a subtle, natural, and friendly design language
About Trang Nguyen Thuy
Residing in Lund, Sweden, Trang Nguyen, originally from Hue, Vietnam, is pursuing a Master's in Industrial Design at Lund University School of Industrial Design. Initially rooted in Graphic Design, she shifted focus to Industrial Design, applying a creative approach to crafting meaningful products. Approaching challenges with a comprehensive outlook, she tackles everything from minute details to grand complexities, pushing boundaries while satisfying user expectations. Skillful in navigating intricate systems, she adeptly transforms concepts, highlighting the human and poetic aspects in our progressively digital environment.
Award Record
With this recognition, Trang Nguyen Thuy is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award
The A' Sustainable Product Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good sustainable products by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to sustainable product designers, green product manufacturers, eco-friendly product brands and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include sustainable projects, environment friendly designs, recycled, upcycled and bio-degradable products. The awarded sustainable product designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/sustainable-product
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/159439
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/159439
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!159439
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/344685
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://trangnguyendesign.com/bas-garden
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ba's Garden Compact Spouting Experience
- Function
- Compact Spouting Experience
- Category
- Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sustainability
- Colors
- Maroon, Saddle Brown, Light Slate Gray, Sienna and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lund University School of Industrial Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Trang Nguyen Thuy
- Country
- Sweden
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #159439
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Ba's garden is an innovative urban living solution that employs state-of-the-art soilless and self-watering techniques. This cutting-edge system utilizes a grid tray to enable plants' root systems to grow continuously, ensuring a reliable supply of high-quality nutrition. Additionally, it's also useful for germinating sprouts and microgreens that are abundant with essential nutrients that promote good health.
- Inspiration
- Future farming demands adapting human behavior for environmental harmony. Urbanization harms ecosystems, large-scale farming imperils biodiversity. Sustainable cities require changed resource usage. Self-sufficient gardening addresses space constraints, mitigates food crises. Ba's Garden integrates farming into cities with automated hydroponics for eco-friendly, rapid microgreen growth. Accessible modular systems provide a transformative urban agriculture solution.
- Research
- The project employs the following methods: problem identification, research, interviews, visual design, ceramics, and low-fi/high-fi prototyping.
- Challenge
- The challenge in designing the project stems mainly from the intricacies of existing germination tools. The setup of these tools involves a diverse array of materials like soil, hydrated mats, LED lights, and spray cans, resulting in excessive water and material usage throughout the entire sprouting process. Additionally, it is challenging to find comprehensive kits for different seed sizes, posing an additional hurdle.
- Realization and Technology
- This component, comprising low and high pots and a germination-friendly tray, is crafted from Earthenware for resilience against environmental and temperature variations, maintaining optimal moisture for small seeds. The tray facilitates sprouting, retaining water for germination. Its adaptable grid accommodates seeds of any size, ensuring gradual water provision throughout germination, making additional watering unnecessary. A self-sufficient system, it streamlines the growth process.
- Operation and Interaction
- The user-friendly and compact sprouting device is crafted for easy use with readily available materials. It features a simple installation process, operates without the need for soil, demands minimal watering, and is ideal for constrained spaces. This device excels in shaded areas at room temperature, constructed with sustainable materials for all its components. Users can relish the joy of growing plants with minimal time and effort, allowing harvesting within 5-7 days.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2022 in Lund and finished in December 2023. It was exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February 2023.
- Specifications
- Width: 190 mm x Depth: 190mm x Height: 180mm
- Keywords
- Garden Appliances, Garden Equipment, Green Design, Sustainable Products
