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Liberty E Cabinet by Zhejiang Youpon Integrated Ceiling Co., Ltd Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Zhejiang Youpon Integrated Ceiling Co., Ltd acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Liberty E Cabinet by Zhejiang Youpon Integrated Ceiling Co., Ltd has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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.
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.
About Liberty E Cabinet
Liberty E is a modular cabinet designed for flexible storage in homes, workplaces and retail spaces. The core structure combines an I shaped frame with metal rails, so components can be repositioned as needed. Clothes rods, shelves and jewelry drawers can be arranged to suit different layouts. Aluminum alloy columns are light, strong and corrosion resistant, supporting high loads and long term stability. Installation uses reserved slots and requires no screws. A built in air care unit provides sterilization, deodorization and dehumidification.
About Zhejiang Youpon Integrated Ceiling Co., Ltd
Since 2004, Youpon has invented the first integrated ceiling with MSO modular technology. In the development process of Youpon integrated ceiling, the founder Shenxiang Shi realized that it is not limited to suspended ceilings, if modular technology is widely used in daily life, it can not only bring more convenience, but also the recycling and practicality of modular products. It can also reduce the user's living expenses and the consumption of the earth's resources.
Award Record
With this recognition, Zhejiang Youpon Integrated Ceiling Co., Ltd is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
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/162817
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/162817
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!162817
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/356964
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Liberty E Cabinet
- Function
- Cabinet
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Gray, Light Gray, Sienna and Silver
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhejiang Youpon Integrated Ceiling Co., Ltd
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #162817
Credits
- Team
- Shenxiang Shi,, Jinghua Yu,, Wenzheng Wei, and Yanhua Ma
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This multifunctional cabinet innovates a modular design, aiming to provide users with a flexible, aesthetically pleasing, practical storage solution. Its core structure, consisting of an I shaped frame and metal rails, allows users to flexibly adjust the positions of components as needed, enabling personalized cabinet layouts and functional configurations to suit various scenarios.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by an understanding of the demand for flexibility and diversity in modern life and an insight into the future trends of interior decoration, the cabinet, with interconnection and interworking as the design concept, uses innovative metal rails as the base, whose combination with standardized components achieves a modular design to meet the personalized needs of users. It also supports material, color and texture customization, able to harmonize with various decorative styles.
- Research
- Fully considering the demand for efficient, personalized and smart home products, as well as the needs of various scenarios such as home, work and retail, the product utilizes a modular design to integrate common components like clothes rods, shelves and jewelry drawers, satisfying diverse needs of users and facilitating flexible combination. The built in intelligent air care machine, with sterilization, deodorization and dehumidification functions, ensures thorough cleaning in the cabinet.
- Challenge
- The challenge was how to realize high structural stability and load bearing capacity while achieving good flexibility. The design team has adopted metal rails and various column structures, as well as aluminum alloy, to enable flexible component combination while ensuring high hardness and good durability of the cabinet, thus meeting load requirements in different scenarios for reliable safety.
- Realization and Technology
- Aluminum alloy columns feature light weight, high strength and corrosion resistance, leading to high load bearing capacity and ensuring long term stability. Breaking away from panel partitions of traditional cabinets, this product utilizes metal rails, enhancing structural stability and offering a flexible installation experience. The installation can be easily done through reserved slots, which eliminates the need for screws, significantly simplifying operation.
- Operation and Interaction
- The product uses metal rails and supports multiple column structures to achieve a modular design, whereby common components like clothes rods, shelves and jewelry drawers can be adjusted as needed to suit various scenarios. Thanks to the screwless design, it enables easy installation through reserved slots without professional skills, reducing installation difficulty. The intelligent air care machine boasts sterilization, deodorization, and dehumidification functions for good hygiene.
- Project Duration and Location
- The product was developed in May, 2022 in Jiaxing, and launched in July, 2024 in China.
- Keywords
- modular cabinet, metal rails, personalized customization, screwless design, smart care
