Press Release
Plastrack Drawer Slide by Songmics Home Design Team Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design
Songmics Home Design Team acknowledged for furniture accessories, hardware and materials design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Plastrack Drawer Slide by Songmics Home Design Team, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design category. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 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 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 Plastrack Drawer Slide
Plastrack is a drawer slide designed for tool-free installation. The slide is made of high-strength steel-reinforced plastic in a single injection-molded piece. The main body consists of symmetrical guide rail modules that lock into preset holes in the cabinet with elastic clips, so no screws are needed. Plastrack fits cabinets of different depths and supports both side and bottom installation. The screw-free method shortens installation time and avoids contact with sharp screws. The design also addresses the cost and the limited compatibility of traditional metal slides.
Award Record
This recognition makes Songmics Home Design Team a winner of 7 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2025 - 2026 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design Award
The A' Furniture Accessory Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good furniture accessories by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture accessory designers, hardware designers, material designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include knobs, handles, hinges, casters, sliders and brackets. Awarded furniture accessory designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture-accessory
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/174679
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/174679
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!174679
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/369407
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Plastrack Drawer Slide
- Function
- Drawer Slide
- Category
- Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Sienna, Salmon, Tomato, Sea Green and Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.,
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Songmics Home Design Team
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #174679
Credits
- Team
- Weiwen Xiong and Yun Li
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This product is made of high strength steel plastic in one piece and innovatively realizes the tool-free installation of drawer slides. The main body is composed of symmetrical guide rail modules, which can be quickly locked with the preset holes of the cabinet through elastic clips, eliminating the screw tightening process required for traditional metal slide rails. It can be adapted to various cabinets of different depths and supports both side installation and bottom installation modes.
- Inspiration
- Two major pain points of traditional metal slide rails: 1. Installation requires professional tools, which is time consuming and laborious; 2. Iron parts are expensive and have poor compatibility. Inspired by the connection structure of plastic snap type shelves, the core concept of using plastic slide rails to replace the metal parts fixed by screws is proposed. Carry out modular design to enable the slide rails to adapt to different cabinet bodies.
- Research
- The installation of traditional metal slide rails requires professional tools, which is time consuming and laborious. There are many screws, the operation remains unchanged, and at the same time, the price is high. We innovatively achieve tool free installation of drawer slides, replacing metal with plastic. This not only ensures safety and ease of operation, enhances durability, but also improves the aesthetic appeal of the product.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge in the implementation and research process is how to meet the requirements of safety and ease of operation, improve durability, and at the same time be compatible with products of different drawer types. Finally, through continuous refinement of 3D models and sample verification, this innovative drawer slide rail was designed.
- Realization and Technology
- The barrel body of the product is made of high-strength steel and plastic through one piece injection molding. The product undergoes 12 quality inspections throughout the process to ensure that it does not deform after 100,000 pull out tests. The snap-on slider structure ensures that the drawer fits tightly and pulls smoothly.
- Operation and Interaction
- The entire installation process is screw free to prevent users from being scratched by screws. Confirm the inner width of the cabinet, select the corresponding length of the slide rail, insert the protruding point on the side of the slide rail into the pre opened hole on the side of the cabinet, and press down to lock it. 2. Pull the slide rail to its longest length, align the groove of the drawer side panel with the protrusion of the guide rail and press it down, then fasten the internal buttons.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Shenzhen in October 2024 and will be completed in Shenzhen in June 2025.
- Specifications
- Width 17mm x Depth 250mm x Height 15 mm
- Keywords
- Quick install structure, screw free installation, universal components.
