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Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen Is Honored with the Golden A' Design Award for Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design
Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen acknowledged for sporting goods, fitness and recreation equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2016 - 2017 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design category for Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle by Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen, designed for ACDC Creative. The recognition forms part of the 2016 - 2017 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle
Happy Aquarius is a safe and good grip water bottle for all ages. It has a smooth smiling curvature shape designed and eye-catching double sided colors appearance, presenting a sense of young, energetic and fashionable. Made by 100 % recyclable food grade silicone, sustaining temperature range form 220 deg. C to -40 deg. C, no plasticizer leached out and is BPA free. The soft touch surface coating provides silky feel, nice in hold and grip. Springiness, elasticity and the hollow structure feature enable the bottle to work-out as hand gripper as well as light-weight dumbbell.
About Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
Prof. ChungSheng Chen, a self-proclaimed "design missionary," possesses extensive experience in both design practice and education. He frequently expresses his perspectives on society through his work, blending an optimistic outlook, keen observation, and a deep emotional connection to life. His cross-disciplinary approach integrates various processing techniques and material applications, embodying a fundamental design philosophy.
Award Record
This recognition makes Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition 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. Entries typically include basketballs, tennis rackets, yoga mats, running shoes, dumbbells and bicycles. Awarded sports equipment designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/sporting-goods
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/55228
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/55228
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!55228
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/179403
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Happy Aquarius Workout Silicone Water Bottle
- Function
- Workout Silicone Water Bottle
- Category
- Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sports
- Colors
- Dodger Blue, Cornflower Blue, Brown, Steel Blue and Medium Violet Red
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ACDC Creative
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chungsheng Chen and Enyang Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2016 - 2017
- Design ID
- #55228
Credits
- Team
- ChungSheng Chen, Tainan University of Technology, Product Design Dept, EnYang Chen, National Kaohsiung First University of Science & Technology, Innovation Design Engineering Dept, Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd and Jin Hui Co.,Ltd.
- Image Credits
- ChungSheng Chen
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The smooth smiling curvature design and eye-catching appearance by combination of duo colors, showing a sense of young, energetic and fashionable. Made by 100 % recyclable food grade silicone material, sustaining high low temperature 220deg C ~ -40deg C, safe without any leaching of plasticizer and is BPA free. The soft touch surface coating provides silky feel good hold and grip, its flexibility, elasticity and the center hollow structure feature enable the bottle to workout as hand gripper and light-weight dumbbell.
- Inspiration
- When I noticed water bottle made by PC or plastic will leach out plasticizer & BPA, I try to design a bottle safe enough for my children. So I come up with this silicone water bottle with peanut shape which is good hold & grip.
- Research
- Type of Research: Silicone Material in Daily Use Research Objectives: To achieve the very first water bottle to be made in silicone material with double sided color and hollow structure. Methodology: Morphological Analysis, Image Scale. Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis. Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing.
- Challenge
- Double sided Color Formation for silicone material is always a challenge, and a curvature hollow structure in the middle of the bottle was even a much tougher challenge. In order to achieve the good hold and grip shape, eye-catching color planning, a special molding technique applied. This kept the team try and error for many times that finally comes up with the good solution.
- Realization and Technology
- Material: Using Silicone as the main material for water bottle is the first of its kind. Production Tech: Double Sided Color Formation method was menifested. Surface Touching:Silky Soft Touch Coating, enhance the touch of the surface.
- Operation and Interaction
- Is a safe and good hold water bottle for all ages. Soft touch coating on the surface, providing a silky feel. Besides its water bottle usage, it can be used as handgripper or dumbbell.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2014 finished in 2015 in Tainan, and was exhibited in 2015 Creative Expo Taiwan as well as 2015 Taipei International Invention Show. Awarded by 2015 GoldenPin Design Award, Taiwan. Design Patent D167870.
- Specifications
- Size: L100 W80 H240 mm Volume: 400ml Material: FDA food grade silicone
- Keywords
- Silicone, Water, Bottle, Workout, Aquarius.
