Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design Goes to Happy Bear Silicone meal plate by ChungSheng Chen
The international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes ChungSheng Chen for baby, kids' and children's products design
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design category for Happy Bear Silicone meal plate by ChungSheng Chen, designed for ACDC Creative. The result belongs to the 2017 - 2018 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.
Regarding Happy Bear Silicone meal plate
Happy Bear is specially designed for young kids, is safe, unbreakable, avoid annoying noise cause and no leaching of phthalates plasticizer, BPA free, easy to clean, safe to be wash in dishwasher. Sustaining temperature from -40deg.C to 220deg.C, soft touch surface coating. Exclusive duo colors forming technology, highlighting the meal plate a bear facial outline. Besides it can be used as a mold to make chocolate, cake or bread.
About ChungSheng 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 a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2017 - 2018 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Baby, Kids and Children's Products Design Award
The A' Baby Products Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good baby product designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to baby product designers, industrial designers, toy companies and children's product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include strollers, car seats, baby monitors, high chairs, baby bottles and pacifiers. Awarded baby products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/baby-products
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/64582
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/64582
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!64582
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/179403
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Happy Bear Silicone meal plate
- Function
- Silicone meal plate
- Category
- Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Chocolate, Goldenrod, Cornflower Blue, Sandy Brown and Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ACDC Creative
The Recognition
- Laureate
- ChungSheng Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #64582
Credits
- Team
- Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department, Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd and Jin Hui co.,Ltd.
- Image Credits
- ChungSheng Chen WeiZhe Jiang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a food grade silicone meal plate, which is safe and unbreakable, easy to clean that specially designed for young kids. It can sustain temperature from -40deg.C to 220deg.C. Without leaching of phthalates plasticizer under heat and warm condition, BPA free too. Soft touch surface coating that gives a silky feel, exclusive duo colors forming technology, highlighting the bear facial outline that gives the meal plate a lovely animal expression to keep the children always concentrate on their dining bringing the happiness and enjoyment in every meal moment. Besides it can be used as a mold to make chocolate, cake or bread.
- Inspiration
- Most of the time children making noise from beating their cutlery on the plate or breaking their bowl during meal hour. I try to designed a meal plate that will get rid of the annoying noise and prevent the children from breaking the plate, food grade silicone material were used for the entire plate produced. Moreover, the new plate will not leach out any plasticizer & BPA Free as the rival plastic plate does.
- Research
- Type of Research: silicone material in daily use Research Objectives: To achieve a safety, unbreakable meal plate with brilliant duo colors for kids. Methodology: Morphological Analysis, Image Scale. Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis. Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing.
- Challenge
- Dou color formation for silicone material is always a challenge, and high-lighting the cute bear facial outline was even a much tougher challenge. In order to achieve the silhouette bear 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: 100% food grade silicone. Production Tech: Duo color formation method was menifested. Surface Touching:Silky soft touch coating, enhance the touch of the surface.
- Operation and Interaction
- Made from food grade silicone material, is a safe and unbreakable meal plate for young kids. Soft touch coating on the surface, providing a silky feel. Avoid annoying noise cause and no leach of phthalates plasticizer, BPA free. safe to be wash in dishwasher.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2015, finished in October 2015 in Tainan,Taiwan and was exhibited in 2016 Creative Expo Taiwan, 2017 Giftex International Variety Gift Expo Tokyo.
- Specifications
- Size: L270 W220 H30 mm Material: food grade silicone Temp Sustain:-40deg.C ~ 220deg.C (-40deg.F ~ 446deg.F) package: L271 W221 H31 mm/Transparent PET
- Keywords
- Silicone, Meal plate, Safety, Unbreakable, Duo Color
