Press Release
Vehicle Safety Equipment Fire Extinguisher and Escape Hammer by Tongxin Zhang Is Granted the A' Design Award in Vehicle Parts, Auto Accessories and Care Products Design
Tongxin Zhang honored for vehicle parts, auto accessories and care products design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Vehicle Safety Equipment Fire Extinguisher and Escape Hammer by Tongxin Zhang, designed for Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Vehicle Parts, Auto Accessories and Care Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 evaluated 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 Vehicle Safety Equipment Fire Extinguisher and Escape Hammer
Vehicle safety equipment is essential. Fire extinguishers & safety hammers,the combination of the two can improve personnel's escape efficiency when a car accident occurs. Car space is limited, so this device is designed to be small enough. It can be placed anywhere in a private car. Traditional vehicle fire extinguishers are single-use, and this design can easily replace the liner. It is more comfortable grip, easy for users to operate.
About Tongxin Zhang
A young man looking forward to the future. He is about to enter Golden Smith College as a postgraduate student（2020.9）. He is an outstanding student with excellent academic performance and has won many design competition awards in China. Zhang Tongxin likes to use innovative methods to solve problems. He believes that design is a relationship. This relationship includes users, society, business, and ideas. He wants to make positive change to people's lives by design. For him, helping people solve problems is a very happy thing, and it is also a reflection of personal value.
Award Record
Tongxin Zhang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Vehicle Parts, Auto Accessories and Care Products Design Award
The A' Vehicle Accessory Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good vehicle accessories by designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to vehicle accessory designers, auto parts manufacturers, automotive engineers and car care product designers from all countries. Typical entries include car seat covers, GPS systems, roof racks, floor mats, steering wheel covers and car audio. The awarded vehicle accessory designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/vehicle-accessory
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/95195
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/95195
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!95195
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/263393
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Vehicle Safety Equipment Fire Extinguisher and Escape Hammer
- Function
- Fire Extinguisher and Escape Hammer
- Category
- Vehicle Parts, Auto Accessories and Care Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray, Silver, Black and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tongxin Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #95195
Credits
- Team
- Ruochen Fu, Chongyang Liu and Guangren Zhai
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- (1) Fire extinguishers and safety hammers ,the combination of the two can improve personnel's escape efficiency when burning vehicles. (2)Can be placed anywhere in a private car. (3) Freedom to replace the fire extinguisher liner. (4)More comfortable grip, easy for users to operate.
- Inspiration
- More than 50% of private cars are not equipped with fire extinguishers, and more than 70% of private cars are not equipped with escape hammers.This poses a very large security risk
- Research
- More than 50% of vehicles have no fire extinguisher, More than 70% of vehicles have no escape hammer. Traditional fire extinguishers are too bulky and can only be used once, causing users a lot of annoyance.We conducted user interviews with more than 30 users.And conducted a lot of desktop research and expert interviews.
- Challenge
- Design a small safety equipment that can be placed inside the car for people to cary out self rescue measures when car fire happens.
- Realization and Technology
- Dry powder is a dry easy to flow fine solid powder can be used to extinguish gasoline
- Operation and Interaction
- First, open the product's safety valve.Then aim the fire source to spray fire extinguishing agent.Finally, turn the bottom of the product clockwise to make the safety hammer appear for escape.
- Project Duration and Location
- Starting in March 2019 in Zhengzhou, Completed in Zhengzhou in October 2019
- Keywords
- Fire, Car accident escape , Small, Replace the liner
