Six Senses Rooj Billiard by Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li

Six Senses Rooj Billiard by Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Tsawg thiab Kev Tsim Raws Kev Xaj Competition Category.

HlauTsim Tsawg· 2025

Six Senses Rooj Billiard

by Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li

Client: Demi Industrial Design Co.，Ltd

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Tsim Tsawg Category

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The Design

About Six Senses Rooj Billiard

Qhov no yog ib qho qauv tsim khoom nqa uas sib xyaw ua ke nrog Tuam Tshoj txoj kev coj noj coj ua ntawm Kev Taug Mus Rau Sab Hnub Poob uas muaj ntau txhiab xyoo, uas twb raug muab tso rau hauv kev ua lag luam thiab qhia txog rau zaj dab neeg. Muaj ob xim xaiv rau kev yuav, yog kub xov piav qhia thiab tooj dag polish ntsa iab. Tom qab 700 hnub ntawm kev tshawb fawb cov khoom siv thiab cov ntawv sau, 20 tus kws kos duab tau kho lawv cov xim thiab cov duab tsa. Qhov no tsuas yog ib feem ntawm nws theem pib xwb, qhov twg cov cuab yeej niaj hnub no raug siv rau hauv cov txheej txheem tsim khoom kom ua tau raws li qhov xav tau ntawm cov khoom tsaws thiab muab cov neeg siv khoom nrog ib qho kev pom zoo nkauj heev.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Six Senses Rooj Billiard yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Six Senses Rooj Billiard xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Six Senses Rooj Billiard tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The colors of Chinese mythology stories are integrated into it, combined with art painting techniques, carving and shaping techniques, and jewelry inlay techniques. The stone slabs are polished and polished more than 10 times, using walnut wood as the top material. The sound of hitting the ball is crisp, and the ball movement is smooth. The color scheme uses two color schemes，dark green gold court color scheme and blue antique bronze color scheme.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2810 * 1600 * 850mm, packaged as solid wood frame, with installation drawings for disassembly and assembly structure
Tags: Billiards Table, Sports Equipment, Competition Table, Chinese Black Eight Ball Table
Production Technology: The relief is hand carved and then commercially produced by flipping silicone molds. The legs are carved by CNC machine tools, and the tabletop is surrounded by solid wood inlaid with mother of pearl abalone shells, which is commonly used in Southeast Asian royal furniture craftsmanship. The art artwork above is a Chinese Gongbi painting. Hundreds of art artists participated in the submission process and selected exquisite story paintings. After high-definition scanning and inkjet printing, they were embedded into the product.
Design Challenge: The original story is presented to the world in words, and designers create these paintings and shapes through their understanding and imagination of the words; His production process was very difficult in the early stages because it involved manual shaping and painting. When he received the first version of the design, it brought a stunning feeling to all the audience present, and everyone was excited. Subsequently, the designer optimized the technology of modern commercial production, preserving the original beauty of the design in a more primitive way.
Research: The designer conducted 700 days of research on cultural stories and planned the direction by mastering technical knowledge. During the 3D modeling process, they tried hundreds of sculpture modeling schemes and concretized them. Twenty participants raised thousands of adjustment questions from different professional perspectives. Most modern cases focus on business, and the design team has given this product a new aesthetic height through cultural aesthetics. The success of this case will bring confidence to more creators.
Inspiration: This is a Chinese billiards table. The inspiration comes from the Chinese mythological story Journey to the West. The six display panels have six themes, including the powerful Bull Demon King, the burning Guanyin Temple, the late drum, the Little Western Heaven, the Battle of the Hundred Eyed Demons, and the Golden Country Wind Returning to Flower and Fruit Mountain. The fusion of cultural colors brings charm to the product. The shape of the six legs is the Sea God Needle. The six column head relief represents the six senses of Buddhism.
Project Duration: The project was designed and conceptualized in Shengfang Town, Langfang City, Hebei Province, China in October 2023, and exhibited in Beijing, China in December 2024, attracting the attention of the audience.
Operation Flow: Four artistic creation techniques were used: relief, gold inlay, inlay, and meticulous painting. Components are produced together through the artist's craftsmanship. By modeling the manuscript and 3D printing, make a sample model in advance for preliminary preview. After confirming the formal standards, the art director made six months of improvements to the details, shapes, and color schemes. Now, the visual effects brought to everyone are almost perfect.
Patents: Chinese patent:202430716608.9/holder:Cai MingZhi/Effective year:2024.11/
Team Members: Design Director ：Cai Mingzhi[new line]
Art director：Li Fengshi[new line]
Mentor：Zhang Yafang
Image Credits: Image #1:Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Li Fengshi(Art director)，
Image #2:Design Director: Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Li Fengshi(Art director)，
Image #3:Design Director: Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Li Fengshi(Art director)，
Image #4:Design Director: Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Li Fengshi(Art director)，
Image #5:Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Zhang YaFang(Instructor).