Press Release
Xizi Wang Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Gradient Ramp Tape in Art and Stationery Supplies Design
Xizi Wang honored for art and stationery supplies design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Gradient Ramp Tape by Xizi Wang, designed for Bruce Tao, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Art and Stationery Supplies Design category. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
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.
About Gradient Ramp Tape
Gradient Ramp is an adhesive tape designed to make the cut end easier to find. Standard transparent tape is very thin, so the edge is often hard to locate after use. Gradient Ramp carries a gradient of color along its length. When the tape is cut, the layers create a visible color difference at the cut line. The user looks for the area of strongest contrast and lifts the tape from that point. The tape is made of a PVC film without plasticizer, which offers good low temperature resistance, strong initial tack and easy cutting.
About Xizi Wang
Bruce Tao is a designer who committed to promote the development of industrial design in China and help design students out of confusion. Won more than 100 design awards in the domestic and overseas. Co-founded a scientific and technical corporation specializing in Intelligent Technology Equipment. Cooperated with students majoring in industrial design, computer, automation, intelligence, machinery and electronic information to jointly develop products. Got many national patents for scientific and technological inventions and awards.
Award Record
This recognition makes Xizi Wang a winner of 12 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Art and Stationery Supplies Design Award
The A' Art Supplies Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing best art supplies by leading brands and manufacturers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to art supplies designers, stationery designers, industrial design studios and art supplies brands from all countries. Entries typically include brushes, paints, sketchbooks, pencils, pastels and easels. Awarded art supply designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/art-supplies
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/119983
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119983
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119983
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/223105
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Gradient Ramp Tape
- Function
- Tape
- Category
- Art and Stationery Supplies Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Arts
- Colors
- Light Gray, Silver, Gray, Dark Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bruce Tao
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xizi Wang
- Country
- France
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119983
Credits
- Team
- Jing Peng, Designer: Xinzhou Zhang
- Image Credits
- Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a sellotape with a unique color. What is unique about it is what it does. It is a tape made of gradient. After using the tape, due to the gradient characteristics of the cut after use will form a color difference. So that users find the transparent tape incision, easy to use.
- Inspiration
- I get my inspiration from gradient.Tape is a stationery that many people often use.Because the tape is too thin.Everyone who uses tape has a problem with not finding the cut.We combine the principle of gradient with tape.You can easily find the tape cut through the color difference.Our motivation was to design a tape that was easier to use.
- Research
- In the past decade, the production of rubber belt has maintained an upward trend, with the output rising from 10.03 billion square meters in 2007 to 21.86 billion square meters in 2016. The industry scale is expanding continuously, and the market prospect is broad. Despite the forward-looking estimates, in 2017, the production of tape reached 23.80 billion square meters, a year-on-year growth of 8.88%. In such a large market, a tape that solves pain points is very promising.
- Challenge
- This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
- Realization and Technology
- No plasticizer PVC film based material, with good low temperature resistance, good initial viscosity, easy punching and cutting molding.
- Operation and Interaction
- First pick up the tape. Second, look for areas where the color difference is very pronounced. Third, use tape. Finally, after using the tape, the tape incision and tape will directly produce obvious color difference, convenient for people to find, so that the next use is more simple.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2020 in Milan and finished in February 2021 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2021.
- Specifications
- length 10cm x Width 10cm x Height 1.5cm
- Keywords
- Tape, Tape cut, Gradient ramp, Convenience, Stationery
