Press Release
Elves Camping Accessories by Qing Yan Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
Qing Yan honored for outdoor gear and camping equipment 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 confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design category for Elves Camping Accessories by Qing Yan. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Elves Camping Accessories
Elves is a camping accessory set designed to reduce environmental impact. The set includes a solar powered fire pit, a drip coffee brewer, tableware and a hanging light. The fire pit provides an area for roasting marshmallows and folds down for transport. Lights are embedded in each piece, forming decorative patterns that replace a table cloth and create ambiance after dark. Oak wood, steel and PLA are used for the products, with thin cardboard for the packaging. The set invites families to gather outdoors without adding carbon emissions.
About Qing Yan
Qing Yan is a lifestyle designer. She loves to provide high-end delightfulness to audiences. Chinese traditional culture influences her to focus on craftsmanship and deliver elegant, yet modest solutions. Her design journey is creating the simplicity and beauty of products, helping people express their aesthetics and attitudes.
Award Record
With this recognition, Qing Yan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Camping Gear and Outdoor Equipment Design Award
The A' Camping Gear Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good camping equipment by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to camping gear designers, outdoor equipment designers, product designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, camping stoves, lanterns and multi-tools. Awarded camping gear designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/camping-gear
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/122623
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122623
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122623
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/303497
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.simpo.design/shinolaelves
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Elves Camping Accessories
- Function
- Camping Accessories
- Category
- Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sports
- Colors
- White Smoke, Gainsboro, Silver, Tan and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Qing Yan
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122623
Credits
- Team
- Fridolin Beisert
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- "Elves" is a camping accessory set that offers sustainable design solutions for users that are conscientious about their carbon footprint and the impacts on the environment. At the heart is a re-imagined fireplace that runs on solar energy and is designed to provide a new experience, complete with an area to roast marshmallows. After all, sustainability needs the products in the set to help provide a positive camping experience in nature, without creating more CO2 emissions by doing so.
- Inspiration
- Glamping is an activity that can be financially out of reach for many. “Elves” elevates the camping experience through simple pleasures that are created through diversified outdoor activities. Today's busy lifestyle can make eating together a challenge, but the benefits of gathering as a family are worth the effort. “Elves” encourages us to gather around the campfire and around the dinner table, satisfying the fundamental need of communal belonging that we all share. It's what makes us “human”.
- Research
- In order to elevate the camping experience, I researched about both camping and glamping. I interviewed 5 glampers and campers, plus one expert who owns a glampground. The method I used in the interviews is card sorting, timeline, and Dixit deck. The insight I got is: lighting is essential to a campground. People care about whether it is photogenic because they want to post glamorous experiences on social media.
- Challenge
- It is a challenge to balance the simplicity of camping gear and the romantic of the ambiance lighting.
- Realization and Technology
- Product: Oak Wood, Steel, PLA Packaging: thin cardboard
- Operation and Interaction
- “Elves” has lights embedded in the S’more Pit, Coffee Brewer, Tableware, and Hanging Light, “Elves” creates a strong ambiance in nature, replacing the table cloth through decorative light patterns.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started and finished in Fall,2020, in China
- Specifications
- - The S’more Pit : Open mode: 22.5 x 22.5 x 30inches; Close mode: 5 x 5 x 37 inches - Dish: 15.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 inches; Bowl : 5.5 x 5.5 x 4 inches - Drip coffee brewer: 5.5 x 5.5 x 12.5 inches - Multifunctional light: 3.75 x 3.75 x 7.5 inches
- Keywords
- Camping, light, accessory, marshmallow, coffee, tableware, mood, ambiance, family
