A' Design Award in Giftware Design Goes to Penny Piggy Bank by Dario Narvaez

Dario Narvaez recognized for giftware design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Penny Piggy Bank by Dario Narvaez, designed for Dario Narvaez Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Giftware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 assessed 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 Penny Piggy Bank

Penny is a piggy bank designed to store coins. The shape of Penny resembles a broken piggy bank, an image often used to represent a financial crisis. Penny is made of twelve injection molded PVC parts that are held together by neodymium magnets. The parts can be taken apart by hand, or the bank can be thrown onto the floor, and then reassembled in 95040 different ways while keeping the same essence and function. The matte textured surface hides marks and scratches. Penny is intended as a symbol of resilience and of rebuilding after a hard fall.

About Dario Narvaez

Dario Narvaez is an Industrial Designer with 10+ years of design experience specializing in transportation and lifestyle consumer product design, as well as a strong passion in advanced concept design and concept art. Dario has collaborated with large Fortune 500 companies such as John Deere and Panasonic as well as well-established global brands such as Peloton, Colgate, OXO, TAFE, All-Clad, Esenses, MUMA, and more.

Award Record

This recognition makes Dario Narvaez a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Giftware Design Award

The A' Giftware Design Award is an international gift design competition recognizing good gift designs by leading brands, manufacturers and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to giftware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and giftware brands from all countries. Entries typically include candles, figurines, picture frames, decorative plates, ornaments and souvenirs. Awarded gift designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/giftware

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/136189
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136189
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136189
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/246689
Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/36Mup13

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Penny Piggy Bank
Function: Piggy Bank
Category: Giftware Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black, Gray and Dark Olive Green
Images: 5
Client: Dario Narvaez Design

The Recognition

Laureate: Dario Narvaez
Country: United States of America
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #136189

Credits

Image Credits: Photographer Liliana Cervantes, Penny Piggy Bank, 2021.; 4: Photographer Liliana Cervantes, Penny Piggy Bank, 2021. Video Credits: Editing Camilo Narvaez, 2021. Music: Ballerina by Yehezkel Raz. Artlist License Number - 852264.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Penny is a coin container whose aesthetics resembles the symbolic image of a broken piggy bank, commonly used as the representation of a financial crisis or an economic crash. Unlike other piggy banks, Penny provides an enjoyable way to access the loose change: Penny can be broken into pieces and reassembled in thousands of ways while retaining its essence and functionality.
Inspiration: After seeing the loss and hardship suffered by millions of people during the pandemic, Penny is a representation of what is lost and broken, can also be recovered in unique and unexpected ways. A message about resilience, of how life can be rebuilt even after the effects of a hard fall. The Japanese tradition of Kintsugi also served as the perfect reference: finding uniqueness and beauty in the brokenness and imperfection by highlighting the cracks as the crucial aesthetic element.
Research: Literature Reviews and Archetype Research were part of the initial Discovery work. The goal was to set the symbolic archetype to store coins, as well as looking for memorable ways to access them. Based on the research, most countries in Latin America, Middle East and Africa and many countries in Europe and Asia, still use cash as a daily currency, and going cashless is far from attainable due to cultural predispositions. The use of cash remains above average in these areas. Piggy banks also are the simplest and most effective way to save loose change, and provide a meaningful and educational way to teach children about the importance of this habit.
Challenge: To achieve the initial vision, it was necessary to create and experiment with a computer algorithm using parametrical software to tessellate a sphere into equally chaotic-looking parts, giving the impression that the object was once broken. These modules also needed to be interlocked in any direction, posing an even bigger challenge. It was also important to dial the geometry and the material, work with tight tolerances, simple pull angles, sizes and thickness to create the perfect fit between the parts, as well as keeping a low production cost.
Realization and Technology: Penny piggy bank is composed of 12 PVC injection molded parts, 7 unique parts: the ears and the empty parts are repeated. The parts are injected using simple side to side pull angles. The material used in Penny provides a wide range of benefits for this type of application: high resistance to impact, as well as excellent design qualities and finishes. On Penny, the surface finish has a fine textured and matte to conceal marks and scratches from falls or strikes. Neodymium magnets function as the attaching elements.
Operation and Interaction: Penny provides the users with different and fun ways to access the coins after they have been stored. Penny can be broken into pieces and reassembled in 95.040 ways, while retaining its essence and functionality: It can be thrown onto the floor or hit with a hammer, or it can be assembled and disassembled piece-by-piece. Also, as in traditional ceramic piggy banks and vinyl toys, Penny serves as a tri-dimensional canvas for customization. The new creations become even more intriguing, unique, and personal after the piggy bank is reassembled in one of the other thousand ways.
Project Duration and Location: From ideation to product development and manufacturing. The Project started in April 2020 and it was completed by December 2021. Penny is expected to be in the market by the end of 2022.
Specifications: The complete piggy bank has a diameter of 127mm, and each part measures 75 x 75 mm. Penny comes in separate pieces in a small packaging of 100mm per side, allowing the enjoyment of immediately assembling the bank after is unboxed. As a Lego set, this way of containing the piggy bank saves time and cost in the assembly line, shipping, and warehousing space.
Keywords: piggy, bank, savings, broken, cracks, penny, coins, coin, crash, fall, economy