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Shengtao Ma Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Explorer Scientific Research Vehicle in Futuristic Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Shengtao Ma for futuristic design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Explorer Scientific Research Vehicle by Shengtao Ma, designed for Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Futuristic Design category. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Explorer Scientific Research Vehicle
The explorer scientific research vehicle is a large-scale survival all-terrain vehicle used for scientific research and investigation in extreme environments. Its color scheme is inspired by chameleons, and its modular structure is derived from the bionics of frog bones. The explorer scientific research vehicle has spacious living and scientific research compartments, and various modular driving modes. By analyzing different natural terrains and climates, it can adapt to various harsh environments and provide researchers with better living and scientific research space and driving experience.
About Shengtao Ma
Ma Shengtao is a young product designer studying at Qingdao University of technology in China. He has done research in product design and computer illustration, and has done many designs for schools, local shopping centers and associations. His product design projects and illustrations have also won national competition awards in relevant aspects for many times, and he hopes to continue his efforts and development on the road of product design in the future.
Award Record
This recognition makes Shengtao Ma a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2022 - 2023 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Futuristic Design Award
The A' Futuristic Design Award is an international futuristic design competition recognizing cutting-edge futuristic design concepts from designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to futuristic designers, futuristic brands, futuristic architects and concept product designers from all countries. Typical entries include conceptual architectures, advanced robotics, innovative transportation systems, futuristic fashion designs, progressive furniture pieces and next-gen electronic gadgets. The awarded futuristic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/futuristic
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/149108
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149108
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149108
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/295812
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Explorer Scientific Research Vehicle
- Function
- Scientific Research Vehicle
- Category
- Futuristic Design
- Discipline
- Design Strategy
- Industry
- Innovation and Design Industry
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dim Gray, Light Slate Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shengtao Ma
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149108
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Explorer scientific research vehicle is a large-scale survival all-terrain vehicle used for scientific research and surveys in extreme environments. Spacious living and scientific research compartments and modularized multiple driving modes can adapt to various harsh environments by analyzing different natural terrains and climates Natural conditions provide researchers with better living and scientific research space and driving experience.
- Inspiration
- With the advancement of current technology and the increase of people's curiosity about unknown things, the demand for the performance of exploration tools has also increased. Inspired by the characteristics of chameleons living in the tropical rainforest to adapt to various environments, this product combines the characteristics of existing scientific research vehicles and makes new innovations in functions.
- Research
- Through the modular design, this product has made new innovations in appearance and structure. In addition to the basic common mode, it has added a crawler mode for uneven and complex terrain, and a garrison mode for living and living.
- Challenge
- In the process of product design, it is difficult to innovate its structure. In the end, we got inspiration from the frog's leg bone structure and made innovations in structure.
- Realization and Technology
- Color scheme: inspired by the skin of a chameleon, the exterior features a blend of three Green hues: Horsell Green, Arbor and Steppe Green. The entire color scheme from the dark green of the front to the emerald green of the rear while increasing the visual effect, also allows the body to have a certain degree of optical psychedelic, make the car with chameleon camouflage so as to better adapt to a variety of natural scenes.
- Operation and Interaction
- This product is a large survival all terrain vehicle used for scientific research and survey in extreme environments. This terrain vehicle has a large living and scientific research carriage. Through the analysis of different natural terrain and climate, it is suitable for a variety of harsh natural conditions, so as to provide better living and scientific research space for scientific researchers. The all terrain vehicle is an all-weather amphibious multi-function vehicle. By switching driving modes, it can drive in snow, desert, beach, Gobi, mountain, water and other complex terrain.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2022 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2023.
- Specifications
- Width 4000mm x Length 9800mm x Height 4800mm
- Keywords
- Safety, Technology, Modular, Transformable, Intelligent, viability
