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Atlas Multifunctional Bed by Harun Ayaydin Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
Harun Ayaydin honored for baby, kids' and children's products design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Atlas Multifunctional Bed by Harun Ayaydin, designed for Hexagonist, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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 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.
About Atlas Multifunctional Bed
Atlas is a multifunctional bed designed for babies, children and teenagers. The bed is wide enough for a parent to sleep beside a child when needed. Atlas can be used with a bedside cradle during the newborn period, and later with attachable safety barriers that support both safety and independence. The bed is made entirely of oak wood and finished with a water based varnish that contains no lead. Edges and lines are rounded, and the slats are closely spaced. Rounded feet and a panel under the bed distribute weight evenly for long term use.
About Harun Ayaydin
I use design all over my life. I am happy with this situation. I want to reflect my style in every object, every space, every structure I have designed. I work for people to live more comfortably and see more beautiful places.
Award Record
This recognition makes Harun Ayaydin a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2024 - 2025 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Baby, Kids and Children's Products Design Award
The A' Baby Products Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good baby product designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to baby product designers, industrial designers, toy companies and children's product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include strollers, car seats, baby monitors, high chairs, baby bottles and pacifiers. Awarded baby products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/baby-products
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/163778
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/163778
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!163778
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/178705
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://hexagonistanbul.com/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Atlas Multifunctional Bed
- Function
- Multifunctional Bed
- Category
- Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Midnight Blue, Tan, Sienna, Peru and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Hexagonist
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Harun Ayaydin
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #163778
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #No 1-2-3 : Photographer / Harun Ayaydin Render #No 4-5 : 3d Rendering / Harun Ayaydin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As a design form, it has a structure that includes people and gives confidence. It is large enough for families to sleep next to their children when necessary. It can also be used safely by mothers who use a bedside cradle during the newborn period. It can then be used with extra attachable safety barriers to help provide safety and comfort while supporting baby's independence. It can also be easily used in a teenager's room in the future.
- Inspiration
- It is designed for our precious childs to have a long, quality and safe sleep with a single product. The bed design, whose ergonomics and proportions are considered so that the parent can sleep together, is formally arranged for the baby's comfortable and safe sleep.
- Research
- Before starting the design, the design was started by doing research on the problem of babies having to stay with their mothers for a while after birth and then not sleeping in their own beds. The focus is on the mother and baby being able to use the bed from the first day, the places where the necessary equipment can be connected, and the child being able to use his own bed in the future. The design was considered to be child-friendly and ergonomic.
- Challenge
- The challenge at the beginning of the design was that the subject was a baby product and that the materials to be used would not harm the baby. The lead component found in furniture polish and adhesives was one of the factors that challenged us in the design. We solved this problem with water-based adhesive and polish products. We chose oak as raw material.
- Realization and Technology
- The bed is made entirely of oak wood and the varnish on it is water-based. Since water-based polishes do not contain lead, they are suitable for baby/child use. We prefer hard and age-defying oak wood in our timeless design.There are no sharp, pointed edges or splinters. No more than 2 3/8 inches (about the width of a soda can) between crib slats so a baby's body cannot fit through the slats; no missing or cracked slats. No cutouts in the headboard or foot board so a baby's head cannot get trapped. Safe and long-term use is ensured as the weight is distributed evenly even when used by parents, thanks to the knobby feet placed with special dimensions and the mdf under the bed.
- Operation and Interaction
- It allows the newborn baby to sleep more comfortably with its mother and allows the child up to 15 squints to sleep physiologically comfortably. Its design is in soft colors and is compatible with all areas. It minimizes injuries to children with its rounded lines.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Istanbul in April-February 2023 and was completed in Istanbul in July 2024.
- Specifications
- -Width size: 132 cm -Height: 208 cm -Bed height: 40 cm -Back plate Height: 90 cm -Sphere foot height: 15 cm -Inner mattress sponge size: 120*190 cm
- Keywords
- Baby bed, natural, simple design, atlas, children, nursery, kids
