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Halooobaby 3 Stage Chewing Toy by Shenzhen Hailebao Intelligent Technology Is Granted the A' Design Award in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design

Shenzhen Hailebao Intelligent Technology acknowledged for baby, kids' and children's products design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 27, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Halooobaby 3 Stage Chewing Toy by Shenzhen Hailebao Intelligent Technology, designed for Halooobaby, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 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.

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 Halooobaby 3 Stage Chewing Toy

Halooobaby 3 Stage is a teether toy set made for the oral development of infants. The set uses a tiered hardness system of Shore A 30, 40 and 50 silicone. The round soft piece soothes and is easy to grip, the square piece massages emerging teeth, and the triangular piece reaches the molars. Surface grooves, small dense bumps and large dots give different massage sensations. Each colored core is fully encased in highly transparent liquid silicone, which prevents pigment leakage and supports safe chewing. Boiling, steaming and ultraviolet sterilization can be used.

About Shenzhen Hailebao Intelligent Technology

Halooobaby is a home lifestyle brand for infants and toddlers that focuses on independent exploration and growth design, allowing every child to grow up naturally in a safe, scientific, and exploration space. With nature, age-appropriate, exploration, science, and safety as its core values, Halobaby is committed to rewriting the daily parenting experience of families aged 0-3 - through high-safety, high-quality, and high-exploratory product design, it empowers parents to create a Yes Space for their exclusive babies, so that growth is no longer constrained and mothers are no longer anxious.

Award Record

Shenzhen Hailebao Intelligent Technology is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

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. It 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. Typical entries include strollers, car seats, baby monitors, high chairs, baby bottles and pacifiers. The awarded baby products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/baby-products

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Halooobaby 3 Stage Chewing Toy
Function
Chewing Toy
Category
Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Kids
Colors
Dodger Blue, Gold, Red, Khaki and Linen
Images
5
Client
Halooobaby

The Recognition

Laureate
Shenzhen Hailebao Intelligent Technology
Country
China
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2025 - 2026
Design ID
#179842

Credits

Team
Xudan Chen, Kaixiong Lin, Jiali Peng and Haiying Ye

Design Details

Unique Properties
Based on scientific staged development, the teether toy addresses the evolving oral development needs of infants. By using silicone of varying hardness, shapes, patterns, and colors, it becomes a perfect growth companion that supports babies from the oral phase to the teething phase. To prevent pigment leakage, the colored core of the teether toy is encased in highly transparent liquid silicone. With multiple disinfection methods, it offers comprehensive protection for the oral health of babies.
Inspiration
Inspired by Bauhaus geometric aesthetics, the product draws on the visual development patterns of infants, their early instinctive preference for high contrast colors like red, yellow, and blue and progressive cognition of basic geometric forms like circle, square, triangle, using primary colors and shapes to attract babies. This design aligns with their visual and cognitive development at different stages and offers early stimulation in color and shape recognition.
Research
While most teether toys on the market emphasize cartoonlike appearances, they often lack scientific functionality, failing to meet the nuanced oral development needs of infants at different ages. To address this, the design team combined evidence based medicine with a systematic design approach, transforming the teether toy from a soothing toy into a tool for staged oral development, reducing parental anxiety and offering scientific guidance.
Challenge
The challenge is to develop a tiered hardness system, Shore A 30, Shore A 40, Shore A 50, based on the developmental needs of babies at different stages. The team used circles, squares, and triangles for further differentiation. The circular Shore A 30 soft silicone is soothing and easy to grip. The square Shore A 40 silicone massages the emerging teeth and helps refine biting motions. The triangular Shore A 50 silicone with acute angles reaches and massages the emerging molars, easing swelling.
Realization and Technology
The colored core of the teether toy is encased in highly transparent liquid silicone with an optical clarity of over 90 percent, offering a premium, jellylike look and feel while preventing pigment leakage to maintain vibrant colors and ensure safe chewing. The one piece molding process and scientific and precise dimensions eliminate risks of part detachment or choking.
Operation and Interaction
The surface of the teether toy features linear grooves, small dense bumps, and large dots, offering various massage sensations as babies bite, gnaw, or pull. These patterns help relieve teething discomfort and improve oral motor coordination. The teether toy supports multiple disinfection methods, including boiling, steaming, and UV sterilization, offering comprehensive protection for oral health and accompanying babies through every stage of their growth.
Project Duration and Location
Designed and developed in Shenzhen in January 2025, the product is expected to be launched in China in February 2026.
Specifications
75.01*75*11.85mm 80.12*86.69*11.17mm 81*81*12.87mm
Keywords
Baby Teether Toy, Scientific Staged Design for Oral Development, Various Massage Sensations, Bright Colors, Highly Transparent Liquid Silicone Case

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