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Saladice Condiment container by Andrea Cingoli Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Andrea Cingoli recognized for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category for Saladice Condiment container by Andrea Cingoli, designed for CONCEPTICONstudio. The recognition forms part of the 2017 - 2018 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.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Saladice Condiment container
Saladice is a condiment container that also serves as a table centrepiece or a candle holder. The design is built from stacking cubes, each measuring 60 by 60 by 60 millimetres and made of pressed transparent plastic. Magnets join each cube to the ones above and below, while the base and the handle are made of pressed aluminium. The tower holds up to six cubes and reaches 450 millimetres. Cubes are removed and replaced during a meal. Saladice can also hold toothpicks, flowers or candles at home or in a restaurant.
About Andrea Cingoli
Architect /Designer/Contractor. He graduated cum laude in architecture at the University G. D'Annunzio of Pescara in 2006. Since 2000 he is technical director of the "Cingoli Consolidation and Restoration" ( www.impresacingoli.it). In 2007 he is co-founder of Zo_loft architecture & design (www.zo-loft.com). In the last seven years he ranks with Zo-loft consistently at the top of several worldwide competitions such as IDA AWARD, Atlanta International Design AwardS, MACEF Design Award and others. In 2010 he is selected as one of the Best Young Italian talents in the world in the Young Blood Competition.
Award Record
This recognition makes Andrea Cingoli a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2017 - 2018 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award
The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Typical entries include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. The awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/kitchenware
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/60064
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/60064
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!60064
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/150735
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.concepticondesign.com/projects/saladice/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Saladice Condiment container
- Function
- Condiment container
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Silver, Dark Goldenrod and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- CONCEPTICONstudio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Andrea Cingoli
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #60064
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- It's a condiment container, which becomes a centre piece or a candle holder. The various dishes we consume call for many different condiment, which will dictate how our centre piece comes together, depending on the condiments needed. Each cube is equipped with magnets that fix it to the upper and bottom ones and the base is the only non cubic form. It can hold tooth picks or flowers or even candles and can vary in height and colour according to what is inserted. It can be used at home or restaurant. It is not only a new product, but also a new system of table clothing and wearing.
- Inspiration
- At the base of the project is the observed user experience and life styles that change. Everyone's tastes have evolved and we all like to personalize our dishes. Salad is an indication of this: green, mixed, caesar, tuna, greek, gourmet, avocado and so on. They all require specific condiments, spices, sauces to be added and those can take up space and create chaos on the table. Saladice is a practical way to organize everything and enrich table and salad alike.
- Research
- I wanted to give more value to objects whose form and use are simple but deriving from an attentive study of all the psychological, functional, cultural and aesthetic variables which often go unnoticed. I wanted to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. A world where curiosity beauty and humour are commonplace and where the instruction manual is superfluous because intuition and memory guide us better.
- Challenge
- One of the cardinal aspects of the project was the transformation of gestures and habits into functional and aesthetic form. From the observation of these habits we get much input that can be turned into optimization, to make the gestures more fluid, our actions more comfortable and reduce time. Getting up from the table to get the missing ingredient and having a clutter on the table are the two challenges saladice fixes while adding something to the table
- Realization and Technology
- The containers are in pressed transparent plastic. The base and handle are in pressed aluminum. The magnets have a 6kg max attractive power and the caps are pressed or made in aluminum.
- Operation and Interaction
- It's all very simple: I choose the dish and compose the condiment holder. I then bring it all to the table and use the condiments by removing the cubes needed and then put them back. At the restaurant, it's already on the table ready to use and makes a nice decorative element and can be a candle holder or flower pot. Saladice colours and decorates the table with a minimal effort. It gives maximum flexibility of use and can be divided into multiple elements to create nice colourful decorations.
- Project Duration and Location
- Started in January 2017 and finished in August 2017 in Teramo.
- Specifications
- Each container cube is 60 x 60 x 60 mm. The tower is built with the cubes and should not exceed a height of more than 6 cubes, not including base and handle, for a total of 450mm
- Keywords
- Flexibility, adaptability, composition, multi-functionality, praticality, home, candle holder, centre piece, salt and pepper, condiment holder, kitchen and table organizer, magnets, minimal
