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Villages Multifunctional Ware by JiaYi Cai Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
JiaYi Cai acknowledged for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category for Villages Multifunctional Ware by JiaYi Cai, designed for Macau University of Science and Technology. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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.
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.
Regarding Villages Multifunctional Ware
Villages is a set of removable ceramic seasoning containers designed for the table. The containers can be arranged in different combinations, so users define the service function themselves. Placed together on a plate, the containers form a small village scene that turns the food setting into a landscape. The set is made in Jingdezhen from high temperature porcelain, which is safe, nontoxic and suitable for use in a microwave oven. The intention is to bring warmth and enjoyment to daily dining.
About JiaYi Cai
JiaYi Cai is a master of Interior design at Macau University of Science and Technology.The original purpose of industrial design is to improve life and redesign some pain points in daily life. Therefore, it is necessary to talk about creativity on a practical basis. Any design that deviates from the practical principle will lead to metaphysical. But at the same time, "design is to reject mediocrity, otherwise it is reasonable for customers to find the structure directly." I hope to build a team of young designers with a flat management, a group of design mad. While striving to design beliefs, we must first be based on people. Choosing people is the first step.
Award Record
JiaYi Cai is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 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/97758
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/97758
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!97758
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/174870
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.must.edu.mo/fa/ca
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Villages Multifunctional Ware
- Function
- Multifunctional Ware
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- White Smoke, Sandy Brown, Goldenrod, Light Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Macau University of Science and Technology
The Recognition
- Laureate
- JiaYi Cai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #97758
Credits
- Team
- JiaYi Cai is the main designer., Multidisciplinary Designer, Material Engineering Department at UBC and ShaoShi Yan is the instructor.
- Image Credits
- CAI JIAYI, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A set of flapicturesque voring tableware that makes food look like scenery. The common flavoring containers put together on the table, building a “village”. Integrating with other tableware, the plate forms a sight. As we lay out our food, we enjoy the way we build a city, creating a warmer and more enjoyable dining scene at the table.
- Inspiration
- "Villages" is a set of removable ceramic suits seasoning bottles, With their wishes, users combine the bottles and define the service functions, for example , placing them on a plate or with ornamentation. We hope that the "village" scene can bring more warmth and joy to the users, “Village” provides a more user-friendly and pleasant dining scene. Every time when users use it, they can gain a new and interesting operation experience and also a new emotional experience.
- Research
- The research involved a creation of functional Decorative Items that affective and playful environment with functionality, practicality and aesthetically as an approach. This project is set to better inherit and promote traditional Chinese culture. kiln chambers, and glaze institutes are frequented.Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Rhino3D NURBS, etc.are used for preliminary design and modelling. And the structure is simple, the shape is reasonable, and it is suitable for daily life,which are flexible and can be used in the modern food industry, to form a rich modeling.
- Challenge
- During the process of firing, many problems such as deformation and cracking needed to be solved. Deformation and cracking affected the RQP in production which meant that it was very difficult to use white clay in the process of molding. Finally, the clay with higher hardness was selected as raw material to make this plate.
- Realization and Technology
- The production of this set of products was completed in Jingdezhen. Jingdezhen has a millennium of ceramic culture and history. The material is made of high temperature and environmental protection porcelain. It is safe, nontoxic, environmentally healthy and can be placed in microwave oven. It is made of high quality clay,repaired and bonded, the body of which is dry and glazed. Finally, the product is made by burning.It collects Jingdezhen ceramic culture and traditional Chinese aesthetics.
- Operation and Interaction
- "Villages" is a set of removable ceramic suits seasoning bottles, which can be use in arbitrary combinations. With their wishes, users combine the bottles and define the service functions, for example , placing them on a plate or with ornamentation. We hope that the "village" scene can bring more warmth and joy to the users, which also ensures that the products adapt to changes in the way of life and never go out of style or will be in ordinary.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in August, 2018 in Macao，and finished in November, 2018 in Jingdezhen, China. It has not been exhibited yet.
- Specifications
- 25.0cm wide 25.0cm high temperature 3.0cm high temperature environmental protection porcelain, processing process is material selection, billet, molding, glazing, burning.
- Keywords
- Ceramic tableware, product design, emotional design, function, aesthetics, White Cutlery
