Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design Goes to 700kids Balance Bike Integrated Molding Bicycle by Johnny Liu
Johnny Liu recognized for baby, kids' and children's products design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ 700kids Balance Bike Integrated Molding Bicycle by Johnny Liu, designed for 700kids, 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 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
More About 700kids Balance Bike Integrated Molding Bicycle
700kids Balance Bike is a balance bike designed for young children who are learning to ride. The frame is formed in one piece by gas-assisted injection molding and made of nylon reinforced with glass fiber, which keeps the body light, sturdy and smooth on the surface. A ring-shaped footrest lets children rest their feet while gliding. The body is black, while the handles, footrests and cushion are yellow to guide riding and balancing. Assembly requires only connecting the handle head to the body.
About Johnny Liu
The design director of 700kids is clean and agile, with special eyes and open mind. He loves cross-border applications in design, including cross industry applications, natural biology, and even graphic design. The design style has temperature and emotion. Under the function of highlighting products, it can reflect the sexy side of people.
Award Record
With this recognition, Johnny Liu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/99562
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/99562
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!99562
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/270671
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- 700kids Balance Bike Integrated Molding Bicycle
- Function
- Integrated Molding Bicycle
- Category
- Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Gainsboro, White Smoke and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- 700kids
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Johnny Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #99562
Credits
- Team
- Liumingjin Guojingjing Liuminjie Liaozebin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The body frame of 700kids Balance Bike is shaped by GAIM technology (Gas-Assisted Injection Molding). It makes the body not only stable and sturdy with light weight, but also delicate, precisely and well-stacked on surface. We focus on designing the part of footrest. As children prefer to rest their feet while they’re sliding. We could see that PI character 'O' matches the function and outside looking well. And it conveys safety, comfort and each charm to children.
- Inspiration
- We are inspirited by chair design, throwing the over industrialized and bulky chair products into the past, creating unique and lightweight products through unique craftsmanship, bringing the affinity and better user experience.
- Research
- Before that, all the scooters were made of metal, with too many manual operations and different quality. Metal processing products are cold, lack of affinity, extremely single shape, leaving many processing traces such as welding and spraying. Our products use the GAIM technology (Gas-Assisted Injection Molding) process, so that the products have more affinity, no longer cold. The GAIM technology (Gas-Assisted Injection Molding) process brings stable product quality and reduces the artificial burden in the process.
- Challenge
- To achieve integrated molding,the main problem are materials and techniques. We study the carbon fiber, plastic, and metal. Considering the user experiences, vision effects, prices, and producing difficulty, we finally choose nylon glass fiber. With GAIM technology (Gas-Assisted Injection Molding), we have developed a high-strength plastic frame that can be mass produced.
- Realization and Technology
- Gas-Assisted Injection Molding
- Operation and Interaction
- The product is designed for children. The body is black; the pedals, handles, and cushions are yellow. We use yellow to guide children through riding, gliding, and maintaining balance, which lowers the learning bar. After unpacking the product, users only need to connect the handle head and the vehicle body, then it can be used.
- Project Duration and Location
- 11/2018: Coming with idea of a flawless balance bike. 05/2019: Finished the design of integrated form 11/2019: Sale online
- Specifications
- Product size:Width 870mm x Depth 500mm x Height 390mm Package size: Width 870mm x Depth 130mm x Height 500mm Frame material: Nylon plus glass fiber reinforced
- Keywords
- balance bike, sport, kids, children, toy, Products Design
