Si Shengsheng Set Kado Magnet by Peng Gao, Mian Wu and Yixuan Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Basi in Barang Hadiah Competition Category.
BasiBarang Hadiah· 2026
Si Shengsheng Set Kado Magnet
by Peng Gao, Mian Wu and Yixuan Wu
Client: The China Media Group Spring Festival Gala
A' Design Award Basi Winner in Barang Hadiah Category
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The Design
About Si Shengsheng Set Kado Magnet
Si Shengsheng adolah set kado magnet nan dibuek untuak Festival Musim Semi Cino jo Taun Ular. Set iko barisi ampek stiker kulkas, dan satiok stiker mambao barakaik nan babeda, sarupo kabahagiaan, kakayoan, jo sanang makan lamak. Dalam budayo Cino, ular malambangkan pambaruan jo kabalanjutan malalui siklus alaminyo baupo hibernasi jo malapehan kuliknyo. Desain iko manggabuangkan ular jo ruyi, lambang tradisional untuang baiak, sahinggo maubah makhluk nan ditakuik-i manjadi maskot nan ramah. Stiker iko dapek dilakekan ka sagalo permukaan magnetik dan disusun sacaro bebas.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Basi
Si Shengsheng Set Kado Magnet adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Si Shengsheng Set Kado Magnet dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Si Shengsheng Set Kado Magnet dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Refrigerator Sticker Gift Set features four charming versions of Si Shengsheng, the mascot of the China Central Television Station's 2025 Spring Festival Gala, celebrating the Year of the Snake. Inspired by the traditional Chinese ruyi, a ceremonial object symbolizing good fortune, the main character has been reimagined as a lively little turquoise snake. This set includes four distinct designs, each representing a joyful blessing: happiness, wealth, and the cheerful spirit of foodie.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 250*250*30
- Tags
- Refrigerator Sticker Gift Set，Chinese Spring Festival，Mascot Snake
- Production Technology
- CNC,Stamping manufacturing, Epoxy resin coating
- Design Challenge
- The snake is often perceived as a fearsome creature, making it a challenge to transform it into a culturally rich and auspicious New Year gift. By merging the snake with the form of the ruyi, we created a theme of "Auspiciousness and Endless Vitality." The head design incorporates elements from the earliest known ruyi artefact, a Tang dynasty gilt ruyi, with its cloud-shaped tip reinterpreted as the head contour and spiral facial ornament. Additional features such as the brows, eyes, and nose were inspired by the bronze snake from the renowned Sanxingdui site. Each design detail is grounded in archaeological evidence and reimagined through contemporary visual language, with a playful and endearing transformation of form.
- Research
- This design draws on desktop research and artefact studies. We explored serpent worship in Chinese tradition and analysed snake-related artefacts and the evolution of the ruyi motif. The Sanxingdui bronze serpent and the Famen Temple ruyi were chosen as key references. Field research at the Palace Museum informed our understanding of ruyi ornamentation and craftsmanship, which were then translated into decorative elements for the snake’s body in the design.
- Inspiration
- The core of this design lies in transforming the traditionally unwelcomed image of the snake into a festival mascot and a New Year gift. In Chinese culture, the snake, due to its natural cycles of hibernation and shedding, symbolises renewal and the continuity of life. Drawing inspiration from ritual objects associated with traditional serpent worship, the design merges the form of the snake with that of the ruyi, creating a mascot and gift set.
- Project Duration
- The project began in Zhuhai in September 2024 and was completed in Beijing in January 2025. It was subsequently exhibited and sold in Beijing, Shanghai, and 35 other cities across China, and was also presented as a gift to the United Nations Headquarters in New York and Tokyo University.
- Operation Flow
- The Refrigerator Sticker Gift Set is designed primarily as a New Year gift. The recipient opens the package and peels the backing off each sticker. The stickers are then applied to any magnetic surface, such as a refrigerator door, iron door, or a dedicated magnetic display wall. The four designs can be arranged freely in any combination according to personal preference. Compact yet culturally meaningful, the set functions not only as a decorative item but also as a collectible object, offering the recipient a versatile and lasting way to celebrate the festive season.
- Team Members
- Design director: Peng Gao
Main designer: Mian Wu
Main designer: Yixuan Wu
Product designer: Shuai Gong
Design assistant: Hejia Chen
Design assistant: Zihong Zhao
Design assistant: Yiting Chen
Design manager:Xu liang - Image Credits
- #1: Photographer Evan, Variations, 2025
#2: Photographer Evan, Variations, 2025
#3: Photographer Evan, Variations, 2025
#4: Photographer Evan, Variations, 2025
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