Glay Armari Intelligent by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Glay Armari Intelligent by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Fèrre in Productes per Nòirissons Competition Category.

FèrreProductes per Nòirissons· 2021

Glay Armari Intelligent

by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Client: Size M Design

A' Design Award de Fèrre Winner in Productes per Nòirissons Category

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The Design

About Glay Armari Intelligent

Glay es un armari intelligent concebut per als enfants. L'unitat mesura 1500 mm de larguesa, 600 mm de prigondor e 1200 mm d'nautor. Una porta es facha en papièr electronic e servís de tablèu de dessenh, de tablèu de coloriatge e d'ecran per de jòcs simples. La susfàcia de la porta en bòi a de traucs per de blòts de construccion, de letras e de chifras. Un quadre se tira per formar una pichona sala de jòc, e una taula amb doas cadièras de cavalgada son incluses. Los parents pòdon cambiar los motius de la porta per un ligam sens fial, en tal biais que los enfants pòdon veire quand l'ora de dormir s'apròcha, tot en gardant lor vestits en òrdre.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fèrre

Glay Armari Intelligent a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que Glay Armari Intelligent siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, Glay Armari Intelligent merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This closet gives children imagination to create the atmosphere they want. They can transform the closet to play inside, can do coloring, and can arrange their clothes with it. It has also a frame for pulling out to be a secret play room, a table to write and two riding chairs.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1500mm x Depth 600mm x Height 1200mm
Tags: Smartfurniture, maltyfunction, kidsfurniture, adesignaward, waronvirus, stayhome, marcoguariglia
Production Technology: The e door corroborated with E ink Cor. using e paper in the new area of kids furniture which is not often considered. It can be used as a drawing board, coloring board with bear patterns and shooting games. The wood surface of the door has holes for playing blocks, training logical thinking from 2D to 3D or practice numbers and the alphabet with it.
Design Challenge: Using e paper on the surface made this project big enough to need a team of engineers and carpentors to work with, challenging their abilities and overcoming their reluctance to deal with Glay, which became a learning experience for all involved.
Research: As a parent, the designer was focusing on how to introduce technology and digital things to children without missing the experience of real objects in their lives. He decided to use time as the topic on the digital door, to help children understand how fast the time passes by.
Inspiration: The designer showed his daughter a draft for a children's closet but she rejected it saying she wants a closet to play with as well as to keep her clothes tidy. While avoiding overuse of digitalization, Glay brings back the real touch and feel mechanics that naturally attract children's interests. By design the digital connects with the real life interaction.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2017 in Taipei and finished in April 2018 in Taipei, and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018, Milan, Italy. At 2019, it was awarded by Good Design Award Chicago, U.S.A.
Operation Flow: Through blue tooth, parents can control the digital door color and patterns. The house work timer function could be arranged in the phone calendar as well. The designer wants to let kids know their sleep time is close by seeing the changing patterns on the door.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Marco Guariglia, 2018.
Team Members: Designer: Marco Guariglia
Creative Director: Jui Ju Lin
Wood Work: Joe Hsieh
Wood Work: Hao Jhe Li
Wood Work: Sheng Xun Zhan
Image Credits: Image #Main: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #1: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #2: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Model: Jui-Ju Lin/ Yalex Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #4: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020