Glay 智能衣柜 by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 婴儿、儿童产品设计 Competition Category.
铁婴儿产品· 2021
Glay 智能衣柜
by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin
Client: Size M Design
A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 婴儿产品 Category
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About Glay 智能衣柜
Glay 是一款专为儿童设计的智能衣柜。柜体宽1500毫米、深600毫米、高1200毫米。其中一扇门采用电子纸材质,可作为画板、涂色板以及简单游戏的显示屏使用。木质门面设有孔洞,可用于拼插积木、字母与数字。柜内框架可拉出,形成一间小型游戏屋,并配有一张桌子和两把可骑坐的椅子。家长可通过无线连接更换门面图案,让孩子在保持衣物整洁的同时,也能知晓临近的睡觉时间。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铁奖
Glay 智能衣柜是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Glay 智能衣柜将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Glay 智能衣柜因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。
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
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