Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝 by Beijing Wang Mazi Technology Co., Ltd

Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝 by Beijing Wang Mazi Technology Co., Ltd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 白金獎 in 廚具設計 Competition Category.

白金廚具· 2025

Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝

by Beijing Wang Mazi Technology Co., Ltd

Client: Beijing Wang Mazi Technology Co., LTD

A' Design Award 白金獎 Winner in 廚具 Category

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The Design

About Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝

隱冇星魁係一套四件裝嘅中式刀具，專為家庭廚房而設計。每把刀身採用多層結構嘅複合鋼製成，高碳鋼芯令刀鋒保持鋒利，而低碳鋼表層就能夠防止腐蝕。經過攝氏1040度熱鍛同埋零下196度冷鍛處理，提升咗刀嘅強度同韌性。鍛造表面帶有輕微粗糙質感，可以減少同黏性食材嘅接觸。刀柄設有凹位握持區，重量平衡，長時間使用都舒適。黑銀色嘅外觀飾以經典饕餮紋圖案。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 白金獎

Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝是 A' Design Award 白金獎得主，這是授予真正卓越、優雅和宏偉設計的極具聲望的認可。白金獎得主是創造的奇蹟，是智力創造力極限的見證，展現出其設計師無與倫比的專業精神和天才。這些設計被期待成為定義一個時代的美學、造福社會、並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術界限的最負盛名的作品。Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝展現出超凡脫俗的卓越水準，以其有益而寶貴的特質毫無疑問地讓世界變得更美好。Yin Mo Star Kui 刀具套裝是一件贏得 A' Design Award 白金獎的作品，它喚起慾望，啟發人心，令人愉悅，並迸發出巨大的喜悅。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This Chinese knife set, designed based on diverse needs of Chinese kitchens, aims to offer users an efficient, comfortable experience. It ingeniously integrates unique appearance design, exquisite craftsmanship, and premium materials, striking a perfect balance between aesthetic pleasure and practicality.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150*360*114mm
Tags: Chinese knife set, forged texture, forged texture, efficient cutting, composite steel, hot and cold forging processes
Production Technology: The knife set employs 1040 degrees Celsius hot and minus 196 degrees Celsius cold forging processes to ensure lastingly superior performance. The hot forging process improves the overall strength and toughness by optimizing the shape and eliminating imperfections. The cold one enhances the crystal structure to increase resistance to deformation. Compared to conventional knives, the product, benefiting from its special forging processes, achieves better durability and prolonged service life.
Design Challenge: The challenge was striking a balance between hardness and toughness of the knives to enhance durability and practicality. To address that, the blade is crafted from composite steel and utilizes a multilayer structure. The core layer of high carbon steel ensures lasting sharpness, suitable for precise cutting and prolonged use. The anti corrosion surface layer of low carbon steel is uneasy to rust even under damp conditions, reducing the risk of breakage and edge rolling.
Research: Traditional Chinese knives often focus excessively on practicality while neglecting aesthetic pleasure and user experience. This product, however, demonstrates a profound understanding of traditional Chinese culture and a deep insight into modern lifestyles, and especially takes into account the needs of Chinese kitchens. It aims to bring users visual enjoyment and foster their cultural identity through unique appearance design while ensuring an efficient, effortless experience.
Inspiration: The product prioritizes both of aesthetic pleasure and practicality. Its refined forged texture significantly enhances visual layering while giving a strong 3D visual effect and a sense of dynamism. Meanwhile, the color scheme of black and silver, combined with the classic Taotie pattern as an embellishment, greatly improves visual appeal by marrying antiquity with modernity.
Project Duration: This product was developed in Beijing in February, 2024, and will be launched in China in April, 2025.
Operation Flow: The ergonomic handle adopts a reasonably concave structure at the grip area and a streamlines shape, as well as scientifically distributed weight, to offer a comfortable grip and relieve hand fatigue during prolonged use.
A slightly rough surface resulted from forging processes effectively reduces the contact area between the food and the blade, making the knives especially suitable for handling sticky food. This improves cutting efficiency, contributing to smoother and more efficient operations.
Team Members: Wenqiang Xu,
Zhuogong Ao,
Sihong Pan