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Chun-Lung Chen Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Cani Airwave Breathable Mattress in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
Chun-Lung Chen honored for baby, kids' and children's products design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design category for Cani Airwave Breathable Mattress by Chun-Lung Chen, designed for KingJames International Ltd.. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Cani Airwave Breathable Mattress
Cani Airwave is a breathable mattress designed for babies and young children. The mattress measures 120 by 60 by 5 centimetres and weighs 3200 grams. The inner structure is made of PET thermoplastic elastomer with a three-dimensional honeycomb texture that relieves pressure and lets air flow freely inside. A pocket spring structure supports healthy spine development. The cover is made of organic cotton and carries a hand-embroidered bear pattern inspired by children's drawings. The mattress can be washed in hot water and dried in sunlight.
About Chun-Lung Chen
KingJames International Ltd. was founded in 2003. In the prior years of operation, the company was designing and manufacturing mattress for department stores and wholesale brand. Later in 2014, KingJames International Ltd. founded its own brand: cani organic cotton, and set up official website and physical stores both in Taipei and Taichung. Knowing and understanding customer needs is at the centre of KingJames International’s business. 17 years of mattress manufacturing experience, the company believes that only customers’ need can lead the business into perfection. Cani organic cotton cooperates with parent and pediatrician, aiming to become a brand best knows the parents’ need.
Award Record
With this recognition, Chun-Lung Chen 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. It 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. Typical entries include strollers, car seats, baby monitors, high chairs, baby bottles and pacifiers. The awarded baby products designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/baby-products
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/115602
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/115602
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!115602
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/294894
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.cani.com.tw
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cani Airwave Breathable Mattress
- Function
- Breathable Mattress
- Category
- Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Tan, Dark Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- KingJames International Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chun-Lung Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #115602
Credits
- Image Credits
- 5: Photographer Matthew Ho, Cani Airwave Breathable Mattress, 2015.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The founder, who has just become a dad, immersed in the joy of being a parent, realized that it was difficult to choose baby-safe products for children with atopic dermatitis, then he followed the doctors advice and went abroad to find organic cotton. After using the product, he didnt expect to improve the childs skin condition. To protect all children with different skin types, organic cotton was introduced to Taiwan and the infant organic brand was created. This mattress is one of them.
- Inspiration
- People-oriented and live with the earth as the concept, babies have been in contact with natural organic cotton fabrics since their birth. The product structure is made of breathable, safe and supportable PET thermoplastic elastomer, and 3D honeycomb pressure-relieving texture, which makes babies more comfortable. Natural and organic, people-oriented, and live with the earth are our philosophy in making baby mattresses.
- Research
- The breathable fibrous structure allows air to flow freely inside the mattress. Designed for infant spine health development, cani airwave baby mattresss pocket spring structure has more supporting capacity than the normal flat design mattress.
- Challenge
- Every season, our company sends online questionnaires for mothers childcare needs, and counts the items that the mothers in Taiwan are most concerned about when choosing bedding for newborns (such as: ventilation, washable, anti-dust mite, hot water disinfection, high temperature sun exposure) Sterilization, customized size) and based on the market survey results to create the most suitable for the baby mattress. Conduct Internet questionnaires every season, cani airwave baby mattress aims to create infant bedding product according to customers advices.
- Realization and Technology
- 1.Using European Food Law and FDA approved PP material, cani airwave mattress contains no plasticizer, formaldehyde and BPA. It is designed for babies who spit or wet its bed frequently, the mattress can be washed by hot water with 55° C~60 ° C degree and takes approximately only 3~5 hours to be thoroughly dried by sunlight.
- Operation and Interaction
- People-oriented-designers- inspired by childrens graffiti. Live with the earth- choose the bear in the forest as the main pattern. From a childs point of view, we designed the innocent and childlike bear embroidery pattern on the organic cotton bed bag. Using the craftsmanship of Taiwanese craftsmen, the mattress was hand-made throughout the process, and the hand-embroidered stitches made the bears playful expression precisely.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in 2015 and launched in 2015 in Taiwan.
- Specifications
- The product is 120cm x 60cm x 5cm, and the weight is 3200g.
- Keywords
- Baby, Mattress, Product, Children, Organic Cotton
