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Awaken The Queen Within Wine Vessel by Shih-Pei Huang Is Granted the A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Shih-Pei Huang honored for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware 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 A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category for Awaken The Queen Within Wine Vessel by Shih-Pei Huang, designed for It's Kana Design. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Awaken The Queen Within Wine Vessel
Awaken The Queen Within is a collection of wine vessels for beer, red wine and absinthe. Each group draws on the image of a famous queen in history: Hatshepsut, Wu Zetian and Irene of Athens. A beer glass, barrel and ice tongs, a wine glass, corkscrew and decanter, and an absinthe glass, spoons and sugar bowl are shaped with historical patterns. Hollow forms reveal the gold of beer, the red of wine and the green of absinthe, while gold and black suggest nobility. The intricate detailing emphasizes a sense of ritual during use.
About Shih-Pei Huang
Shih-Pei Huang, the girls from Taiwan who specialize in visual arts. She is very concerned about culture and believe that culture is the most important element that makes up society. She realized that culture was dying out, and pondered what they could do for society. So, in order to make culture valued, she has brought a series of transformative moves to culture through their profession, and through such contributions, she hope to bring more attention to the culture and spread the mission of cultural continuity.
Award Record
With this recognition, Shih-Pei Huang is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award
The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Entries typically include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. Awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/kitchenware
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/116612
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/116612
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!116612
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/270967
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Awaken The Queen Within Wine Vessel
- Function
- Wine Vessel
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- It's Kana Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shih-Pei Huang
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #116612
Credits
- Team
- Yu-Wen, Sun
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design categorizes beer, red wine, and absinthe by emotion, and uses the images of the famous queens in history as the spokespersons of wine, making the stories behind the designs of the wine decanters full of storytelling. With the combining of three completely different goods, girls who work hard for life can feel an emotional resonance in this collection, get an outlet for their emotions through the drinks and merchandise, and strong their will like a queen.
- Inspiration
- Nowadays, more and more women are serving important roles in their jobs. The purpose of this custom collection is to encourage them to project their emotions onto the goods and merchandise when they use it. To bring out the spirit, the images of three famous queens in history are being used as a start in the idea, and it made to creating the possibility of three different emotions resonances, allowing the girls to build a strong image within.
- Research
- Hatshepsut, a famous ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Accordance with the artifacts she left behind, the elegant beer glass, barrels and ice tongs are designed. Wu Zetian, the only female emperor of China history, combining her characteristics with Chinese decorations, the exquisite wine glass, corkscrew, and decanter are designed. Irene of Athens, the first female emperor of Europe, combined her actions and the Byzantine characteristic, the exotic absinthe glass, spoons, and sugar bowl are created.
- Challenge
- This collection use a more diversified perspective to shape the face of the historical figure, explore the deeper feelings of the historical figure, and overthrow the stereotypes of the historical figure, and attempts to take "independent, capable of self-development" as the core of the design concept, taking women as the starting point, combining historical patterns and development thread of thought, and then transforming them according to the analysis results to develop a series of products.
- Realization and Technology
- This collection uses many hollow designs, which can show the gold of beer, red of red wine and green of absinthe against the glass, and use gold and black as a symbol of nobility in the background, creating an atmosphere of noble. In order to satisfy the luxury and grandeur preference for female users, the product is designed with the concept of boutique, and the intricate design is used to emphasize the sense of ritual in use.
- Operation and Interaction
- Users will use this product in pop-up shop, with the combining of three completely different goods, girls who work hard for life can feel an emotional resonance in this collection, get an outlet for their emotions through the drinks and merchandise, and strong their will like a queen.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2020 in Taiwan Taipei and finished in January 2021 in Taiwan Taipei, and was exhibited in Taiwan Taipei in September 2022.
- Specifications
- The images of three famous queens in history are being used as a start in the design idea and supplemented by three different personalities to create a distinctive design of wine vessel, including beer, red wine, and absinthe.
- Keywords
- design of the wine vessel, custom design, product design, emotional design
