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Dajeong Jang Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Beyond Hand Mirror in Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design
Dajeong Jang honored for beauty, personal care and cosmetic 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 announced that Beyond Hand Mirror by Dajeong Jang has been granted the A' Design Award in the Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design category. The award was conferred within 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
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.
About Beyond Hand Mirror
Beyond is a hand mirror inspired by the wing mirror of a car. A wing mirror helps a driver to see areas beyond normal vision, and Beyond carries the phrase You are more than you appear on the mirror surface. The phrase invites people to consider their inner beauty beyond their appearance. The body is made of ash wood with a soap finish, and the mirror is an acrylic sheet shaped by laser cutting and marked with text. The rounded back gives a gentle feel in the hand, and the mirror is set slightly inside the wooden rim for protection when the mirror is placed face down.
About Dajeong Jang
Dajeong Jang is a designer born in 1995 in Ilsan, South Korea. She graduated in Industrial Design from Hongik University in 2020.
Award Record
With this recognition, Dajeong Jang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design Award
The A' Cosmetic Product Design Award is an international competition recognizing good cosmetic products by best cosmetic product brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cosmetic brands, cosmetic product designers, personal care product designers and beauty product designers from all countries. Entries typically include lipsticks, foundations, eyeliners, mascara, blushes and concealers. Awarded cosmetic product designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/cosmetic-product
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/121585
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121585
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121585
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/302807
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Beyond Hand Mirror
- Function
- Hand Mirror
- Category
- Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Beauty and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Light Gray, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dajeong Jang
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #121585
Credits
- Image Credits
- #1 - Dajeong Jang #2 - Dajeong Jang #3 - Dajeong Jang #4 - Dajeong Jang #5 - Dajeong Jang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- It is a hand mirror inspired by a wing mirror. Like a phrase on the wing mirror 'Objects in mirror are closer than they appear', a phrase 'You are more than you appear' is marked on the surface of the mirror. It takes people to think about their own beauty inside beyond their appearance. With a generous volume shape on the back, it gives a gentle feeling when they are in hand. The mirror is placed slightly inside so it is protected by a wood rim when it is turned over.
- Inspiration
- One time I got into a car, a wing mirror caught my eye. It helps the driver to see areas beyond the driver’s peripheral vision. I wondered what if a hand mirror also can reflect beyond our appearance.
- Research
- As this hand mirror is linked to the wing mirror of the car, I tried to find the most general characteristic of the wing mirror. Afterward, the shape was refined through the iteration of sketches and model making.
- Challenge
- It was challenging to create a simple and concise phrase transition from the original one while keeping its essence. It also took a long journey to find a satisfactory volume shape in both situations when gripped by hand and placed on the table. After all, those challenges allowed me to go further than I expected.
- Realization and Technology
- It consists of two parts. The wood part is ashwood with a soap finish and the mirror part is an acrylic mirror with laser cutting and text marking.
- Operation and Interaction
- The ash wood gives natural warmth and lightweight on hand with shock resisting density and hardness.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Seoul.
- Keywords
- Hand mirror, Mirror, Ash, Object, Design, Industrial Design
