Yan Luo and Jianan Yu Is Honored with the A' Design Award for The Panda Themed Tea Set in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design

Yan Luo and Jianan Yu acknowledged 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 The Panda Themed Tea Set by Yan Luo and Jianan Yu, designed for Luo Yan Art Design Studio. 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 evaluated 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.

Regarding The Panda Themed Tea Set

The Panda Themed is a ceramic tea set inspired by the loveliness of pandas. The set includes a tea pot and tea cups. The panda ears on the pot lid serve as a handle, and the panda eyes serve as coasters for the tea cups. Glossy white and matt black surfaces are combined to create a pleasant handling experience. User trials and habit analysis guided the size and the component parts, so the set is intuitive to use and durable. The tea set can be used at home or during travel, and can also be placed as decoration on dinner tables or book shelves.

About Yan Luo and Jianan Yu

Yan Luo is a professor in the school of design, Chongqing Normal University. She has been engaged in design school and design work for more than ten years. Yan Luo got PHD degree at 2010. and she was a visiting scholar at the California University and Harvard University. Many of her design works have won many awards at China and abroad. Design makes our life more interesting. More and more people all over the world like to drink tea, so they designed this lovely panda tea set, which has strong oriental characteristics, so that all people who love pandas and like to drink tea can't put it down.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yan Luo and Jianan Yu a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

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/121889
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121889
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121889
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/302967

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: The Panda Themed Tea Set
Function: Tea Set
Category: Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
Colors: Light Gray, Black, Dark Slate Gray, White Smoke and Silver
Images: 5
Client: Luo Yan Art Design Studio

The Recognition

Laureate: Yan Luo and Jianan Yu
Country: China
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #121889

Credits

Team: Yan Luo and Jianan Yu
Image Credits: Photographer Yan Luo, Jianan Yu, 2020.; Photographer Yan Luo, Jianan Yu, 2020. Video Credits: Yan Luo, Jianan Yu, 2020.

Design Details

Unique Properties: This panda-themed tea set brings joy and harmony into tea time.Through user trials and habit analysis the designer optimized the set’s component parts and overall size in ways that make the product exquisite in appearance, intuitive to use and durable. The panda ears on the pot’s lid serve as a handle, while the panda eyes as coasters of the tea cups. Overall, the tea set adds joy both at home and during travel. Further, they can be placed as decoration on dinner tables or book shelves.
Inspiration: The designer want the tea set adds joy and relaxation for tea lovers both at home and during travel, and also hope they can be placed as decoration on dinner tables or book shelves. So, The designer extracted the essence of pandas, namely loveliness, into the design of this tea set. The panda ears on the pot’s lid serve as a handle, while the panda eyes as coasters of the tea cups. The tea set combines glossy white and matt black surfaces in order to create a pleasant handling experience.
Research: How to simplify the the essence of panda is a key element of the design language of this project. The designer extracted the essence of pandas, namely loveliness, into the design of this tea set, and simplified design elements to combine with the practical structure of the tea pot and cups. Through user trials and habit analysis the designer optimized the set’s component parts and overall size in ways that make the final product exquisite in appearance, intuitive to use and durable. As part of the design, study different types of materials were tested such as combines glossy white and matt black surfaces in order to create a pleasant handling experience.
Challenge: The main technological challenge was to achieve a Proper surface of objects. As you know, it is quite difficult to get Uniform curvature in ceramics, and especially in porcelain. It was possible to solve this problem by selecting the computer 3D modeling and 3D printing, then mass production was carried out according to the 3D model.
Operation and Interaction: The Panda-Themed Tea Set adds joy and relaxation for tea lovers both at home and during travel. Further, the tea set can be placed as decoration on dinner tables or book shelves.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in February 2020 in ChongQing and finished in July 2020 in ChongQing.
Specifications: Tea pot : Width 170 mm x Depth 120 mm x Height 90 mm ; One tea cup: Width 60 mm x Depth 60 mm x Height 40 mm.
Keywords: Tea Set, Tea Pot, Tea Cup, Panda, Drinkware, Tableware, Ceramics