Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design Goes to Emmett Outdoor Folding Chair by True Places
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes True Places for outdoor gear and camping equipment design
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design category for Emmett Outdoor Folding Chair by True Places. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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.
About Emmett Outdoor Folding Chair
Emmett is an outdoor folding chair made for portable use. The frame is built from 6000 series aluminum, and the seat uses a custom outdoor fabric of polyester and nylon. The folding design reduces sagging and pinching while still allowing a compact folded size. The chair opens in one motion until the arms lock to form a taut seat, and buttons on the armrests release the arms for folding. Bottle openers are placed under both arms, and bag hooks and wide feet are included. A recycled polyester bag allows the chair to be carried over the shoulder.
About True Places
True Places is a new company for the modern outdoors - creating thoughtfully-designed products and accessories for life just outside the door. Starting with re-imagining the portable chair, True Places is designing solutions for how people live today and and the quality people expect. The first product, the Emmett Folding Chair, includes a patent-pending folding design, custom fabric, lightweight portability and many other thoughtful features.
Award Record
This recognition makes True Places a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Camping Gear and Outdoor Equipment Design Award
The A' Camping Gear Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good camping equipment by leading brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to camping gear designers, outdoor equipment designers, product designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Typical entries include tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, camping stoves, lanterns and multi-tools. The awarded camping gear designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/camping-gear
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/130592
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/130592
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!130592
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/316959
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://trueplaces.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
###
Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Emmett Outdoor Folding Chair
- Function
- Outdoor Folding Chair
- Category
- Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sports
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Lavender, Dark Slate Gray, White Smoke and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- True Places
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #130592
Credits
- Team
- Bart Ruijpers, Jonathan Albert, Bre Stchowski, Nelson Warley and Ben Knepler
- Image Credits
- True Places, Inc.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The portable chair reimagined for the modern outdoors. Remarkable comfort, lightweight portability and thoughtful features combine to create an innovative outdoor folding chair reflecting the way people live today. New patent-pending folding design eliminates sagging and pinching from the seat while still folding compactly. Custom TrueFlexTM outdoor fabric and aerospace-grade aluminum frame. Accessories for right or left, bottle-openers under both arms, bag hooks and large feet for stability.
- Inspiration
- The modern outdoors - relaxing with neighbors, concerts in the park, watching children playing sports - is meaningful time with family and friends, but is often not matched by the quality of products people use. Why are portable chairs so uncomfortable, and comfortable chairs immovable? True Places began by asking "What if beautifully-designed and comfortable outdoor furniture can also be portable? What if modern design and engineering can create a folding chair of quality that matches the rest of people’s lives?"
- Research
- Extensive qualitative and quantitative research across hundreds of consumers informed the design of the Emmett. The research identified significant dissatisfaction with current outdoor portable chair options, particularly in terms of comfort and design. With more people spending quality time with family and friends outdoors, the Emmett fills an important need for well-designed comfort for the modern outdoors.
- Challenge
- There has historically been significant tension between comfort and portability in outdoor furniture design. Creating a piece of furniture that includes a comfortable, taut seat while still also folding compactly was a difficult design and engineering challenge. Furthermore, portable outdoor chair development in recent decades has focused on cutting costs at the expense of quality. Creating real portable comfort that can be affordably produced at scale was also a considerable challenge.
- Realization and Technology
- Aluminum 6000 series TrueFlexTM fabric (polyester, nylon) Glass-filled nylon components Recycled polyester (carrying bag)
- Operation and Interaction
- The Emmett features a new folding design: the chair can be folded out in one motion until the arms lock to create a remarkably comfortable, taut seat. The chair is easily folded by unlocking the arms using the armrest buttons and folding the arms upward and inward to a compact folded position. The chair can then be stowed in the custom designed sustainable carrying bag. Each chair can be carried over the shoulder or two chairs can be connected to be carried backpack-style.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2019 in Philadelphia and New York City and was completed in July 2021 in Shanghai.
- Specifications
- Folded dimensions: 229mm(w) x 203mm(d) x 914mm(h) Ready to sit dimensions: 610mm(w) x 508mm(d) x 914mm(h)
- Keywords
- Outdoor, furniture, chair, portable, comfort, lightweight
