Press Release
Xu Taixin, Huang Zixin and Huang Xianting Receives the Silver A' Design Award for The Realm Series Customizable Home Cloakroom in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Xu Taixin, Huang Zixin and Huang Xianting for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category for The Realm Series Customizable Home Cloakroom by Xu Taixin, Huang Zixin and Huang Xianting, designed for Piano. 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding The Realm Series Customizable Home Cloakroom
The Realm Series is a modular home cloakroom designed for residential storage. The structure is based on cylindrical aluminum profiles, which are light and stable. Circular design elements reduce the sharp and cold appearance of traditional aluminum furniture. Shelves, drawers and handles follow the same rounded form. The materials are aluminum, leather, solid wood veneer and paint. Drawer modules, sections for long and short clothing and racks can be combined freely to suit different room sizes. Four material and color schemes are available.
Award Record
With this recognition, Xu Taixin, Huang Zixin and Huang Xianting is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
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/134433
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/134433
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!134433
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/323917
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Realm Series Customizable Home Cloakroom
- Function
- Customizable Home Cloakroom
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 4
- Client
- Piano
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xu Taixin, Huang Zixin and Huang Xianting
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #134433
Credits
- Team
- Sun Xiaoyang; Xu Taixin; Huang Zixin; Huang Xianting; Yang Chunjie; Liu Jialing; Zhu Lin; Guo Lianrui; Huang Zhiqi; Nie Xiaojun; Zhang Yaohua; Liu Zhonghua
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The REALM series cloakroom innovatively adopts a cylindrical aluminum profile structure. It maintains the light and stable features of aluminum structure, while eliminating the sharp and cold feeling of traditional aluminum furniture through the circular design elements. And the layer boards, drawers, handles, and other components are all unified, giving people a sense of comfort and security.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by circles, the REALM series changes the same Italian-style aluminum furnishings on the market and the traditional panel cloakrooms in China, creating a home cloakroom solution that meets both aesthetic and function.
- Research
- Research type: functional design of wardrobe; Research goal: To re-combine the popular minimalist aluminum furniture and Chinese cultural and functional needs; Research direction: the materials and colors matching of wardrobes; Research methods: behavioral research method, comparative method, observation method; Social influence: The REALM series cloakroom is Piano's flagship product, which represents the brand's highest craftsmanship, and brings users a high-end life experience.
- Challenge
- In order to save space, the tracks and conductive rails are hidden in the cylindrical aluminum structure for up and down adjustment without rewiring. At the same time, it can be freely cut to any size according to the actual height without reprocessing.
- Realization and Technology
- The materials mainly are aluminum, leather, solid wood veneer and paint, plus semi-circular laminate profiles, built-in arc handles and a modular design, it can satisfy customers' more functional choices.
- Operation and Interaction
- The REALM series cloakroom has 4 material and color matching schemes. With the same black and bronze aluminum main frame, different materials can be adjusted to meet the needs of different users. Among the four schemes, the matching of orange leather and dark gray paint conveys a calm atmosphere of businessmen; while the combination of blue leather and reddish orange fabric is more subtle and reserved.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2020 in Zhongshan and finished in March 2021 in Zhongshan,
- Specifications
- The cloakroom is 8000mm long, 550mm wide, and 2700mm high, which covers all the basic functions of a cloakroom. The drawer modules, storage sections for long and short clothing, racks, etc. can be freely combined with standard modules to meet different functional requirements of different sizes of space.
- Keywords
- Wardrobe design, cloakroom packaging, aluminum home furnishing, modular design, free combination, multiple color solutions.
