Press Release
Jun Zhou and SunYujia Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Lotus Tableware in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Jun Zhou and SunYujia recognized for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category for Lotus Tableware by Jun Zhou and SunYujia, designed for University of South China. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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 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 Lotus Tableware
Lotus is a set of porcelain tableware inspired by the lotus flower bowls of the Changsha kiln. The traditional lotus pattern is abstracted into simple geometric forms and applied to plates of different heights and sizes. When the plates are stacked by size, the lotus pattern appears, so the set becomes a decorative object during storage. The pieces can be separated and recombined for serving as needed. Patterns of auspicious objects from the Tang Dynasty suit different occasions. The porcelain is glazed in celadon green and shaped by hand.
Award Record
Jun Zhou and SunYujia is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/148619
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148619
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148619
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/337842
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lotus Tableware
- Function
- Tableware
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Black, White Smoke, Gainsboro, Dark Slate Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- University of South China
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jun Zhou and SunYujia
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148619
Credits
- Team
- Sun Yu Jia
- Image Credits
- Image #1：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings01, 2022. Image #2：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings02, 2022. Image #3：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings03, 2022. Image #4：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings04, 2022. Image #5：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings05, 2022.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- New Style of Lotus with Celadon Color.The bowl is disassembled into a vessel for use and combined into a decoration for storage, allowing the user to experience the ritual of restoring the Changsha kiln lotus bowl pattern. In addition, the bowl is accompanied by a pattern of auspicious objects from the Tang Dynasty to correspond to different scenes.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the classic object of Changsha kiln, the bowl with lotus flower pattern in green glaze and brown-green color, the traditional pattern is abstracted into a pure geometric figure and evolved into a series of tableware adapted to modern home life through the combination of height and size.
- Research
- Changsha kiln is a representative of cultural accumulation and cultural heritage with distinctive regional characteristics. To study, interpret and innovate Changsha kiln by means of product design is to record, store, disseminate and exploit the regional culture, to develop and market Changsha kiln cultural products driven by design creativity, and to integrate Changsha kilnization education and dissemination into modern daily life, which is to respect and inherit the culture.
- Challenge
- On the basis of retaining the uniqueness of regional culture, let the tradition regenerate and enter the modern home life.
- Realization and Technology
- Creative porcelain realized by hand by professional ceramic artists, mold opening and standardization process.
- Operation and Interaction
- Overlapping placement in accordance with the size in turn, showing the lotus pattern, disassembly can be matched according to the use of demand, combined use.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was completed in Hunan in September 2022
- Specifications
- Round dinner plate: Width 225mm×Depth 225mm×Height 25mm Square dinner plate：Width197mm×Depth 197mm×Height 23.5mm Flower-shaped dinner plate：Width186mm×Depth 186mm×Height 22mm Slimline dinner plate： Flower Vase：Width174mm×Depth 64mm×Height 20.5mm
- Keywords
- Combination dinner plate, lotus decoration, Changsha kiln
