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Yansheng Xia Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Cooker Portable Stove in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
Yansheng Xia recognized for outdoor gear and camping equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Cooker Portable Stove by Yansheng Xia, designed for Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About Cooker Portable Stove
Cooker is a portable stove designed for outdoor picnics and camping. The gas can, ovenware, fire source and oil storage are combined within one compact body. The folding structure is inspired by the shape of a suitcase, so the stove stays light and easy to carry. Cooker is opened and closed like a case, which makes operation simple in the field. Liquefied petroleum gas is used as the fuel, giving a high combustion value without soot or odour. The design invites young people to leave the city and cook together in nature.
About Yansheng Xia
郑州轻工业大学艺术与设计学院始建于1977年。经过多年的建设和发展，学院逐渐形成了自己的特色和专业优势，成为河南乃至全国重要的设计艺术人才培养基地。艺术与设计学院非常重视教育教学。在专业人才培养实践中，本着“夯实基础、精炼专业、注重创新”的教育理念，形成了人才培养模式。学生的理论基础和实践能力显著提高，频频获得行业奖项，特别是在国际顶尖设计竞赛、教育部学科竞赛、全国设计竞赛等。一大批毕业生在教育、设计、商业领域脱颖而出，取得了骄人的成绩，成为行业的优秀人才。
Award Record
This recognition makes Yansheng Xia 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, camping stoves, lanterns and multi-tools. Awarded camping gear designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/camping-gear
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/149518
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149518
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149518
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/343238
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cooker Portable Stove
- Function
- Portable Stove
- Category
- Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sports
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro, Dim Gray, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yansheng Xia
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149518
Credits
- Image Credits
- Yansheng Xia
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Outdoor Picnics have become one of the modern styles advocated by the young people.One chooses to come out of the city searching for a release and return from the nature.The product excellently added the gas can,ovenware,fire source,oil storage into several places providing a kind of beauty in life.The foldable structure of portable kitchenware is the "passport" of outdoor kitchenware, which is lightweight and no burden to the maximum extent.
- Inspiration
- After fully understanding the use form of the oven, I decided to start from the structure and function. The shape inspiration came from the fashionable suitcase. Combined with the folding structure of the suitcase, the suitcase shape matched with the structure characteristics of the existing carabinery oven pan, so as to achieve the characteristics of portability and lightness.
- Research
- The epidemic era will come to an end one day. The product is designed with high safety and complete functions. It is hoped that with the portable picnic product, people can experience more outdoor sports, put down their mobile phones, and go to the countryside for a picnic with relatives and friends, and feel nature. I hope that contemporary young people can make delicious food with friends and relatives by themselves
- Challenge
- This design process is difficult and tortuous, from the beginning of the idea, to the preliminary establishment of the scheme, with quite a long time, from carbon oven to gas oven; The project went through many iterations from the sketch to the model making. The basic framework of the whole project remained the same from the prototype to the final product. The concept of product portability ran through the whole design, and the final design concept was consistent with the original idea.
- Realization and Technology
- The gas oven used in the product uses liquefied petroleum gas as the combustion material. The combustion value of liquefied petroleum gas is very high, it is reliable, and it is free of soot and odor, and it will not leak.
- Operation and Interaction
- It is simple to operate the product like a case which can be opened and closed.You can deal with the object by yourself and cook with friends and relatives.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2022 in Zhengzhou and finished in June 2022 in Zhengzhou, and was exhibited in Zhengzhou in June 2022.
- Specifications
- Product closing dimension: length 280mm * width 36mm * height 315.89mm Product opening size: 554.07mm long * 36mm wide * 88.95mm high Air tank size: 200m high * 65mm wide
- Keywords
- A，cooker B，barbecue C，portable D，camping E，picnic
