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Youoy Floor Tile by Yi Zhang Receives the A' Design Award in Building Materials and Construction Components Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yi Zhang for building materials and construction components design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Youoy Floor Tile by Yi Zhang, designed for Anhui Yosemite New Material Technology Co., Ltd, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Building Materials and Construction Components Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 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.
More About Youoy Floor Tile
Youoy is a multifunctional tile designed for floors and walls. The tile is made of stone plastic composite in five layers, produced with high temperature and high pressure, without formaldehyde, heavy metals or phthalates. The surface pattern is based on splash-ink landscape painting, and combines gray wood grain with modern geometric shapes. Semicircles stand for the sun and the moon, while triangles stand for mountains. A mortise and tenon lock joins the tiles for quick and stable installation. The tile suits high-humidity spaces.
About Yi Zhang
Anhui Yosemite New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is a manufacturing enterprise integrating R&D, manufacturing, and export of green polymer building materials, mainly exported to the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Ass one of the largest manufacturers of new lightweight floor decoration materials in China, the company has successively won honors such as National High-tech Enterprise, Provincial High-level Scientific and Technological Talent Team, Specialized Special New Small and Medium Enterprises, and Enterprise Technology Center, and has passed ISO9001 quality management System certification, ISO14001 environmental management system certification, CE certification.
Award Record
Yi Zhang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Building Materials and Construction Components Design Award
The A' Building Components Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good building components by best brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to building material manufacturers, building material brands, construction product designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include bricks, beams, windows, doors, insulation materials and roofing materials. The awarded building components designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/building-components
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/149796
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149796
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149796
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/343522
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Youoy Floor Tile
- Function
- Floor Tile
- Category
- Building Materials and Construction Components Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Silver, Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Anhui Yosemite New Material Technology Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yi Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149796
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Song style multifunctional floor tile adopts stone plastic composite and uses the color of splash-ink landscape painting as the underpainting, combining gray shadow wood pattern and plain wallpaper with modern geometric shapes. With semicircular abstraction as the sun and moon, with triangle abstraction as mountains and rivers, the floor tile design expresses the artistic conception of mountain life of ancient literati and scholars.
- Inspiration
- Chinese character strokes deconstructed in a contemporary method are displayed on the surface to highlight the unique cultural symbols. The joint connection adopts the ancient mortise and tenon structure to make aesthetics and practical durability coexist. In terms of product color design, the colors of the four seasons express the inheritance of nature, such as the green of spring, orange of summer, yellow of autumn, and blue of winter, making the users live in nature.
- Research
- The floor tile has rich application scenarios, which can fit high-humidity environments on the floor and walls according to design needs. It features super wear resistance, reaching the light commercial level.
- Challenge
- 100% waterproof and moisture-proof with an antibacterial surface, it is suitable for living environments. The antibacterial rate of staphylococcus aureus exceeds 99.9%, and the fire protection coefficient reaches the b1 level, second only to stone. Easy and quick to install, the product is connected by mortise and tenon lock, which is more stable and durable.
- Realization and Technology
- The multi-functional floor tile is made of 5 layers of materials. The production process adopts high-temperature and high-pressure technology without formaldehyde, heavy metals, or phthalates.
- Operation and Interaction
- The thickness of the wear-resistant layer is 0.5mm while the number of wear-resistant revolutions exceeds 20000 revolutions, with a longer life span. It has stable thermal conductivity with effective cooling, and the coefficient of thermal expansion is small.
- Project Duration and Location
- The product started in 2023 and hasn't been on sales yet.
- Specifications
- The UV coating with strengthening treatment is super stain-resistant, wear-resistant, and antibacterial. The transparent wear-resistant layer has three thicknesses: 0.15mm, 0.3mm, and 0.5mm; the thicker is more durable. The wear-resistant revolution of 0.5mm tile reaches 26,000. The printed layer adopts Inca texture analysis technology and Fuji film ultra-precision digital printing. The ABA base layer is composed of natural rock powder and environmental protection resin, which is more stable in three layers. The cork wood has good elasticity, sealing, heat, and sound insulation.
- Keywords
- material, floor, wall, tile, SPC
