Press Release
Zenta Collection Relaxation Table by Tin Phan Van Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Tin Phan Van for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Zenta Collection Relaxation Table by Tin Phan Van has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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 scored 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.
About Zenta Collection Relaxation Table
Zenta is a collection of Zen tea tables designed to embody the unique essence of Japanese Dry Garden art. This design project prioritizes a novel experience, offering users not just a tea table but also an interactive element: raking sand to meditate and find inner peace. The collection's aesthetic draws inspiration from the imagery of rocks and waves, creating a miniature natural landscape that enhances the unique tea-drinking experience.
About Tin Phan Van
Phan Van Tin is an independent designer based in Vietnam whose work spans product design, visual storytelling, and conceptual aesthetics. His practice explores the intersection between cultural narratives and functional form, often drawing inspiration from Eastern philosophies and nature. With a background in multidisciplinary creativity, he contributes to the design landscape by crafting experiences that encourage reflection and mindfulness. Tin’s approach is grounded in research and experimentation, offering thoughtful design outcomes that engage users beyond utility.
Award Record
Tin Phan Van is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
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/164158
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/164158
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!164158
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/282075
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Zenta Collection Relaxation Table
- Function
- Relaxation Table
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Silver, White Smoke, Gainsboro, Black and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tin Phan Van
- Country
- Viet Nam
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #164158
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Zenta is a collection of Zen tea tables designed to embody the unique essence of Japanese Dry Garden art. This design project prioritizes a novel experience, offering users not just a tea table but also an interactive element: raking sand to meditate and find inner peace. The collection's aesthetic draws inspiration from the imagery of rocks and waves, creating a miniature natural landscape that enhances the unique tea-drinking experience.
- Inspiration
- Inspired from the perspectives and philosophies of Japanese Zen gardens. Exploiting the images of mountains and waves to create a miniature natural landscape. This will provide a tea-drinking experience that blends seamlessly with a sense of meditation.
- Research
- The project focuses on researching the principles and imagery that a Japanese dry garden utilizes to bring about new psychological states in the experiencer. As such, this design has harnessed two fundamental images of nature: waves and rocks. The arrangement employs triangles or odd numbers, and the table legs are expressed through natural and uneven curves to bring about the most natural feeling possible.
- Realization and Technology
- Leveraging CNC technology, metal bending.
- Operation and Interaction
- In moments when you need to release negative energy, you can rake the sand directly on the table. This is a dynamic meditation technique often employed in actual Zen gardens. The designated teapot area can also be used as a simple tea rinsing station, enhancing the sensation of waves. The combination of rocks and water creates a truly unique experience.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2024 in Viet Nam and finished in July 2024.
- Specifications
- W 2000 mm x D 600 mm x H 400 mm
- Keywords
- Zen, Tea Table, Relaxation Furniture, New Experience, Meditation, Raking Sand, Tea Set
