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Shengjie He and Lan Wang Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Conqueror Inflatable Camping Furniture in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
Shengjie He and Lan Wang acknowledged for outdoor gear and camping equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design category for Conqueror Inflatable Camping Furniture by Shengjie He and Lan Wang, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.. The recognition forms part of 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 evaluated 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 Conqueror Inflatable Camping Furniture
Conqueror is a modular inflatable furniture set designed for camping. The modules can be combined and folded to form three types of furniture: a chair, a table and an air mattress. Each module is inflated on site through an automatic inflation valve. Recycled PVC and a luminescent coating are used in production. The coating absorbs sunlight and shows patterns in dim light, which guides assembly and improves visibility at night. The compact form reduces packed volume and carrying weight during outdoor trips.
About Shengjie He and Lan Wang
China's emerging furniture designer-Ren Yu, he is an interesting furniture designer, loves life, and has always been passionate about new things. For Ren Yu, design is not an empty concept, let alone a popular element. It is an insight into rooted life. Expressing his own thinking through design; for design, in addition to form and function, he seeks the beauty of the text of the product, trying to create a dialogue with the user through the product.
Award Record
With this recognition, Shengjie He and Lan Wang is a winner of 33 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2024 - 2025 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. It 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. Typical entries include tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, camping stoves, lanterns and multi-tools. The awarded camping gear designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/camping-gear
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/164366
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/164366
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!164366
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/294475
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Conqueror Inflatable Camping Furniture
- Function
- Inflatable Camping Furniture
- Category
- Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sports
- Colors
- Black, Dark Olive Green, Sienna, Saddle Brown and Dark Goldenrod
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shengjie He and Lan Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #164366
Credits
- Team
- Shengjie He, Lan Wang, Zhaoyan Piao and Yu Ren
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Conqueror is an innovative project which intends to redefine the camping furniture experience. By introducing modular design and inflation technology, users can freely combine furniture modules to create three distinct types of furniture: chairs, tables, and airbeds, fulfilling various needs in different scenarios. This project aims to offer outdoor enthusiasts a flexible, comfortable, and convenient camping furniture solution .
- Inspiration
- When camping outdoors, carrying heavy camping furniture frequently turns into a major challenge for campers. They not only need to take into account the storage space but also it affects the overall ease of the journey. Simultaneously, comfort is also a significant concern for campers, who desire to enjoy a comfortable and lightweight camping experience in nature. In response to these challenges of outdoor camping trips, we explore how to design lighter and more diversified camping furniture.
- Research
- After a survey of 500 outdoor campers, it was revealed that 83% of the campers are accustomed to carrying camping furniture, thereby highlighting the potential of inflatable camping furniture in the market. Compared to traditional furniture, inflatable furniture occupies less space during storage. In light of this phenomenon, we have meticulously designed multi-functional, inflatable and portable furniture with the aim of solving the storage space problem, reducing the carrying burden, and achieving a diversity of forms through a single product unit to meet the diverse needs of campers.
- Challenge
- During the implementation and research process, one of the most significant challenges we encountered was guaranteeing the feasibility of the modular folding structure of Conqueror. Various folding approaches imposed certain requirements on materials and structures. Simultaneously, we concentrated on how to achieve effortless installation while ensuring the comfort of inflation. In the course of the discussion, we have generated numerous creative concepts, which are both interesting and valuable.
- Realization and Technology
- We employ recycled PVC materials and luminescent coating, which absorb solar energy and display special patterns or logos in dim light. This design not only endows outdoor camping products with a unique visual effect but also enhances visibility at night or in dim environments, improving the installation accuracy for users. Moreover, it provides crucial guidance and identification at critical moments, raising the efficiency of emergency search and rescue.
- Operation and Interaction
- When we were camping outdoors, the Conqueror could be inflated in the field with an automatic inflatable mouth. When unfolded, it turns into an air mattress that can be placed in any space. When folded, it can become a table or chair. Meanwhile, it uses a glow-in-the-dark coating pattern and clasp, along with a special logo to guide the user for intuitive installation.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Shenzhen in March 2024 and completed in Shenzhen in June 2024.
- Specifications
- Table size: Width 820 mm x depth 720 mm x height 300 mm Chair dimensions: Width 750 mm x depth 735 mm x height 300 mm Air cushion size: Width 720 mm x depth 2000 mm x height 100 mm
- Keywords
- Camping furniture, Modular design, Lnflatable, Three forms
