Glide Plastic Slide by Songmics Home Design Team Receives the A' Design Award in Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design

Songmics Home Design Team recognized for furniture accessories, hardware and materials design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design category for Glide Plastic Slide by Songmics Home Design Team, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.,. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 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.

The A' Design Award Explained

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.

Award Record

With this recognition, Songmics Home Design Team is a winner of 11 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2025 - 2026 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design Award

The A' Furniture Accessory Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good furniture accessories by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture accessory designers, hardware designers, material designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Typical entries include knobs, handles, hinges, casters, sliders and brackets. The awarded furniture accessory designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture-accessory

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/177009
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/177009
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!177009
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/369407

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Glide Plastic Slide
Function: Plastic Slide
Category: Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Manufacturing
Colors: Silver, Gainsboro, Slate Gray, Sienna and Dark Gray
Images: 5
Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.,

The Recognition

Laureate: Songmics Home Design Team
Country: China
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2025 - 2026
Design ID: #177009

Credits

Team: Weiwen Xiong、Ouzhi Li

Design Details

Unique Properties: This product adopts integrated molding of high strength steel plastic and innovatively achieves tool free installation of drawer slides. The main body consists of symmetrical guide rail modules, which can be quickly locked with preset holes of the cabinet through elastic clips, removing the screw tightening process of traditional metal slide rails. It is compatible with various cabinets of different depths and supports both side installation and bottom installation.
Inspiration: Two major pain points of traditional metal slide rails: 1. Installation requires professional tools, which is time-consuming and laborious; 2. Iron parts are expensive and have poor compatibility. Inspired by the connection structure of plastic snap-type shelves, the core concept of using plastic slide rails to replace the metal parts fixed by screws is proposed. Carry out modular design to enable the slide rails to adapt to different cabinet bodies.
Research: The installation of traditional metal slide rails requires professional tools, which is time-consuming and laborious. There are many screws, the operation remains unchanged, and at the same time, the price is high. We innovatively achieve tool-free installation of drawer slides, replacing metal with plastic. This not only ensures safety and ease of operation, enhances durability, but also improves the aesthetic appeal of the product.
Challenge: The biggest challenge in the implementation and research process is how to meet the requirements of safety and ease of operation, improve durability, and at the same time be compatible with products of different drawer types. Finally, through continuous refinement of 3D models and sample verification, this innovative drawer slide rail was designed.
Realization and Technology: The barrel body of the product is made of high strength steel and plastic through one piece injection molding. The product undergoes 12 quality inspections throughout the process to ensure that it does not deform after 100000 pull out tests. The snap on slider structure ensures that the drawer fits tightly and pulls smoothly.
Operation and Interaction: Confirm the inner width of the cabinet and choose the slide rail of the matching length. Insert the protruding points on the side of the slide rail into the preset holes on the cabinet side, then press down to lock. Pull the slide rail to its full extension, align the groove on the drawer side panel with the protrusion on the slide rail and press down, then fasten the inner buttons.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in Shenzhen in January 2025 and was completed in Shenzhen in October 2025.
Specifications: Width 30mm x Depth 52mm x Height 22mm
Keywords: Slide rails, guide rails, plastic, drawer accessories, quick release.