Press Release
Convenience Temporary lavatory by Industrial Design College in LAFA Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Street Furniture Design
The international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Industrial Design College in LAFA for street furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ Convenience Temporary lavatory by Industrial Design College in LAFA, designed for LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Street Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2017 - 2018 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Convenience Temporary lavatory
Convenience is a temporary lavatory designed for public spaces without permanent toilets. The unit is placed over a sewer access point, so urine is discharged directly into the sewage well and is not stored. The manhole cover is removed and set into a groove between the two urinals, where it holds the unit steady and is not lost. The shaped form allows rain to clean the surfaces. Convenience is made by plastic injection molding and is light enough to be moved by municipal workers. The dimensions are width 1300 mm, depth 1400 mm and height 2000 mm.
About Industrial Design College in LAFA
Curriculum vitae Wenkai Xue, the director of National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA, a member of the China Artists Association, employed as a professor, vice-president and postgraduate tutor in The School of Industrial Design in LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, who has published a plenty of design works, papers, treatise, achievements and projects, now is working in the industrial design teaching research and design practice. Main works Design of Concept Voice Box has won the Golden Awards of the 1st LiaoNing Provence Arts and Designs. Public facility Series Design has nominated in The Concept Exhibition of Environment Facilities in Beijing Olympic Park.
Award Record
This recognition makes Industrial Design College in LAFA a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2017 - 2018 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Street and City Furniture Design Award
The A' Street Furniture Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good street furniture designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to street furniture designers, industrial design studios, street furniture brands and street furniture manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include benches, bollards, bus shelters, bicycle racks, litter bins and planters. The awarded street furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/street-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/63626
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/63626
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!63626
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/169667
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Convenience Temporary lavatory
- Function
- Temporary lavatory
- Category
- Street Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Orange, Saddle Brown, Goldenrod and Chocolate
- Images
- 5
- Client
- LuXun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Industrial Design College in LAFA
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #63626
Credits
- Team
- Du Heli, Xue Bomu, Dong Shasha, Sun Kaiqiang, Yang Yuwei, Wang Wanting, Li Mengxuan and Chen Mo
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Imagine a scene like this. You, as a man, are having a wonderful first date with a adorable girl in congregation plaza. Oops! You has imperious demands to empty your bladder and you cannot find appropriate place nearby. Will you leave her alone right now? Absolutely not! But with Convenience, things changed. It is a temporary lavatory which incorporates urban sewage into design and suitable for congregation plaza, construction sites and some streets which are not able to set public lavatories.
- Inspiration
- Because of it incorporates urban sewage, Convenience can be placed anywhere with a sewer line and manhole cover. The team have got a brilliant idea in reusing the manhole cover. The grooved-putting cover can make the product balance during service time. And the unique appearance make the pass water will be discharged into sewage well directly by the urinal so that it will not store urine. Convenience can be self-cleaning on rainy days. It is so light that can be moved easily by municipal workers.
- Research
- To avoid the awkward circumstance for nowhere to empty your bladder, the team offer a better solution of temporary man’s room by incorporating urban sewage into design. For temporary man’s room, as we all know, how to make it cleaning and where to put urine are big issues. Our team find a right way in it’s unique shape which can self-cleaning in those rainy days and let the pass water through into sewage well directly.
- Challenge
- The challenge of our design is that we cannot find a right place to put manhole cover at the beginning. After a certain number of sketching and discussing of our project, we finally find the proper way which achieves the desired effect. Now, the manhole cover is the key of how to make Convenience self-balance.
- Realization and Technology
- Our design is shaped by plastic injection molding technology.
- Operation and Interaction
- The municipal apartment can remove the cover and put Convenience on the top of discharge. After setting Convenience, workers can put the manhole cover in the groove which is between two urinals’ back so that the cover won’t be lost.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2017 in LAFA Communal Facility Design Studio and finished in January 2018 in National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA.
- Specifications
- Width 1300mm x Depth 1400mm x Height 2000mm
- Keywords
- Environmental protection, Convenience, Redesign
