Press Release
Les Quick L-Shape Ruler by George Galcsik Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Art and Stationery Supplies Design
The international grand jury of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes George Galcsik for art and stationery supplies design
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2019 /DesignNewswire/ Les Quick L-Shape Ruler by George Galcsik has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Art and Stationery Supplies Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2018 - 2019 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 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.
More About Les Quick L-Shape Ruler
Les is a drawing ruler used to create L shapes quickly and precisely. The tool is based on a traditional 30 centimetre triangle ruler, so it serves two purposes. Movable tabs are placed in the required positions, and the cut guide is then followed with a pen or pencil. Shapes can be symmetrical or asymmetrical, with lengths from 2 to 20 centimetres in steps of 1 centimetre. Repeated measuring is not needed, and the right angle is already set. Les is made of plastic by laser cutting and molding.
About George Galcsik
Designing essential products mean to him dealing with both their ideation and their feasibility addressing their entire lifecycle according to a sustainable logic. His style can be described best as calm design because of natural, easy-going, yet distinguishable. Experimentation with material has often formed a key part of his activity. He has a strong feeling for painting and drawing, finding it so emotionally absorbing as to consider it his real passion.
Award Record
With this recognition, George Galcsik is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Art and Stationery Supplies Design Award
The A' Art Supplies Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing best art supplies by leading brands and manufacturers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to art supplies designers, stationery designers, industrial design studios and art supplies brands from all countries. Typical entries include brushes, paints, sketchbooks, pencils, pastels and easels. The awarded art supply designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/art-supplies
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/75759
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/75759
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!75759
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/238784
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Les Quick L-Shape Ruler
- Function
- Quick L-Shape Ruler
- Category
- Art and Stationery Supplies Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Arts
- Colors
- White Smoke, Peach Puff, Burly Wood, Gainsboro and Goldenrod
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- George Galcsik
- Country
- Hungary
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2018 - 2019
- Design ID
- #75759
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- You can quickly and precisely draw L shapes, usually decorative purpose. It is useful when you have to create lots of them. Very easy to use, you only need to put the tabs in the right places. The shape can be symmetrical or asymmetrical, the minimum length is 2 cm, the maximum length is 20 cm and the step is 1 cm. For practical reason, it is a 2 in 1 tool because the basic is a traditional 30 cm triangle ruler.
- Inspiration
- I like the uniqueness of the crafts, so I made my design portfolio holder by my hand. I had to draw more then 80 L shapes around rectangles, as decorative items. I decided to facilitate my work with a special tool.
- Research
- I asked online 50 graphic designers and craftsmen. They liked the idea and found useful but as they don't need that tool every day, so they don't want to buy one, as an independent product. The result, I had to combine that with a common tool.
- Challenge
- At first I designed several physical L shapes with moving tabs, later teeth and handles. They all worked fine but I found low demand to such tool on the market, so I had to increase the practical side of that. Finally I combined the L shape tool with a traditional triangle ruler.
- Realization and Technology
- Used material is plastic with laser cutting and molding.
- Operation and Interaction
- When you have to draw several L shapes, with this tool you don't have to measure every time and the right angle is also already given. It is more precise and quicker way to do that than with a regular ruler or by hand.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2018 in Budapest and finished in May.
- Specifications
- 300 mm x 300 mm triangle ruler.
- Keywords
- ruler, L shape, drawing tool, L shape ruler, L shape drawing tool, L shape drawing, quick L shape ruler, quick L shape tool
