Press Release
Drago Artistry Toy Dragon by Yuhe (Donna) Chi Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Yuhe (Donna) Chi acknowledged for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Drago Artistry Toy Dragon by Yuhe (Donna) Chi, designed for Donna Chi, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 Drago Artistry Toy Dragon
Drago is a collectible toy dragon made for display in interiors. Each figure is 75 millimetres tall and draws on the ancient Chinese dragon, a creature that combines traits of fish, snake and eagle. The collection includes six styles and twelve looks. Every piece is digitally modelled and printed in white PLA with layers of 0.1 millimetre. After printing, each figure is polished, sprayed with a top coat, hand-painted with acrylic colours and finished with a further glossy coat. The design offers adult toy lovers a decorative tabletop ornament.
About Yuhe (Donna) Chi
I am currently studied in Parsons School of Design for fashion design BFA program. One of my passions in life is doing handcraft and reading. I was heavily immersed in fantasy and this impending curiosity eventually made me highly capable of creating mental pictures. I like to try different things and explore the potential of materials. I always want to maintain the consistency of high standard and creativity among all my designs. I like to design and make new things to solve problems in my life.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yuhe (Donna) Chi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award
The A' Toy Design Award is an international toy design competition recognizing good toy designs by best toy designers, manufacturers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to toy designers, game studios, industrial designers and hobby product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. The awarded toy designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/toy
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/86491
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/86491
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!86491
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/231893
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Drago Artistry Toy Dragon
- Function
- Artistry Toy Dragon
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Indian Red, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Donna Chi
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yuhe (Donna) Chi
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #86491
Credits
- Image Credits
- Donna Chi, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Dragois a modern collection based on a dragon figure. It was made for interior design and collecting, It is 3 inch in height and all hand-painted. The detailing craftsmanship create a playful sensibility. In this collection, it has six different styles and twelve looks.
- Inspiration
- Ancient Chinese dragon is a combination of great deals of animals, including fish, snake and eagle. I got my inspiration from this interesting concept. Through mixing and matching of the characteristics that I discovered in the animal world, I created my own dragon. Each Drago have a story to tell.
- Research
- Nowadays there are not much toys designed for adults. I want to design a series of toy that can be collect by modern toy lovers. Modern toy has become an iconic art platform to bring artistry to the public eye, and a fusion of pop-culture and illustration is expected to inject vitality into the modern toy. So I designed a toy that involved in varies color and pattern, I hope this bold design, can be recognizable and evoked people’s love of pop-culture.
- Challenge
- The key challenge to the product was to create a shape that looks cute and modern. Another challenge is to create a pattern that can perfectly fit in the shape and add playfulness to it, because the shape is irregular and I want to keep the feature of a dragon but also add some interesting pattern in it.
- Realization and Technology
- Drago is digitally constructed and then used 3D printing method to print. It is printed with white PLA with 0.1mm thick layers. After printed, it had been polished and sprayed with a top coat. All the details were hand-painted with acrylic and then top with another shining coat.
- Operation and Interaction
- This toy is a whole piece. It can be used for decorating home or use as a beautiful tabletop ornament.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2019 in New York and finished in May 2019, and was exhibited in New York in May 2019.
- Keywords
- Toy design, collective toy, modern, decoration, pop culture, dragon
