Press Release
Glay Smart Kids Wardrobe by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin Is Granted the A' Design Award in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin honored for baby, kids' and children's products design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Glay Smart Kids Wardrobe by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin, designed for Size M Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design category. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
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.
Regarding Glay Smart Kids Wardrobe
Glay is a smart wardrobe designed for children. The unit measures 1500 mm in width, 600 mm in depth and 1200 mm in height. One door is made with electronic paper and serves as a drawing board, a coloring board and a screen for simple games. The wooden door surface has holes for building blocks, letters and numbers. A frame pulls out to form a small play room, and a table and two riding chairs are included. Parents can change the door patterns through a wireless link, so children can see when sleep time is near while keeping clothes tidy.
Award Record
Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Baby, Kids and Children's Products Design Award
The A' Baby Products Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good baby product designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to baby product designers, industrial designers, toy companies and children's product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include strollers, car seats, baby monitors, high chairs, baby bottles and pacifiers. Awarded baby products designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/baby-products
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/100163
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100163
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100163
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/203993
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.size-m.com/ilovecloset
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Glay Smart Kids Wardrobe
- Function
- Smart Kids Wardrobe
- Category
- Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Dark Khaki, Peru, Tan, Silver and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Size M Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #100163
Credits
- Team
- Marco Guariglia, Jui Ju Lin, Joe Hsieh, Hao Jhe Li and Sheng Xun Zhan
- Image Credits
- Image #Main: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020; Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020; Photographer Marco Guariglia, Model: Jui-Ju Lin/ Yalex Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This closet gives children imagination to create the atmosphere they want. They can transform the closet to play inside, can do coloring, and can arrange their clothes with it. It has also a frame for pulling out to be a secret play room, a table to write and two riding chairs.
- Inspiration
- The designer showed his daughter a draft for a children's closet but she rejected it saying she wants a closet to play with as well as to keep her clothes tidy. While avoiding overuse of digitalization, Glay brings back the real touch and feel mechanics that naturally attract children's interests. By design the digital connects with the real life interaction.
- Research
- As a parent, the designer was focusing on how to introduce technology and digital things to children without missing the experience of real objects in their lives. He decided to use time as the topic on the digital door, to help children understand how fast the time passes by.
- Challenge
- Using e paper on the surface made this project big enough to need a team of engineers and carpentors to work with, challenging their abilities and overcoming their reluctance to deal with Glay, which became a learning experience for all involved.
- Realization and Technology
- The e door corroborated with E ink Cor. using e paper in the new area of kids furniture which is not often considered. It can be used as a drawing board, coloring board with bear patterns and shooting games. The wood surface of the door has holes for playing blocks, training logical thinking from 2D to 3D or practice numbers and the alphabet with it.
- Operation and Interaction
- Through blue tooth, parents can control the digital door color and patterns. The house work timer function could be arranged in the phone calendar as well. The designer wants to let kids know their sleep time is close by seeing the changing patterns on the door.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2017 in Taipei and finished in April 2018 in Taipei, and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018, Milan, Italy. At 2019, it was awarded by Good Design Award Chicago, U.S.A.
- Specifications
- Width 1500mm x Depth 600mm x Height 1200mm
- Keywords
- Smartfurniture, maltyfunction, kidsfurniture, adesignaward, waronvirus, stayhome, marcoguariglia
