Press Release
Flower Protector by Chenyao Xu Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design
Chenyao Xu honored for agricultural tools, farming equipment and machinery design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Flower Protector by Chenyao Xu has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 Flower Protector
Flower is a protective device for the roots of flower seedlings during transplanting. The roots and stems of flowers are easily damaged by external forces, which reduces yield and causes economic losses for farmers. Flower is made of polylactic acid plastic by injection molding. The ball shaped lower part shields the main root from farm tools and rodents. Two parts are joined by a simple bayonet connection. A protruding neck gives a grip, so grown flowers can be pulled from the soil without direct hand contact with the stems. Sizes match different flowers.
About Chenyao Xu
He is a young designer with five years of design experience. His youth lies in his thoughts, especially in the study of daily behavior. Like a young baby, he is full of curiosity about every action that appears in daily life.
Award Record
This recognition makes Chenyao Xu a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design Award
The A' Agricultural Equipment Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good design in agricultural equipment and farming tools worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to agricultural equipment designers, farm machinery engineers, industrial designers and innovators from all countries. Typical entries include tractors, harvesters, plows, irrigation systems, seeders and sprayers. The awarded agriculture equipment designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/agricultural-equipment
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/101883
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/101883
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!101883
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/243172
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Flower Protector
- Function
- Protector
- Category
- Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Colors
- Ghost White, Silver, Gainsboro, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chenyao Xu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #101883
Credits
- Team
- XU CHENYAO and XU LE
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- During the transplanting process, the roots and stems of flowers are easily damaged by external forces, thus reducing plant yield and causing economic losses to farmers. This is a protective device made of polylactic acid plastic that works on the roots of seedlings, protecting the main roots of flowers from damage from farm tools and rodents, and its protruding neck is designed to avoid direct hand contact with the stems of plants when pulled out.So, people can pull out the growing flowers directly from the soil.
- Inspiration
- In some flower producing countries such as the Netherlands, the mortality rate of rare flowers has brought great economic losses. It is very important to improve the way of flower cultivation and transplantation.
- Challenge
- Reasonable shape, effective function and low price are the indexes at the beginning of the product design. Because it is only a kind of auxiliary device to protect flowers, its production cost, material and technology can not exceed flowers themselves, so that it has a certain function, but also should meet the market positioning.
- Realization and Technology
- Polylactic acid plastics injection molding.
- Operation and Interaction
- The product consists of two parts, which are connected by simple bayonet. The ball shaped bottom can help plants protect their main roots, and the neck can provide a place for people's hands to pull out flowers more easily.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Hong Kong in February 2019 and was completed in November 2019.
- Specifications
- 45*45*58mm; 80*80*110mm Different flowers correspond to different sizes.
- Keywords
- Transplantation, flower survival
