Press Release
Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Candy 3D Printer in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan for toys, games and hobby products design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category for Candy 3D Printer by Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan, designed for Anny Team. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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.
Regarding Candy 3D Printer
Candy is a home 3D printer for children that prints edible shapes from candy granules. The machine is controlled by a mobile application, which allows the printing order, number and size of each model to be set. Three tanks hold three different candy flavours, so taste and colour can be combined in one print. The granules are heated, melted and formed through a nozzle. The body is made of plastic with a matte surface, and a transparent acrylic window opens by a spring switch to remove the finished candy. The design is inspired by the Chinese folk art of sugar figure blowing.
About Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan
A young and progressive design team dedicated to creating a better life, the beauty of life awaits us to discover and create.At the same time, it is also an innovative and practical team, well aware of the impact of different cultures in the world on product design innovation, good judgment and control of design styles and trends, and strong control over the market and design, has Rich experience in different product design fields. A constant innovation, with a rigorous attitude of the team, in the trial and practice of summing up the experience, the Down to Earth forward, the hope that the design of the team can bring about improvements in life.
Award Record
With this recognition, Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan 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/106619
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/106619
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!106619
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/279003
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Candy 3D Printer
- Function
- 3D Printer
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Silver, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 4
- Client
- Anny Team
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fengmin Liu and Yanqing Lan
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #106619
Credits
- Team
- Fengmin Liu, Yanqing Lan, Tianlu Zhu and Anning Yu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a home version of the children's candy 3D printer. The machine is operated by the mobile phone APP. It uses various flavors of candy particles as the material to print the taste and color image. There are many kinds of 3D data models to choose from, which can add a lot of fun to children's lives.This machine is simple in shape, more rounded overall, and the color tends to be cartoonish.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration comes from the traditional Chinese folk art: "Sugar Figure Blowing Art". The children like the candy made by the artists very much. Due to the difficulty of making and the reduction of heirs, this art is gradually disappearing. We want to promote this through 3D printing technology. Interesting art has brought more children into contact with this traditional Chinese folk art and added fun to the children's lives.
- Research
- We studied the working principle of the 3D printer, the state of the sugar at different times when it was heated, investigated the color of the candy and the different shapes of the candy that the child likes, and developed and adjusted the APP.
- Challenge
- How to absorb the advantages of traditional sugar blowers skillfully and in what form to realize them, the integration and trade-off between traditional Chinese folk art and modern technology is the most difficult point of our design.
- Realization and Technology
- The candy 3D printer is mainly made of plastic material, natural color injection and matte surface. The front window is made of transparent acrylic, and the window is opened by a spring switch to take away the finished candy. The internal mechanical structure is the same as that of the traditional 3D printer, and the materials are all food-grade. Inside, the granulated candy is heated and melted, and finally solidified and formed through the nozzle, just like a hot melt gun.
- Operation and Interaction
- The candy 3D printer has a total of three raw material tanks, which can be filled with three different candy raw materials. Through the APP operation, anyone can set the printing order, number, and size of the printed model. Different data models will also be displayed. The time and amount of raw materials required for different sizes. The overall image of the model tends to be cartoon.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2019 in Hebei and finished in February 2020 in Hebei China.
- Specifications
- Overall size: 202.4X294.0X168.2mm Maximum print size: 100.5X100.5x120.0mm
- Keywords
- Candy, 3D printing, folk traditional art, children's toys, creativity, variety
