Musical Vase by Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design

Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Musical Vase by Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou, designed for Zhejiang University, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of 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 scored 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 Musical Vase

Musical is a multifunctional vase designed to hold fresh flowers, dried flowers or fruit. A detachable transparent glass container sits at the centre and can be filled with water and living plants or removed and used for dried flowers. The platform at the base can hold fallen flowers or fruit. A Bluetooth player is placed at the bottom of the vase, adding sound to the display of plants. The circular white shell is made by 3D printing, then painted and polished, while ABS plastic and glass are used for production.

About Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou

Ying is a student of Industrial Design in Zhejiang University. She has a background in computer science and design. She believes that design is a way to improve life. She hopes to help people discover the beauty of nature through design, thereby promoting the harmonious development of man and nature. She won some awards and published an academic paper. In the future, she hopes to continue to work hard in the field of design and combine her works with technology to get more interesting ideas.

Award Record

With this recognition, Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Furniture Design Award

The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture

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/111328
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111328
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111328
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/287636

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Musical Vase
Function: Vase
Category: Furniture Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home
Colors: Gainsboro, Silver, Lavender, Dark Gray and Rosy Brown
Images: 5
Client: Zhejiang University

The Recognition

Laureate: Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou
Country: China
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #111328

Credits

Team: Leijing Zhou, Ying Zhou, Yingqiao Chen, Si Huang, Tianyi Li, Jie Gao, Dong Qian, Jianhua Liu, Pitchayapat Sonchaeng and Shijian Luo
Image Credits: Yingqiao Chen, 2020.

Design Details

Unique Properties: The musical vase is a multifunctional vase suitable for different scenes: First of all, this is a unique vase that can hold flowers, dried flowers or fruits. The detachable transparent glass container and the platform enable it to combine with the object being held in different ways. Secondly, at the bottom of it is a Bluetooth player, which attempts to establish a dialogue between human and nature by integrating with the vase, bringing a multi-sensory experience to people.
Inspiration: Circle is the most initial and most inclusive form, symbolizing completeness, harmony, and iterative growth. Musical Vase has a circular shape with plants growing from the center of circle. This visual form symbolizes that plants have vigorous vitality to break through the limited space and bloom brilliantly. Musical vase is a multifunctional vase that can play music, which can bring people both hearing and vision enjoyment. White is used to set off the natural beauty of plants. The minimalist Zen shape allows the sound to spread to the depths of people's hearts, and the hollowed out part of the shape brings more imagination.
Research: Designers have paid much attention on vase design in terms of the special material, color and shape of vase, while weakening the role of plants. we believe the essential function of vase is presenting the beauty of natural plants instead of over-decorating itself. Our design puts natural plants in the center and creates maximum space for presenting the beauty of plants. We would like to build connection between human and nature by vision and hearing. Musical vase will bring peace, imagination, and harmony into human life.
Challenge: Turn inspiration into reality.
Realization and Technology: In the design, 3D printing is used for the shell and the surface of it is painted and polished, and a glass container is placed in the middle to hold the flowers. After that, ABS plastic materials and glass materials are used for mass production.
Operation and Interaction: qThe transparent glass part can be filled with water and fresh plants, or it can be removed as a container for dried flowers. The platform at the bottom can hold fallen flowers which can let the fragrance of flowers last longer, or it can be used to hold fruits for decoration.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in Hangzhou in July 2020 and completed in Hangzhou in September 2020.
Specifications: The size is 265*290*125 (mm)
Keywords: Vase, Musical, Plant, Function, Life, Aesthetics