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Mincius Drinking Glass by Siyu Liu Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Siyu Liu acknowledged for fine arts and art installation 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 Mincius Drinking Glass by Siyu Liu, designed for Chowan, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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 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.
More About Mincius Drinking Glass
Mincius is a hand-blown drinking glass made of heat-resistant glass. The form simulates stacked Zen rocks, linking nature with daily life. When the liquid reaches several different heights, a naturally formed heart shape can be seen as the glass is turned, supporting a moment of calm reflection. The streamlined body allows people with different hand sizes to hold the glass comfortably. Mincius holds drinks of various temperatures and can be washed in a dishwasher. When empty and inverted, the glass serves as a small ornament. It measures 103 mm in width and 91 mm in height.
About Siyu Liu
Siyu Liu was graduated from Politecnico di Milano and had worked as a visual communication designer in Milan for a couple of years. Now she lives and works in Southern China and Thailand, as a designer, a university teacher, and an international educational volunteer for the Burmese Refugee Children. She is passionate about exploring various possibilities of material and combine them with design and artistic creation. Her teaware design with the material of ancient colored glaze had won Contemporary Good Design 2020 and is exhibited in Red Dot Museum, Xiamen.
Award Record
This recognition makes Siyu Liu a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art
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/117379
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117379
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117379
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/293323
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mincius Drinking Glass
- Function
- Drinking Glass
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Ghost White, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Sienna and Chocolate
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Chowan
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Siyu Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #117379
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Siyu Liu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Mincius cup is made by hand-made glass blowing technology. When the liquid level is at several different heights, the rotating cup can see the naturally formed heart shape. It is an ergonomic design that combines meditation and Zen with function. Its design language comes from connecting nature and daily life by simulating the shape of zen rock stacking and becomes a tool to expand spirit. Its streamline design enables people with different hand types to hold it comfortably.
- Inspiration
- The design was inspired by the personal hobby of collecting naturally formed heart-shaped rocks in mid-latitude temperate forests and the spiritual meaning of rock stacking across cultures over the centuries. Each stone can express a kind of grace of gratitude, while transparent glass can outline this Zen form at different angles and under different lights. I hope to integrate this form into daily utensils so that it can become both art decoration and functionality.
- Research
- My research goal is to promote cross-cultural understanding through the innovation of the relationship between people and daily objects. Mincius is homophonic with the Chinese word "ghost cultivation", which means a journey of meditation and practice. In order to achieve this goal, I spent a long time visiting glass handicraft studios and factories all over China to study the handmade glass blowing process. Mincius is the second work of my glass meditation series.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge is to constantly negotiate with the glass studio to modify and polish this incomplete rule shape. It should meet the requirements of hot glass blowing molds at the same time, and be designed to be able to observe the heart-shaped liquid level reflection from different angles when loading liquid, without sacrificing the comfort of human grasping, and at the same time, it should also take into account the relatively slender handshape of Asian lady.
- Realization and Technology
- The material used is heat-resistant glass. It was blown in the hot workshop of the glass studio.
- Operation and Interaction
- This item is suitable for a variety of daily life scenes. It can be used to drink drinks with various temperatures and alcohol. When the liquid level is from the middle height to the lowest, the cup can observe the natural heart shape from different angles to assist in daily meditation. It can also become an artistic ornament simulating rock stacking when it is idle and inverted. It provides a comfortable feeling of grasping hands in the middle position while modeling. Glass can be washed in the dishwasher.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in Guangzhou, China in March 2020 and finished in October 2020. It was exhibited and included in Tmall's original design list, and was sold online in December 2020.
- Specifications
- Maximum Width 103 mm x Height 91 mm
- Keywords
- Glass, design, tradition, quality, blown glass，Zen，Meditation，Rocks, stacking rock
