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YiJhen, SinYi, YiWen and KeiMing Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Sight Difference Inclusive Playground Equipment in Social Design
YiJhen, SinYi, YiWen and KeiMing honored for social 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 Sight Difference Inclusive Playground Equipment by YiJhen, SinYi, YiWen and KeiMing, designed for Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Social Design category. 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 evaluated 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 Sight Difference Inclusive Playground Equipment
A series of inclusive playground equipment that focuses on safe interaction and encourages the elderly to play with their grandchildren in a community inclusive playground. Convention equipment in the playground, either only fit for children or solely for the elders, Sight Difference enhances the interaction and fun between grandparents and grandchildren, increases the elders' exercise opportunities at the same time promoting the sustainable development of today's inclusive communities when playing in the park.
About YiJhen, SinYi, YiWen and KeiMing
Prof. ChungSheng Chen, a self-proclaimed "design missionary," possesses extensive experience in both design practice and education. He frequently expresses his perspectives on society through his work, blending an optimistic outlook, keen observation, and a deep emotional connection to life. His cross-disciplinary approach integrates various processing techniques and material applications, embodying a fundamental design philosophy.
Award Record
YiJhen, SinYi, YiWen and KeiMing is a winner of 16 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Social Design Award
The A' Social Design Award is an international design competition recognizing excellence in social design by social impact designers and think-tanks worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to social designers, social brands, social manufacturers and social design professionals from all countries. Entries typically include community projects, social campaigns, public installations, educational programs, sustainable initiatives and healthcare solutions. Awarded social designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/social
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/123335
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/123335
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!123335
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/179403
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sight Difference Inclusive Playground Equipment
- Function
- Inclusive Playground Equipment
- Category
- Social Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Social Impact
- Colors
- Light Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Coral, Silver and Firebrick
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment
The Recognition
- Laureate
- YiJhen, SinYi, YiWen and KeiMing
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #123335
Credits
- Team
- ChungSheng Chen, keiming Su, Yiwen Su, Sinyi Chen, YiJen Lin and Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Dept.
- Image Credits
- Photo Credit/ YiJen Lin keiming Su Yiwen Su Sinyi Chen
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A series of incusive playground equipment that focuses on safe interaction and supplemented by living space, which enhances the interaction and fun of grandparents and grandchildren when playing in the park, attracts active children and leads their elders to play with them, and increases the elders’ exercise opportunities to promote daily interactions and conversation between children and grandparents, at the same time promoted the sustainable development of today's inclusive communities.
- Inspiration
- When we walked into the community playground before, most of what we saw were cookie-cutter playground equipment, either were set for little children or assistive equipment for senior citizens. Not until recently, featured park and inclusive playground starts blooming, interactive between senior people and grandchildren as the main idea to design a series of playground equipment for the inclusive community.
- Research
- To related parks and related manufacturing plants on the market to understand the dismantling and construction process of objects. safety and scale, related steel pipe parts and other size specifications, structure of the entity 3D and printed a 1:1 model provides a spacious, safe, interactive, interesting and comfortable environment for amusement equipment. The amusement equipment considers the interactive needs of parents and children, and grandparents and grandchildren. It can prevent parents or elders who take children to the park from getting bored while taking care of them.
- Challenge
- We mainly use three products as our design goal this time They are seesaw, twist invitation, and Yaoyao ship to design a set for sending Play equipment for the elderly and children to play together Seesaw for the elderly to squat exercise Change the movement path of the existing seesaw circular motion. Twisting can train the elderly to stretch their hands and waist, while Yaoyao is aimed at the stability of the lower limbs of the elderly.
- Realization and Technology
- External iron parts are related to the seat: construct a 3D with reference to the existing iron parts specifications and dimensions, and first collect the proportions of the human body of the game group, construct a preliminary 3D and discuss with the structural boss to solve the problem of the expansion of the center of the circle, and then divide the detailed parts into pieces and the size-related revisions, and print out the 1:1 third view after finalizing, compare the actual age of the separate body parts, trim the proportion of the appearance, and finally make the finished product model.
- Operation and Interaction
- 1.Niu Niu Chu:To assist the fun of the waist twisting exercise, the adult holds the up pole with both hands, and the child grasps the lower rope device, and slides the slide rail according to their respective rhythms. 2.Ciao Ciao Chu: It's a bit like a mini seesaw for training the elderly to squat and lie down. It is an interactive method for short-distance play. The height difference is generated by the middle lever and the double springs. 3.Yao Yao Chu:Adults stand on the feet position and swing left and right to exercise the waist and shoulders, the child standing on the other end is swayed, creating the fun of a horizontal swing.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2020 in Taiwan , completed in February 2021, first debut in March and will exhibit in Young Designers’ Exhibition in World Trade Center, May 2021.
- Specifications
- 1.Niu Niu Chu: Length650mm x Width900mm x Height1400mm 2.Ciao Ciao Chu:Length600mm x Width1170mm x Height825mm 3.Yao Yao Chu : Length2100mm x Width1200mm x Height2000mm
- Keywords
- Inclusive Playground, Social Design, Aged Society, Intergenerational Co-housing
