Press Release
Vocam Vlog Camera by Chenchen Fan Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design
Chenchen Fan honored for video and broadcasting equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Vocam Vlog Camera by Chenchen Fan has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
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.
Regarding Vocam Vlog Camera
Vocam is a digital camera design for users who want to take vlog videos and demand high-quality photography and portability. It is a modular design that helps vloggers quickly switch the mode between videography and photography. Elevating video shooting performance and portability by the built-in professional microphone, control grip, and LED video light without carrying extra equipment. The design also brings users various color, material, and fabric options.
About Chenchen Fan
Hello. I’m Chenchen Fan. I started with Fine Arts in Belgium, moved to NY to study engineering, and came to ArtCenter seeking a blend of technology and art. "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works and how to influence the world." As an industrial designer, I am constantly sketching my ideas and finding solutions that are highly functional, sustainable and visually innovative. I love taking my research and developing multiple concepts. I want to find the most logical solutions, those that explode with potential. In order to create designs that sustain into the future, I want to find that perfect chemistry between aesthetics, function, and experience.
Award Record
With this recognition, Chenchen Fan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design Award
The A' Video Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good video equipment by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to video product designers, broadcasting equipment designers, industrial designers and video equipment manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include camcorders, drones, projectors, webcams, action cameras and video switchers. Awarded video products designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/video-products
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/124718
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/124718
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!124718
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/305914
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Vocam Vlog Camera
- Function
- Vlog Camera
- Category
- Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Entertainment
- Colors
- Indian Red, Sienna, Lavender, Silver and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chenchen Fan
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #124718
Credits
- Image Credits
- The COPYRIGHT of backgroud photos on the Optional image #4 belong to Adobe Image Stock
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Vocam is a digital camera design for users who want to take vlog videos and demand high-quality photography and portability. It is a modular camera design that helps vloggers quickly switch the mode between videography and photography. Elevating video shooting performance and portability by the built-in professional microphone, control grip, and LED video light without carrying extra equipment. The design also brings users various color, material, and fabric options.
- Inspiration
- As we know, we have been in the era of We-Media. Many people want to share their life experiences with others through social media like YouTube. The existing product doesn't satisfy the customers. It has terrible usability and not ergonomic to hold the regular camera when users take a selfie or video shooting themselves. Suppose users want to shoot high-quality vlog videos. They have to buy many different types of equipment, such as an external microphone, camera handle, and video light.
- Research
- In the world, over 150 million people are doing self-media, by 2025 it would increase 137 million people in self-media population, the market are still rapidly growing.The existing product doesn't satisfy the customers. It has terrible usability and not ergonomic to hold the regular camera when users take a selfie or video shooting themselves. Suppose users want to shoot high-quality vlog videos. They have to buy many different types of equipment, such as an external microphone, camera handle, and video light, to improve the performance and usability. The camera would lose portability after installing extra equipment.
- Challenge
- Designing a smart way to organize the different functional parts together. Help users quickly switch the mode between video shooting and photo shooting without installing extra equipment.
- Realization and Technology
- For production it could use recyclable plastic or silicon for injection molding. The camera screen would use anti-glare LED display. The grip surface could have waterproof fabric or cloth.The control handle would use chargeable magnetic technology.
- Operation and Interaction
- To switch the shooting mode from photo to video. First, pull to take out the control handle on the right side of the camera and then push the spring button on the control handle and sliding to connect the handle with the camera body. Dial the functional switch to popup the microphone, screen, and LED video light.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2019 in Pasadena and finished in September 2019 in Pasadena
- Specifications
- 120mm by 40mm by 70mm
- Keywords
- Vlog, Vlogger, Camera, Portability, Modular Design, Transformable, Usability, individuation
