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Yang Zhang and Hu Zhang Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Water Pipe Circuit Building Toy in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Yang Zhang and Hu Zhang honored for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Water Pipe Circuit Building Toy by Yang Zhang and Hu Zhang has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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 Water Pipe Circuit Building Toy
Water Pipe Circuit is a building toy that helps children understand the basic principles of electric circuits. The design compares the flow of electricity to the flow of water, so connecting a circuit becomes as simple as joining pipes. Each electronic component is sealed inside an independent module, and modules with different functions are given different colors. The module type and the light path that shows the current are engraved on the shell by laser. Each time a module is joined, the module lights up to confirm a correct connection. The toy is made of ABS and PC.
About Yang Zhang and Hu Zhang
Beijing AIQI Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that develops, designs, manufactures and sells smart building block toy products. It provides the society with safe, environmentally friendly, high-quality, low-cost, easy-to-operate, and more innovative building block toy products. Playing toys brings more fun to users.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yang Zhang and Hu Zhang a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/135523
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/135523
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!135523
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/278942
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Water Pipe Circuit Building Toy
- Function
- Building Toy
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Lavender, Light Blue, Steel Blue, Light Steel Blue and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yang Zhang and Hu Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #135523
Credits
- Team
- Yang Zhang&Hu Zhang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design of this product is for children to better understand the knowledge of the circuit, when the circuit is convenient and fast. Modular design of circuit components, using the effect of lighting to highlight the current flow of the circuit, more intuitive understanding of the circuit principle. Every time a module is spliced, the module will light up to indicate normal connectivity, so as to remind in real time.
- Inspiration
- The flow of water is often compared to the flow of electricity, so the connection of a circuit can be as simple and intuitive as the connection of a pipe. The electronic devices are encapsulated in independent modules. Modules with different functions are in different colors. The module type and the optical path indicating the current are carved in the module shell by way of radium.
- Keywords
- Water pipe circuit toy
