Press Release
Fan Bai Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Cosmic Man Toy in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Fan Bai acknowledged for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category for Cosmic Man Toy by Fan Bai, designed for Beijing Wangjianxi Culture & Technology Co., Ltd.. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 Cosmic Man Toy
The design of Cosmic Man interprets the concept that life is limited and consciousness is infinite. One day AI, as the carrier of human consciousness, will accomplish the mission that limited life cannot accomplish. The combination of space exploration, artificial intelligence, and other hot topics makes this collectible toy possess the iconic attributes of the times. The combination and collision of multiple cultural symbols give new vitality to retro-futurism.
About Fan Bai
Bai Fan is the founder of the lifestyle brand WANGJIANXI. Born into an artists’ family, he soaked up inspirations from various art genres in growth. He has accumulated rich, large-scale commercial activity visual design experiences over a decade of his career and established good cooperative relations with many world-renowned brands, committed to renewing conventional visual narratives with thoughtful design language and connecting commercial aesthetics and creative culture to make them a reality. He ponders over social phenomena, digs into human nature deep inside, and then depicts them with design language in a euphemistic, metaphorical manner.
Award Record
This recognition makes Fan Bai a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition 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. Entries typically include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. Awarded toy designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/toy
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/143395
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/143395
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!143395
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/330478
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.wangjianxi.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cosmic Man Toy
- Function
- Toy
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Beijing Wangjianxi Culture & Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fan Bai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #143395
Credits
- Image Credits
- Creator Fan Bai, Cosmic Man, 2022.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Cosmic Man is a collectible toy with a retro-futuristic design. The classic color contrast brings a retro sense of luxury and evokes the memories and feelings of the times. The armor gives an impression of being strong and impact resistant. Mechanical elements interpret rich stories. The retro technological texture of the decorative lights collides with the punk culture of the belt, exuding a unique charm. The fit design of the space suit comes from an upgrade iteration of technology. The mechanical brain is the core of AI, carrying the human exploring spirit.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by human ambition for infinite existence, the shape of the Cosmic Man is a symbol of humans expanding territory into space. In the time dimension, humans pursue eternal life and use technology to parasitize their consciousness on artificial intelligence. The mechanical brain of the Cosmic Man represents AI and eternal consciousness, and the body is the interface between eternal consciousness and infinite space.
- Research
- On the premise of pursuing high quality for design and production, 15 experiments were conducted between the fineness of 0.05 and 0.1 to achieve a balance between precision and the best energy efficiency. This design uses non-uniform thickness hollow-out technology and 3D printing technology. According to different stress positions, the corresponding hollow thickness is emphasized, which significantly improves the qualified rate of finished products, and at the same time, minimizes consumables to achieve the best balance of refinement, weight, and quality.
- Challenge
- The product structure has high requirements for fineness and details. However, increasing the fineness will increase the consumables and damage rate. Therefore, the research challenge is balancing energy efficiency and minimizing consumables and weight without sacrificing quality.
- Realization and Technology
- Featuring the idea of sustainable design, it is entirely digital R&D, a simplified design, hollowing out the internal structure to significantly reduce the material consumption and product weight. The integration is lightweight and durable. Exquisite handy craftsmanship and craftsman spirit empower precise and efficient technology to create a warm modern commercial, artistic toy.
- Operation and Interaction
- A base is a charging unit. Place the Cosmic Man on the bottom to charge the decorative light. The arms and hands can flexibly rotate and change postures. Accessories such as shoes, jetpacks, and helmets can be matched and assembled—modularization to realize the disassembly, exchange, and collection of toy figures.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2021 and was completed in Beijing in 2022.
- Specifications
- Product dimensions, W 120mm x D 130mm x H 280mm. Package dimensions, W 220mm x D 180mm x H 360mm.
- Keywords
- Space, Artistic Toy, Collectibles, Decoration, Emotions, Sustainable
