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Accent Item Lighting Furniture by Yu Ren Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Yu Ren acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Accent Item Lighting Furniture by Yu Ren, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Accent Item Lighting Furniture
Accent Item is a collection of illuminated furniture that includes two bar carts, a side table and a decorative cabinet. Each piece combines storage with a built-in COB lighting system that is recharged through a Type-C port. Simple switches allow the brightness and the color of the light to be adjusted. The frames are made of metal, shaped by precision cutting and welding, and are combined with frosted glass. All four pieces can be taken apart and flat packed for easier transport and storage.
About Yu Ren
China's emerging furniture designer-Ren Yu, he is an interesting furniture designer, loves life, and has always been passionate about new things. For Ren Yu, design is not an empty concept, let alone a popular element. It is an insight into rooted life. Expressing his own thinking through design; for design, in addition to form and function, he seeks the beauty of the text of the product, trying to create a dialogue with the user through the product.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yu Ren is a winner of 19 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2023 - 2024 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
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/154471
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154471
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154471
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/294475
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Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Accent Item Lighting Furniture
- Function
- Lighting Furniture
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Silver and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yu Ren
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154471
Credits
- Team
- David
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design concept of Accent Item is to combine practicality and aesthetics. They are not only furniture, but also part of the interior space. Enhance the functionality and visual appeal of your furniture with built-in lighting. It comes with a Type-c charging interface and can be placed in every corner of the home to enhance space decoration and use. The designs of these furniture are simple and elegant, adapting to every interior style, whether it is storage space, lighting or decoration.
- Inspiration
- The design of the Accent Item collection is inspired by the needs of modern living spaces. People not only need practical furniture, but also design elements that can enhance the atmosphere and beauty of the space. In modern life, space is often limited, but needs are diverse. People need furniture to meet their storage needs, but also to enhance their quality of life and provide a comfortable and welcoming environment.
- Research
- Our design concept is to combine practicality and aesthetics to create furniture that is both practical and beautiful to meet the needs of modern living spaces and improve people's quality of life and happiness. Our research shows that built-in lighting can significantly improve the functionality and visual appeal of furniture. Accent Item furniture has been well received in the market, with user feedback indicating that they greatly appreciate the design of the furniture.
- Challenge
- During the design and manufacturing process, the main challenge we faced was how to seamlessly integrate the lighting system into the furniture while maintaining its beauty and functionality. This requires us to precisely control every detail during the design and manufacturing process to ensure the stability and safety of the installation and operation of the lighting system. Another challenge is ensuring the quality and performance of the furniture. We need to select high-quality materials and use precise manufacturing processes to ensure the structural stability and durability of the furniture.
- Realization and Technology
- Accent Item furniture is made of metal and frosted glass. The metal frame is manufactured through precision cutting and welding processes, and the frosted glass provides a unique optical effect. The products are all removable, which allows them to be flat-packed for easy transportation and storage, allowing users to purchase them at a cheaper price. The lighting system can be recharged and the built-in COB lighting system can provide long-lasting lighting while consuming very little power.
- Operation and Interaction
- Accent Item furniture has easy-to-operate switches and also provides the function of adjusting brightness and color. The design of colored LED lights and warm lights can meet different lighting needs, whether used in daily life or on special occasions. The design of the bar cart also takes into account human-computer interaction. The size and shape of the cart and the design of the wheels are all designed to facilitate user operation and movement.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project will start in Shenzhen in September 2022 and be completed in Shenzhen in September 2023.
- Specifications
- Large bar cart: width 800 mm x depth 400 mm x height 900 mm Small bar cart: width 400 mm x depth 400 mm x height 800 mm Side table: width 500 mm x depth 500 mm x height 950 mm Decorative cabinet: width 900 mm x depth 420 mm x height 1050 mm The four products are all disassembled and flat-packaged.
- Keywords
- Serialization, lighting, furniture, carts, side tables
