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Six Senses Billiards Table by Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li Receives the A' Design Award in Limited Edition and Custom Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li for limited edition and custom design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Six Senses Billiards Table by Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li, designed for Demi Industrial Design Co.，Ltd, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Limited Edition and Custom Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
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 Six Senses Billiards Table
It is a carrier product design scheme that integrates China's millennium Journey to the West culture, which has been put into the market and depicts six storylines. There are two color schemes available for purchase, gold wire depiction and bronze polishing. After 700 days of material and literature research, 20 art artists adjusted their color schemes and relief designs. This is just a part of its early stages, where modern technology is utilized in the production process to meet the needs of product landing and provide consumers with a visual feast.
About Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li
My name is Cai Mingzhi, and I am a pioneer in the integration of industry and education in academia. I have been guiding practical knowledge for more students, while also paying attention to vulnerable groups. I have been doing this for 3 years now.
Award Record
This recognition makes Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Limited Edition and Custom Design Award
The A' Limited Edition Design Award is an international design competition recognizing best limited edition products by leading brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to limited edition designers, custom design professionals, luxury brands and established companies from all countries. Typical entries include limited edition products, bespoke watches, custom furniture, bespoke jewelry, personalized fashion collections and modified automobiles. The awarded limited edition designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/limited-edition
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/166526
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/166526
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!166526
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/362496
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.puxiang.com/demidelan/gallery
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Six Senses Billiards Table
- Function
- Billiards Table
- Category
- Limited Edition and Custom Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Arts
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Light Pink, Sienna and Light Salmon
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Demi Industrial Design Co.，Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mingzhi Cai and Fengshi Li
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #166526
Credits
- Team
- Design Director ：Cai Mingzhi[new line], Art director：Li Fengshi[new line] and Mentor：Zhang Yafang
- Image Credits
- Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Li Fengshi(Art director)，; Design Director: Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Li Fengshi(Art director)，; Illustrator/Cai Mingzhi(Design Director) sculptor/Zhang YaFang(Instructor).
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The colors of Chinese mythology stories are integrated into it, combined with art painting techniques, carving and shaping techniques, and jewelry inlay techniques. The stone slabs are polished and polished more than 10 times, using walnut wood as the top material. The sound of hitting the ball is crisp, and the ball movement is smooth. The color scheme uses two color schemes，dark green gold court color scheme and blue antique bronze color scheme.
- Inspiration
- This is a Chinese billiards table. The inspiration comes from the Chinese mythological story Journey to the West. The six display panels have six themes, including the powerful Bull Demon King, the burning Guanyin Temple, the late drum, the Little Western Heaven, the Battle of the Hundred Eyed Demons, and the Golden Country Wind Returning to Flower and Fruit Mountain. The fusion of cultural colors brings charm to the product. The shape of the six legs is the Sea God Needle. The six column head relief represents the six senses of Buddhism.
- Research
- The designer conducted 700 days of research on cultural stories and planned the direction by mastering technical knowledge. During the 3D modeling process, they tried hundreds of sculpture modeling schemes and concretized them. Twenty participants raised thousands of adjustment questions from different professional perspectives. Most modern cases focus on business, and the design team has given this product a new aesthetic height through cultural aesthetics. The success of this case will bring confidence to more creators.
- Challenge
- The original story is presented to the world in words, and designers create these paintings and shapes through their understanding and imagination of the words; His production process was very difficult in the early stages because it involved manual shaping and painting. When he received the first version of the design, it brought a stunning feeling to all the audience present, and everyone was excited. Subsequently, the designer optimized the technology of modern commercial production, preserving the original beauty of the design in a more primitive way.
- Realization and Technology
- The relief is hand carved and then commercially produced by flipping silicone molds. The legs are carved by CNC machine tools, and the tabletop is surrounded by solid wood inlaid with mother of pearl abalone shells, which is commonly used in Southeast Asian royal furniture craftsmanship. The art artwork above is a Chinese Gongbi painting. Hundreds of art artists participated in the submission process and selected exquisite story paintings. After high-definition scanning and inkjet printing, they were embedded into the product.
- Operation and Interaction
- Four artistic creation techniques were used: relief, gold inlay, inlay, and meticulous painting. Components are produced together through the artist's craftsmanship. By modeling the manuscript and 3D printing, make a sample model in advance for preliminary preview. After confirming the formal standards, the art director made six months of improvements to the details, shapes, and color schemes. Now, the visual effects brought to everyone are almost perfect.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was designed and conceptualized in Shengfang Town, Langfang City, Hebei Province, China in October 2023, and exhibited in Beijing, China in December 2024, attracting the attention of the audience.
- Specifications
- 2810 * 1600 * 850mm, packaged as solid wood frame, with installation drawings for disassembly and assembly structure
- Keywords
- Billiards Table, Sports Equipment, Competition Table, Chinese Black Eight Ball Table
