Press Release
Songmics Home Design Team Receives the A' Design Award for Hopu Series Toolless Technology in Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design
Songmics Home Design Team recognized for furniture accessories, hardware and materials design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Hopu Series Toolless Technology by Songmics Home Design Team, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the A' Design Award in the Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design category. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 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.
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.
About Hopu Series Toolless Technology
Hopu Series is a set of tool-free connectors for flat-pack furniture. The plastic connectors use elastic deformation, changing shape temporarily under pressure to join parts. Furniture can be assembled and disassembled quickly without tools, which improves the installation experience and extends the service life of the furniture. Finished melamine striped particle boards give a farmhouse appearance and raise manufacturing efficiency, while reducing material waste and harmful gas emissions. Applications include cabinets, sideboards, benches and pet litter boxes.
Award Record
Songmics Home Design Team is a winner of 16 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2025 - 2026 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design Award
The A' Furniture Accessory Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good furniture accessories by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture accessory designers, hardware designers, material designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include knobs, handles, hinges, casters, sliders and brackets. Awarded furniture accessory designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture-accessory
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/180462
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180462
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180462
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/369407
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hopu Series Toolless Technology
- Function
- Toolless Technology
- Category
- Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Tan, Rosy Brown, Silver and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.,
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Songmics Home Design Team
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #180462
Credits
- Team
- Yuanwang Su, Ning Huang, Xiabing Li and Ouzhi Li
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Hopu Series of style farm free tool connector furniture is set to elevate the pack flat furniture industry to new heights. It allows quick, effortless furniture assembly and disassembly without any tools, elevating the user's installation experience while extending furniture lifespan, and eliminating waste linked to installation tools.melamine striped particle boards create its aesthetic, raising manufacturing efficiency, reducing material waste&harmful gas emissions for friendliness eco.
- Inspiration
- By applying the elastic deformation where principal plastic connectors temporarily change shape under pressure, we realize fast, free tool assembly and disassembly, solving the problem of cumbersome furniture installation, upgrading user assembly experience, and prolonging furniture service life.
- Research
- The hopu series enables quick and effortless assembly and disassembly of furniture without the need for any tools,enhancing the user's installation experience and extending the furniture's lifespan.this design also eliminates the waste associated with installation tools.the style farm aesthetic is achieved through the use of finished melamine striped particle boards,which not only improve manufacturing efficiency but also reduce material waste and the emission of harmful gases.as a result,this approach contributes to environmental protection.
- Challenge
- The ingenuity lies in the free tool installation technology,which allows furniture to be quickly assembled and disassembled while ensuring stability for term long use.
- Realization and Technology
- The hopu series uses free tool assembly and striped panels, unlike traditional farmhouse furniture that relies on complex methods like one in three connectors and painted milled wasting panels, time, and harming the environment. Our "free tool" connectors and patterned striped panels allow quick, friendly eco assembly and disassembly.
- Operation and Interaction
- It enables quick and effortless assembly and disassembly of furniture without the need for any tools,enhancing the user's installation experience and extending the furniture's lifespan,
- Project Duration and Location
- The Project Will Start in Shenzhen in January 2024 and Be Completed in Shenzhen in December 2025.
- Specifications
- Bathroom Cabinet Wall:60×15×60cm Storage Sideboard:140×40×81cm Dresser:120×45×81cm Shoe Storage Cabinet:80×30×95cm Sink Cabinet:30×30×166cm Bathroom Storage Cabinets:30×30×166cm Shoe Storage Benches:100×35×45cm Cat Litter Box A:50×50×50cm Cat Litter Box B:80×50×50cm Cat Litter Box C:147×50×50cm Cat Litter Box D:100×67×80cm
- Keywords
- The Ingenuity Lies in the Free Tool Installation Technology,Which Allows Furniture to Be Quickly Assembled and Disassembled While Ensuring Stability for Term Long Use.
