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Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu Receives the A' Design Award for Gemini Modular Coffee Pot in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu recognized for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Gemini Modular Coffee Pot by Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu, designed for Daodun, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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 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.
More About Gemini Modular Coffee Pot
Gemini is a modular coffee pot that combines hand brewing and moka pot brewing in one device. A grinding component is integrated into the body, so fewer separate tools are needed and less space is used. The fineness of the coffee grounds is adjusted by turning the lid. Pressing down the grinding component closes the powder outlet and starts the moka brewing mode. When filter paper is placed inside the grinding component, hand brewing is possible. Most parts are made of recyclable plastic, and some parts are made of metal.
About Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu
He is the founder of DAODUN, also a design educator and has won many international awards for both his students and himself, DAODUN combines teaching with social practice and creative teaching with product design to improve students' practical ability and cultivate students' thinking methods of creative product design. After a lot of practice, students can confidently step into work or have the ability to study abroad for further study, improve the background of designers, and provide designers to design companies. Dalton also cooperates with universities to develop design courses to serve more students studying design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2025 - 2026 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award
The A' Kitchenware Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good kitchenware designs by best kitchenware brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchenware designers, product designers, industrial design studios and kitchenware brands from all countries. Entries typically include pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. Awarded kitchenware designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/kitchenware
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/181850
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/181850
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!181850
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/232077
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Gemini Modular Coffee Pot
- Function
- Modular Coffee Pot
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Lavender, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Silver and White Smoke
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Daodun
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #181850
Credits
- Team
- Yaoyun Hu and Yunsong Liu
- Image Credits
- Designer Yaoyun Hu Optional; Designer Yunsong Liu Optional; Designer Yunsong Liu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Gemini is a design that integrates hand-brewed coffee and a mocha pot. Users can choose different ways to make coffee according to their personal preferences. In addition, it incorporates a grinding component, allowing users to adjust the coarseness of the coffee grounds.
- Inspiration
- Gemini's inspiration comes from the experience of making coffee. There are many tools for making coffee, which take up a lot of space. Therefore, we want to design a coffee pot that combines a grinding component, retaining the experience of both hand-brewed coffee and mocha Pots, allowing users to choose different brewing methods according to their own preferences.
- Research
- We conducted a step-by-step experience and analysis of the production methods of hand-brewed and steamed coffee, and found that the current production methods are rather complicated, with a large number of tools and taking up a lot of space. In addition, we disassembled the principles of the mocha pot and grinding tools, proposed three combined methods and realized the principles through 3D printing, and conducted steaming experiments for the improved methods.
- Challenge
- Gemini's biggest challenge lies in how to combine hand-brewed coffee and steamed coffee, achieving a quick transition while still maintaining the experience. In addition, we studied the steam structure and grinding components of Mocha to integrate grinding with hand brewing and steaming coffee, reducing the need for tools. The design of the shape is also a major challenge. It is necessary to ensure the overall integrity after assembly and also take into account the aesthetic appeal of each individual unit after disassembly and assembly.
- Realization and Technology
- Most coffee brewers are made of recyclable plastic, and some are made of metal. Barbecue grills are made of degradable mycelium, and grills are made of metal.
- Operation and Interaction
- The user can adjust the grinding fineness by rotating the lid, press down the grinding component to block the powder drop port, and enter the brewing mode. When the filter paper is combined with the grinding component, users can make coffee by hand brewing, completing the switch between hand-brewed and steamed coffee.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in Beijing in May 2025 and completed in Beijing in December 2025.
- Specifications
- Width100mm×Depth100mm×Height 200mm
- Keywords
- Quick replacement, modularization, coffee brewing
