Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design Goes to ChuangHua Tracery Furniture Set by Chung-Sheng Chen and Chih-Hua Kuo
The international grand jury of the 2016 - 2017 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Chung-Sheng Chen and Chih-Hua Kuo for furniture design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that ChuangHua Tracery Furniture Set by Chung-Sheng Chen and Chih-Hua Kuo, designed for ACDC Creative, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2016 - 2017 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
Regarding ChuangHua Tracery Furniture Set
ChuangHua Tracery fit for home deco, commercial space, hotel or studio which its essence inspired by ChuangHua, the Chinese window grilles pattern. Using sheet metal bending technology and powder paint coating in vivid reddish color setting off with purely white that enlightened its festive looked, making them free from the metallic image of hard, cold and heavy. Aesthetically simple clean and neat in its structural shape designed, when light pass through the laser cutting tracery pattern, the shadow projected onto the surrounding wall and floor that shows a glimpse of beauty.
About Chung-Sheng Chen and Chih-Hua Kuo
Prof. ChungSheng Chen, a self-proclaimed "design missionary," possesses extensive experience in both design practice and education. He frequently expresses his perspectives on society through his work, blending an optimistic outlook, keen observation, and a deep emotional connection to life. His cross-disciplinary approach integrates various processing techniques and material applications, embodying a fundamental design philosophy.
Award Record
This recognition makes Chung-Sheng Chen and Chih-Hua Kuo a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2016 - 2017 edition 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. It 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. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
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/56509
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/56509
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!56509
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/179403
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- ChuangHua Tracery Furniture Set
- Function
- Furniture Set
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Crimson, Brown, Misty Rose and Thistle
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ACDC Creative
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chung-Sheng Chen and Chih-Hua Kuo
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2016 - 2017
- Design ID
- #56509
Credits
- Team
- ChungSheng Chen, Tainan University of Technology, Product Design Department, ChihHua Kuo, Taiwan Innovation Metal Corporation and Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd.
- Image Credits
- ChungSheng Chen
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- ChuangHua Tracery, the chinese tracery furniture set, is the remarkable integration of cultural succinct structure designed with exquisitely sheet metal fabrication, presenting a series of cultural-fashion home furniture and decoration. Free from the traditional metallic image of hard, cold and heavy, highly beauty by its vivid reddish color setting off in purely white , auspiciously engraved pattern of traditional chinese tracery and using Sheet metal bending technique that generate aesthetically simple clean and neat in structural shape designed.
- Inspiration
- I was inspired by the cultural heritage and element of Tainan, an old city of Taiwan. "ChuangHua" pronounce in chinese meaning the traditional chinese tracery, which is the most fascinating element one's can find every corner in this city. I just want to have a unique furniture designed in structure, manufacturing technology, material used with cultural element. Tracery pattern and Red in White was used as festive and auspicious image. Sheet metal bending to give overall structure a simple clean and neat structure form.
- Research
- The background of this project was initiated by Economic Development Bureau of Tainan City Government, I was called to give a hand to a local sheet metal factory, helping the factory to transform and upgrade leaded by design.The main objectives is to transform the company from a traditional manufacturing factory into the aptness of cultural creative. After several times of communication, design effort imposed. This set of furniture in unique shape with chinese tracery pattern comes to realise, eventually made its first appearance in 2016Taiwan Creative EXPO which had won the Cultural Creative Award.
- Challenge
- The most challenging issue in this project is the communication between designer and the factory. In order to let the traditional manufacturing company to transform, takes time to communicate with management personnel as well as on site worker, in order to implement the design.
- Realization and Technology
- Production Tech: Metal Bending, Welding, Laser Cutting and Engraving. Material: Galvanized Sheet metal. Painting: Powder Paint Coating.
- Operation and Interaction
- This chinese Tracery set of furniture fit for home deco, commercial space , hotel or studio. Each piece of the furniture is just good enough to be stand-alone or to be presented in a whole set which brings the upmost ambience to the environment. When light pass through the laser cutting tracery pattern, the shadow projected onto the surrounding wall that shows a glimpse of beauty.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project was partially funded by Government grant, started in Febuary 2014 in Tainan, and finished the first stage in August 2014, 2nd stage started in April 2015 and ended in March 2016, and was exhibited in Taiwan Creative Expo in April 2016.
- Specifications
- 1.Bookshelf, W57cm*D30cm*H155cm 2.Stand Light, W40cm*D30cm*H140cm 3.Low Stool, W35cm*D35cm*H45cm
- Keywords
- Chinese Tracery, Sheet Metal, Furniture, Bookshelf, Stool, Stand Light.
