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Marn Hotel Amenities by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang acknowledged for bakeware, tableware, drinkware and cookware design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 15, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ Marn Hotel Amenities by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang, designed for Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
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.
More About Marn Hotel Amenities
Having inspiration from the festive snacks of traditional Tainan culture (an old city in Taiwan full with cultural heritage), by transforming them into a set of hotel amenities, these series of festive snacks always known to the local as "Marn", means fulfillment in Chinese culture; turtle-shaped rice cake as hand soap and soap dish, mung bean cake as toiletries, tang yuan sweet dumpling as hand cream and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake as tea set. Tainan culture heritage could be widespread to the world as the hotel is a nice platform to promote local culture.
About C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang
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
C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2017 - 2018 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/67631
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/67631
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!67631
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/179403
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Marn Hotel Amenities
- Function
- Hotel Amenities
- Category
- Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Food & Hospitality
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Dark Gray, White Smoke and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
The Recognition
- Laureate
- C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #67631
Credits
- Team
- ChungSheng Chen, ChuanHsuan Chang, HsinAn Chang, YuQing Luo, SinCih Huang and Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
- Image Credits
- Wei-Che Chiang Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Marn, pronunciation in mandarin means fulfillment in Chinese culture. The design was inspired by cultural heritage related to Tainan traditional local snacks and foods. Wishing to preserve the culture and widespread to the world by transforming the famous local festive snacks into hotel amenities, like; turtle-shaped rice cake into hand soap & soap dish, mung bean cake into toiletries, tang yuan sweet dumpling into hand cream and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake into tea set. All were hand crafted in ceramic which looks identical to the festive snacks.
- Inspiration
- Having inspiration from the festive snacks of traditional Tainan culture, an old city in Taiwan full with cultural heritage; turtle-shaped rice cake, mung bean cake, tang yuan sweet dumpling and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake, transforming the snacks image into a set of hotel amenities, Tainan culture heritage could be spread to the whole world as the hotel is a nice platform to promote local culture.
- Research
- Type of Research: Hotel amenities with local culture image Research Objectives: To preserve and to propagate culture heritage of Tainan festive snacks from local to global. Methodology: culture study and morphological analysis, Image Scale. Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis. Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing. Production Method: pinching pottery, glazing, kiln formation.
- Challenge
- Most of the hotel amenities typically the same, the most challenging issue in this project is to design a set of amenities derived from local culture festive snacks for The Place, a design hotel brand of Royal Hotels & Resorts, that sets to connect with local cultures of Tainan. Handcrafted pottery, kiln formation and have to be identical to the festive snacks is the hardest part. The team managed to create the products lifelike the real snacks.
- Realization and Technology
- All were handcrafted. Material used is white ceramic.
- Operation and Interaction
- Since the set of hotel amenities lifelike the festive snacks, travelers will find them very interesting when checking into the room, eventually they will look for each of the item connected to the cultures behind it. The cultural hotel served as the platform to communicate with travelers from everywhere, allowing them to learn and to feel the culture heritage of Tainan in an interesting way during their stay, could be better appreciated and shared amongst travelers.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in Sept 2017 in Tainan, estimate to finish in March 2018, having its first appearance in Taiwan Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX) in May 2018.
- Specifications
- Turtle-shaped rice cake / hand soap & soap dish L120mm x W60mm x H16mm Mung bean cake / toiletries L200mm x W80mm x H10mm Tang Yuan sweet dumpling / Hand cream L100mm x W100mm x H23mm Steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake / tea set L300mm x W300mm x H55mm
- Keywords
- Hotel amenities, Daily necessities, Gift, Ceramics, Cultural Hotel
