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Mohan Zhang, Zhengxing Han and Zihong Zhang Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Yuuye Outdoor Stove in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design

Mohan Zhang, Zhengxing Han and Zihong Zhang acknowledged for outdoor gear and camping equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 15, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Yuuye Outdoor Stove by Mohan Zhang, Zhengxing Han and Zihong Zhang, designed for Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 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.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

More About Yuuye Outdoor Stove

Yuuye is an outdoor stove designed for camping. The form of Yuuye combines the shape of a gas tank with the look of outdoor protective gear, so the function of the product is shown through a clear visual symbol. The integrated body allows pots and pans to be stored inside the stove. A leveling device is placed on the top of the stove, and this part corrects tilting caused by uneven ground. Yuuye is made by stamping molding and welding, and measures 150 by 150 by 260 millimeters. The intent is to make outdoor cooking safer and easier to carry.

Award Record

This recognition makes Mohan Zhang, Zhengxing Han and Zihong Zhang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Camping Gear and Outdoor Equipment Design Award

The A' Camping Gear Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good camping equipment by leading brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to camping gear designers, outdoor equipment designers, product designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Typical entries include tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, camping stoves, lanterns and multi-tools. The awarded camping gear designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/camping-gear

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Yuuye Outdoor Stove
Function
Outdoor Stove
Category
Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Sports
Colors
Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray and Black
Images
5
Client
Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

The Recognition

Laureate
Mohan Zhang, Zhengxing Han and Zihong Zhang
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2023 - 2024
Design ID
#154617

Credits

Team
Jie Weng, Mohan Zhang, Zhengxing Han and Zihong Zhang
Image Credits
Designer Jie Weng, YUUYE, 2023 Designer Mohan Zhang, YUUYE, 2023 Designer Zhengxing Han, YUUYE, 2023 Designer Zihong Zhang, YUUYE, 2023

Design Details

Unique Properties
The design combines the shape of a gas tank with an outdoor protective gear, directly prompting the user of the product's function in terms of linguistic symbols. At the same time, the integrated design makes it easy to store pots and pans and adds a leveling device on the top of the stove, which cleverly solves the problem of tilting of the stove due to uneven ground outdoors.
Inspiration
Outdoor stoves will be used when camping, but the outdoor stoves on the market do not have a particularly accurate stabilization system or a clear visual symbol to define the balance, making people use outdoor stoves full of dangers, hiding a series of dangerous factors such as pots and pans tilting sideways, making people panic. At the same time, most of the stoves on the market are too bare to have the aesthetic appearance of the product, attracting a more diverse group of users.
Research
Outdoor stoves are used when camping in the wild, but the outdoor stoves on the market do not have a particularly accurate stabilization system or a clear visual symbol to define the balance, making people use outdoor stoves fraught with danger, hiding a series of dangerous factors such as pots tilting sideways and other dangerous factors that make people panic.
Challenge
This design process is very convoluted, from the conception of the proposal to the establishment of the final design solution, our team has been thinking about how to symbolize and integrate.
Realization and Technology
Stamping Molding and Welding
Operation and Interaction
This is an outdoor one-piece stove that helps young people solve the problem of inconvenient storage and tilted sideways pots and pans when camping outdoors.
Keywords
Outdoor Stove Unconscious Symbolic One-piece

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