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Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo Is Honored with the Golden A' Design Award for Kaleido Modular Pet Furniture in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo honored for pet care, toys, supplies and products for animals design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Kaleido Modular Pet Furniture by Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo, designed for Dongliang Lu, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Kaleido Modular Pet Furniture
This modular system redefines shared domestic space for humans and pets through a flexible and adaptable design approach. The project integrates pet activities into contemporary interiors, transforming furniture into an interconnected spatial system. Modular units can be arranged on floors or walls, while circular openings support natural pet movement and visual connection with users. Tool free assembly and flat pack design enhance flexibility, sustainability, and user participation.
About Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo
Dongliang Lu is a multidisciplinary designer specializing in integrated design strategy within the home furnishing industry. Educated in Russia at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design and the Repin Academy of Fine Arts, he combines artistic foundation with commercial design management. Since 2014, he has led brand, product, and spatial design innovation projects, establishing cohesive design systems that connect user experience with business performance. His work focuses on design-driven transformation, enhancing brand value and promoting sustainable competitiveness through holistic design integration.
Award Record
Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Award
The A' Pet Care Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good pet supplies, toys and product designs by designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to pet care designers, animal toy designers, pet supply manufacturers and pet care brands from all countries. Entries typically include pet food, pet apparel, pet beds, feeding bowls, litter boxes and pet carriers. Awarded pet supply designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/pet-care
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://desingers.org/182009
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/182009
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!182009
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/378435
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Kaleido Modular Pet Furniture
- Function
- Modular Pet Furniture
- Category
- Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Dongliang Lu
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #182009
Credits
- Team
- Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo
- Image Credits
- Image 1 Designer Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo Kaleido 2022 Image 2 Designer Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo Kaleido 2022 Image 3 Designer Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo Kaleido 2022 Image 4 Designer Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo Kaleido 2022 Image 5 Designer Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo Kaleido 2022 Video credits photographed at the production factory in 2022 by designers Dongliang Lu and Bin Guo
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project introduces a modular human-pet shared living system that integrates pet activities into contemporary domestic space, four adaptable modules can be freely configured on walls or floors to create interactive pathways, resting areas, and feeding zones, circular openings support natural pet movement while maintaining visual and spatial connections with users, the flat-pack structure and tool-free assembly improve flexibility, user participation, and support sustainable living practices
- Inspiration
- The design was inspired by the evolving relationship between humans and pets in contemporary urban living, where pets increasingly share emotional and spatial roles within the home, by observing how pets naturally seek connection, movement, and proximity to their owners, the project explores ways to merge pet activities with everyday living environments, this approach transforms furniture into a shared spatial system that supports interaction, coexistence, and adaptable lifestyles
- Research
- This project employs applied design research to explore shared living solutions for humans and pets, the objective was to develop adaptable furniture promoting interaction and spatial coexistence, a user centered methodology combined behavioral observation with iterative spatial prototyping, data were gathered from pet movement patterns and domestic usage scenarios using modular testing tools, pet owners and their animals participated in evaluations, results demonstrated improved flexibility and engagement, strengthening product differentiation and commercial competitiveness
- Challenge
- A key challenge was addressing the growing social shift toward human pet cohabitation within limited urban living spaces, conventional furniture separates pet activities from human environments, creating spatial conflict and reduced interaction, the project required balancing pet behavior, human comfort, and spatial efficiency within a unified system, through iterative prototyping and behavioral observation, the design overcame structural, usability, and adaptability challenges, enabling flexible configurations that support shared living and evolving domestic lifestyles
- Realization and Technology
- The product is manufactured using a CNC automated production line that enables batch size one customization, integrated CAD and CAM workflows ensure precise machining of each component, the structure is made from BS 1088 certified marine grade birch plywood with Baltic birch veneers bonded using WBP phenolic resin for void free and moisture resistant construction, invisible connectors from Lamello are used with the Clamex system, allowing detachable assembly without visible hardware, CNC machined T slot grooves ensure accurate alignment and structural fit
- Operation and Interaction
- Users assemble the modules by slotting components together without tools, the units can be placed on floors or mounted on walls according to different spatial needs, modules can be freely combined to form resting, feeding, or passage areas, pets move naturally through circular openings that connect each unit, while owners can adjust layouts over time, the system supports continuous reconfiguration and enables shared interaction and adaptable living environments for both humans and pets
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in beijing in early 2021, the collection was manufactured in a furniture factory in pizhou jiangsu and achieved mass production after eighteen months of development, it debuted at the Tops pet fair in hangzhou in july 2022 and was later exhibited at the Asia pet fair in shenzhen in september 2022, where it was selected for the U plus demo show, the design received both utility model and design patents in september 2022, in 2023, the product became available through the self operated platform of JD.com
- Specifications
- Product dimensions 330 x 330 x 330mm, 660 x 330 x 330mm, 660 x 330 x 660mm, 660 x 330 x 660mm Packaging size 350 x 350 x 120mm, 680 x 350 x 110mm, 680 x 680 x 110mm, 680 x 680 x 110mm
- Keywords
- human pet cohabitation system, modular living infrastructure, spatial interaction design, adaptive domestic environment, lifestyle integration innovation
