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Industrial Design College in LAFA Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Plus+ Screwdriver in Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design
Industrial Design College in LAFA honored for hardware, power and hand tools design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ Plus+ Screwdriver by Industrial Design College in LAFA, designed for LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2017 - 2018 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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 Plus+ Screwdriver
Plus+ is a modular screwdriver designed for compact storage and quick tool selection. Each section carries a different tool bit. Sections can be added or removed to change the total length, so Plus+ adapts to different working spaces and stays easy to carry. The tool holder lets bits be inserted and removed quickly, and the grip is comfortable to hold. A clear symbol on each bit makes the correct head simple to recognize. The body is shaped by rubber injection molding. The modular units reduce storage space and resource waste.
About Industrial Design College in LAFA
Curriculum vitae Wenkai Xue, the director of National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA, a member of the China Artists Association, employed as a professor, vice-president and postgraduate tutor in The School of Industrial Design in LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, who has published a plenty of design works, papers, treatise, achievements and projects, now is working in the industrial design teaching research and design practice. Main works Design of Concept Voice Box has won the Golden Awards of the 1st LiaoNing Provence Arts and Designs. Public facility Series Design has nominated in The Concept Exhibition of Environment Facilities in Beijing Olympic Park.
Award Record
Industrial Design College in LAFA is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2017 - 2018 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design Award
The A' Hardware Design Award is an international hardware design competition recognizing good hardware designs by best hardware designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to hardware designers, power tool designers, hand tool designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Typical entries include drills, saws, hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and pliers. The awarded hardware designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/hardware
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://desingers.org/64285
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/64285
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!64285
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/169667
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Plus+ Screwdriver
- Function
- Screwdriver
- Category
- Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Colors
- Steel Blue, Cornflower Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray and Dark Slate Blue
- Images
- 4
- Client
- LuXun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Industrial Design College in LAFA
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #64285
Credits
- Team
- Xue Wenkai and Sun Jian
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Our design has sections which are equipped by various tool bits. Plus and minus combinations can change its total length, which makes it adapt to various spaces and easy to carry. The tool holder of it is easy to insert and unplug and its grip feeling is excellent. And a striking symbol on its tool bit makes customers’ choice and intuitive.
- Inspiration
- As we all know, every time we try to use the screwdriver it will spend us some time in finding the right one. And all different kinds of screwdriver need a lot of space in receiving. To solve this problem, our design team offered a better solution in screwdriver design, which can make the screwdriver fits more requirement and use less space.
- Research
- How to make your tools in a reasonable order when you put them in the storage box is always trouble us. We always want to find the right screwdriver immediately when you do something. The traditional one is using a lot of space in storage and cannot recognized easily. To solve this problem, the design team finding a smart way in screwdriver redesign, which make the screwdriver easily in using and storaging.
- Challenge
- The challenge of our design is that we cannot find a reasonable way in it’s appearance which is satisfying in function at the beginning. After a certain number of sketching and discussing of our project, we finally find the proper selection which achieves the desired effect.
- Realization and Technology
- Our design is shaped by rubber injection molding technology.
- Operation and Interaction
- Our project is kind of model combination design, combining with many same shaped screwdrivers with different heads. Users can plus or minus any screwdriver for their needing. This design can adapt to the complex usage scenarios and perfect storage problem after using it. Through the satisfaction unit sections’ buying, gathering, assembling, using, and storing bring, customers develop the brand loyalty and tool storage habits and reduce resource waste.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2015 in LAFA Communal Facility Design Studio and finished in August 2017 in National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA.
- Specifications
- Width 30mm x Depth 30mm x Height 60mm for one screwdriver
- Keywords
- Modularization, Sustainable, Redesign, Recognizable
