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For the 2021 – 2022 design competition, there were 2022 winners in 110 different design disciplines. Let’s have a look at a selection of the winners…
O3Connect Stool by TzuWei Chang, KaiLi Chang and RouChun Wang
Inspired by circular geometry found in nature, the stool, made from wood and leather, transforms soft and solid materials into comfortable seat.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Tzu-Wei Chang, Kai-Li Chang, and Rou-Chun Wang
M+ Multifunctional Mirror by Ping an Xue
The Multifunctional Mirror, integrating a coat rack, a dressing mirror, a shoe mirror, and a storage tray into one unit, effectively solves the problems of common dressing mirrors being unable to reflect shoes and small-space dwellers having limited space for more furniture.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Ping an Xue
Skyboat Cafe and WalkOn Glass by Xin Yuan
Skyboat is proposed to span over the passageway and cantilever out 36m over the 613m valley below.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Li Jin
Beach Cabin on the Baltic Sea by Peter Kuczia
This small gastronomy facility on the Baltic beach near Gdansk with its simple form fits naturally into the beach environment. The building offers two spaces: closed and completely glazed in the form of a winter garden, which lets sunlight into the interior and completely opens the view of the sea and the beach.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Alek Pluta
Magpie Table Lamp by Sha Yang, Kaifeng Zheng and Yang Ma
A modern table lamp inspired by the magpie, has a cylindrical body with a contact button at the bottom, and can transition between positions.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Shanghai Art and Design Academy
The Peacock Wine Cellar by Kyle MertensMeyer
The Peacock Cellar’s use of ancient craftsmanship combined with contemporary fabrication technologies creates a beautiful and intentional joining of past and present. The blue tone of the cellar comes from one thousand individually handcrafted blue glazed clay tiles, glistening like the peacock’s feathers.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Wen Studio and Dirk Weiblen Photography
Infinity Interior Element by Cozi Studio
Wooden wall panels come alive and wander off around the interior space. Precise geometrical joints create a fluid continuous form out of numerous pieces of pressed bent wood.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Shai Gil
Sky Lounge Restaurant and Bar by Ketan Jawdekar
This modern restaurant includes 20521 paper tubes hung from the ceiling in a parametric installation.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Sameer Chawda
La Espresso Espresso Maker for Travel by Yun Yun Hung
La Espresso is a travel-style coffee set that integrates all the brewing coffee processes from heating, grinding beans, extracting, and frothing.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Yun Yun Hung
Arms Outdoor Longue Chair by Cameron Smith
The Arms outdoor lounge chair gains inspiration from the feeling of peace and relaxation. The design was conceived and sketched while overlooking a couple resting on the beach. The angled back legs relate to a human form reminiscent of a person sitting on the ground leaning back with their weight on their arms.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by MeaganWest
Nanhua Glimmer Public Landscape by Atelier Let’s and JR Architects
The elements of mist and glimmer of the landscape design resemble the collective memory of the locals – at nights, the mountain mist flows along the ridges, creating radiances around the streetlights afar.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Landscape Planning and Garden Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Yuchen Chao,Yuchen Chao
K Farm Urban Design by Vicky Chan
K Farm challenges urban farming under extreme conditions and turns farming into natural education that people can enjoy.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Imagennix | Avoid Obvious Architects
Guardians Furniture Set by Kamran Afshar Naderi
The Guardians is a limited-edition line of furniture. It makes a positive connection between humans and animals by its design. The chairs are designed to be ergonomic and comfortable in mind.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Farzad Bagherzadeh
Joaquim Folding Screen by Pedro Galaso
Made of carbon steel and pink peroba, this folding piece can be used as a dividing screen, bookshelf and mobile vertical garden.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Luciana Duque, Joaquim
Bamboo Pavilion Public Bathroom Renovation by Manuel Lap Yan Lam – The Volks Design
The facade of the Bamboo Pavilion is a re-interpretation of bamboo scaffolding, with hundreds of white aluminum tubes arranged in a staggered manner, surrounding the renovated structure forming a translucent shell that blends in with nature.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Manuel Lap Yan Lam
Be Amphitheatre Outdoor Event Space by Modelina Architekci
The Be Amphitheatre has been designed with a circular shape, covered by the massive, glass filled – concrete roof, and supported by the ferroconcrete wall.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Patryk Lewinski
Kujdane Holiday House by Yaser Rashid Shomali and Yasin Rashid Shomali
Kujdane cabin is designed with a centralized glass core which runs vertically through the heart of the building.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Yaser Rashid Shomali and Yasin Rashid Shomali
Trekronaa Tiny Cottage by Manuela Hardy
Inspired by the design of a pine cone, this small cottage is built with a wooden frame on top of a steel frame, and clad in accoya.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Damir Fattakhov and Manuela Hardy
Kylie Residential House by Gronych Plus Dollega Architekten
Like a sunflower, the home rotates with the course of the sun. In the winter, the heating requirement is minimized due to the solar gains, whereby, in the summer, turning into the shade protects the house from overheating.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Peter Gronych + Yvonne Dollega
Zagros Candles by Mohammad Meyzari and Reza Deris
The source of design inspiration for this product was the Zagros Mountains in Iran, with the designers mentioning, “Mountains are a symbol of the connection between heaven and earth and the origin of the life-giving sun’s heat. So we placed the flames between these lines to be a symbol of it.”
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2021 – find out more here.
Photography by Mohammad Meyzari and Reza Deris
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