RED STAR DESIGN AWARD 2013 ceremony

RED STAR DESIGN AWARD 2013 ceremony

established in 2006, the china RED STAR DESIGN AWARD, organized by the beijing industrial design center (BIDC), aims to recognize and promote creative excellence in china, as well as abroad. hosted by the municipal governments of beijing, chengdu, ningbo, hangzhou and shunde, the RED STAR DESIGN AWARD is a platform in which the local administration can facilitate the development of the country’s design industry.

the RED STAR DESIGN AWARD 2013 delegate seats at the ceremony

this year’s competition saw the projects of 301 applicants awarded under various categories:
BEST OF THE GOLD PRIZE (1) – GOLD  PRIZE (8) – SILVER PRIZE (10) – EXCELLENT  PRIZE (261) – BEST TEAM DESIGN (1) – BEST NEW DESIGNER (1) – SILVER AWARD OF ORIGINAL AWARD (6) – EXCELLENT AWARD OF ORIGINAL AWARD (10) – BEST DESIGNER AWARD OF ORIGINAL AWARD (1) – FUTURE STAR AWARD (2), who were acknowledged in an awards ceremony in beijing in early december.

you may see some of the RED STAR DESIGN AWARD 2013 winning submissions on designboom here.

an exhibition displaying the winning projects were displayed alongside screens promoting designboom

designboom CEO massimo mini giving a presentation at the awards ceremony

designboom will collaborate with the RED STAR DESIGN AWARD in 2014, so we travelled to beijing in early december for the 2013 awards ceremony where designboom CEO massimo mini, addressed the audience. the event took place at the chinese capital’s ‘city of design plaza’, the heart of the beijing’s creative industry. housed within the 100 000 m2 space is the china design market, china RED STAR DESIGN AWARD museum, china photography exhibition hall, design entrepreneurship center, 3D printing experience museum and rose design park. the venue provides an environment where domestic and foreign design institutions can thrive in one of the world’s most rapidly growing metropolises.

dr. yan aoshuang, the director of beijing municipal science & technology commission presenting at the awards ceremony

from left to right: chen dongliang, executive chairman ofchina RED STAR DESIGN AWARD committee; massimo mini, designboom CEO; jeff dayu shi, founder of dragon fly design center during a press briefing of the RED STAR DESIGN AWARD 2013

chen dongliang showing zhu tao, president of china industrial design association and chairman of china RED STAR DESIGN AWARD committee

zhu tao awarding a member of the tangche industrial design team for the GOLD PRIZE winning locomotive

many of the awarded projects this year were designs that spoke to global social and environmental needs.

among them was a 250km/h regional EMU which was conceived to reflect the capability of china to develop high speed trains. the GOLD PRIZE winning locomotive is characterized by a high starting acceleration speed, with short braking length developed by tanche industrial design team.

GOLD PRIZE winner
product: 250km/h regional EMU
manufacturer: tangshan railway vehicle co., ltd.
designer: tangche industrial design team

take a look at more of the GOLD PRIZE winning projects here.

GOLD PRIZE winner
product: portable wind solar complementary system
manufacturer: dongqi investment & development co.,ltd
designer: chengdu iding industrial design co.,ltd

another GOLD PRIZE winner was a portable wind solar complementary system created by chengdu iding industrial design co., ltd. the product concept brings awareness of china’s consumption levels. the easily assembled device utilizes energy that is generated from natural resources, not only contributing to environmental, but also economic sustainability.

SILVER PRIZE winner
product: multifunctional telescopic worklight (sfw6121)
manufacturer: ocean’s king lighting science & technology co., ltd.
designer: liu yuefang

one of the SILVER PRIZE winners was a multifunctional telescopic worklight designed by liu yuefang. the lamp uses a dual power supply with a small variable frequency generator power, or battery and hand generator power supply, and has a life cycle of up to 50 thousand hours.

 take a look at more of the SILVER PRIZE winning projects here.