CMF DESIGN AWARD | High-quality cabinet air conditioner with integrated metal texture creation-Midea

[2020 CMF DESIGN AWARD]

Exclusive interview of winning work: MIDEA Residential Air-conditioning Division-Midea Fresher Pro Air-conditioning KW200

MIDEA Residential Air-conditioning Division

Applicants: CHOI YUN JIN, Hu zhiyuan, Wang yiran, Chu hezi, Cui can

Organizing Committee of CMF DESIGN AWARD : First of all, congratulations to MIDEA Residential Air-conditioning Division-Midea Fresher Pro Air-conditioning KW200 for winning the 2020 CMF DESIGN AWARD, and share the story behind the works with us and introduce the winning product.

Midea: During the creation of the design, we were inspired by the beautiful Chinese gardens by chance.

Chinese gardens carry the Chinese view of nature and life, and are the crystallization of the diligence and wisdom of Chinese sons and daughters. It contains traditional arts such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, philosophy, religious thought and landscape poetry and painting. From ancient times to the present, the poetry and painting of the architecture has been used to show the ebullience, introspection and subtlety of the Chinese nation.

Chinese garden not only represents a poetic beauty, but also a cultural symbol; the word garden, with a very unique meaning, we visualize its pictorial meaning to show the shape of the product. The Chinese character frame represents the fence, and there are mountains, water and flowers inside the fence, we reshape each stroke, thus evolving the square and rounded oriental shape and gradual proportional division of the Midea Fresher conditioning.

In the color combination of the product, we refer to the elegant tones of the blue bricks and tiles of Chinese Jiangnan architecture, different from the dazzling gold of the previous products, to bring a calm and comfortable; fine carving three-dimensional brushed lamination process will be eternally engraved in the product of Jiangnan rain; high-strength lamination material allows the product to withstand the baptism of the years and maintain permanent beauty; mirror high bright UV ink is the first to join the color layer, is a new breakthrough in the texture of metal.

Organizing Committee of CMF DESIGN AWARD: Can you tell us about your company's CMF department? For example: Approximately when was it established? Group background? Attention? Main work etc.

Midea: The intelligent home business group of Midea, as the operating body of intelligent home appliances, intelligent home and surrounding related industries and ecological chain, undertakes intelligent scenario building for C-end users, user operation and data value discovery, and is committed to becoming a high-tech company that provides the best experience of whole-house intelligent home and services for C-end users. 

Established in 2008 and led by a Korean CMF expert, the CMF department of Midea Air Conditioning has been dedicated to the forward-looking innovation of CMF in the home appliance industry and the CMF system management of products for many years, pulling away the differentiation from its rivals.

Organizing Committee of CMF DESIGN AWARD: What's your intention of participating in CMF DESIGN AWARD?

Midea: On the one hand, we hope to know more excellent CMF designs in various industries through this award, so that the internal value chain of the enterprise can recognize the value of CMF more, and on the other hand, we also hope that more people will understand and pay attention to our excellent products.

Organizing Committee of CMF DESIGN AWARD :  Your message to CMF DESIGN AWARD.       

Midea: We wish that the CMF DESIGN AWARD will become better and better, and have more influence in the international arena, and strive to become a unique and influential design event in China, guiding the CMF industry to improve design innovation and enhance the value of products and consumers' life experience.

Wonderful review of some scenes:

The 2021 CMF DESIGN AWARD are being collected, and manufacturers and designers from all over the world are welcome to register. CMF DESIGN AWARD 2021 registration application form[click to download], after completing the application form, send the entry to this mailbox: award@cmfdesign.net.

 

 

 

Further reading recommended:

2020 CMF DESIGN AWARD·Award Ceremony Review

2019 CMF DESIGN AWARD · Awarding Ceremony was held in Shenzhen, and the award-winning works are appreciated

2018 CMF DESIGN AWARD | Awarding Ceremony and appreciation of award-winning works

2017 CMF DESIGN AWARD | Appreciation of award-winning works

 

Evaluation of previous winners:

The CMF Design Award was introduced and launched for the first time to the audience and gives a special honour to the sensorial and aesthetic design of products.

CMF is until now an underrated and sometimes marginally treated component of good design. But facing the overcrowded and fast changing market full of hundreds of brands and products, the visual and haptic design is more important than before.

 

 

Details are as follows:

About the CMF DESIGN AWARD

CMF DESIGN AWARD：

is the first global special award dedicating to CMF (color, material, finishing, pattern), which aims to promote people's awareness of CMF design, to improve people's recognition and attention to CMF design, and to think commonly about the innovative value, social value, humanistic value and commercial value of CMF design.

For designers, the CMF DESIGN AWARD is an upgrade of professional level and career; for enterprises, the  CMF DESIGN AWARD is a proof of quality and R & D strength, and a guarantee of design quality recognized by the media.

CMF DESIGN AWARD is evaluated by the judges of the world's famous experts from design, industry and research institutions. It will be a design feast, a unique marketing tool, and have more value to be explored by the participants.

Candidacy

The products, designed and developed by global manufacturers and designers in the color, materials, molding process, surface treatment, pattern texture, five senses and other elements related to CMF design，CMF innovation, mass-producible and achievability, can be registered. 

The marketing time of the participated products cannot exceed 3 years (Which means the regular registration date couldn’t exceed 3 years since the product launch date). The number of products that registered by each participant/enterprise is not limited.

Scope of Participation

Products (Auto Makers):

automobile, home appliances, home furnishings, mobile / consumer electronics, clothing, packaging, cosmetics, shoes, hats, bags, medical devices, robots, intelligent hardware, aircraft, ships, trains & high-speed rail, jewelry, toys, gifts, traditional crafts, lighting, textiles, baby products, sports / outdoor products, game hardware / virtual reality technology products、building / interior space, etc.

Samples (suppliers): 

materials, processes, equipment, technology, raw materials, consumables, color tools (color cards, color instruments, color equipment), etc. Materials such as: plastic, metal, ceramics, glass, rubber (elastomer), membrane material (membrane), chemical industry (coating, ink, dye,), textile (fabric,), leather (natural, artificial leather), plate (color board, household board, composite board, aluminum plastic board, fireproof board, ceiling board, etc.), paper (decorative paper), consumables (powder, liquid, wheel) , composite materials.

Evaluation Criteria

A panel of distinguished experts from design, industry and research institutes around the world will review each participation works fairly and rigorously.

Innovation	Whether there is innovation in CMF design; Whether there is promotion, innovation extension and transformation of single element or multi-element of CMF in the application of existing products, similar products in existing industries or cross-industry products; The innovations of elements of vision, touch, taste, hearing, and smell, etc.
Aesthetic	Whether there is a pleasing sensibility in CMF design presentations.
Functionality	Whether CMF design can meet the requirements of testing, operation, use, performance, safety and maintenance of the product.
Implement	Whether CMF design can be achieved and implemented by modern technology, material technology, engineering technology, production cost, batch quality, industrial chain.
Environmentality	Whether the material selection, manufacturing process and energy consumption of the product are controlled in an appropriate ratio. Compared with the similar products, whether the products own more environmentally friendly value, whether the handling and recycling of the product is considered to be improved.
Affectivity	Besides the practical use of the product, if the CMF design of the product can provide emotional, psychological feelings and experiences.

Award Establishment

Not only the excellent products and creativity of the terminal brand are commended, but also the contribution of the excellent suppliers to the industrial development.

Award Winning Service

The award is a fantastic start. Award Committee provides the winners with a follow-up service that maximizes publicity and promotes the award-winning design to be the focus of all circles. 

1.Online Display——The winning works will be displayed online via the official website of CMF DESIGN AWARD. 

2.Trademark Authorization——The winning works are authorized to use the uniform trademark of the CMF DESIGN AWARD. 

3.Awards Ceremony——The winning team or individuals will be invited to participate the CMF DESIGN AWARD Ceremony. 

4.Product Exhibition——The awarded works will be exhibited at the International CMF Design Conference.

5.Subsequent Application Preferential Policy——The award-winning team or individuals will gain a certain preferential treatment in next session of award application. 

6.Media Services——After winning the CMF DESIGN AWARD, the work will gain more media exposure and attract more media attention. CMF DESIGN AWARD Committee will leverage the cooperation medias to provide winning work with more media exposure and attentions.

List of important dates in 2021

Date	Important issues
January 1, 2021	Start registration
August 31, 2021	Deadline of Preferential registration
September 30, 2021	Deadline of general registration
October 08, 2021	Works will be publicized on the official website and WeChat Subscription online media.
October 09-14, 2021	Preliminary evaluation meeting, selection and release of works in and out of the enclosure
Before October 22, 2021	Send the products to Participate in physical evaluation
October 23-29, 2021	The final evaluation meeting will select winning works
October 30, 2021	Award notice
November-December 2021	Award ceremony, award works exhibition, media report

Winning Results

The Organizing Committee of the CMF DESIGN AWARD will contact the selected enterprises / individuals according to the preliminary evaluation results of the judges, and the candidates will send the prototype to the undertaker (if the size of the prototype is too large, the components / functional models that accurately reflect the CMF design of the product can be submitted), and the judges will conduct the on-site final evaluation.

With the principle of fairness, impartiality and openness, the Organizing Committee of the CMF DESIGN AWARD will publish the competition schedule and final award results in the official website, official platform and relevant communication platform.

Previous Awards:

You can login the official website of the Award：http://www.cmfdesignaward.com

ORGANIZATION (ranking in no order)

ORGANIZER

Organizing Committee of CMF DESIGN AWARD

ORIGINATING INSTITUTION

GUIDANCE AGENCY

Guanghua Design Foundation
World Green Design Organization

UNDERTAKING AGENCY

SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

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Note: the organizing committee has the right of final interpretation and judgment for this activity. If there is any dispute over works, you can call the organizing committee to report it, and provide corresponding evidence as evidence (such as relevant documents of plagiarized works). Once verified, the qualification, certificate and trophy of the winner will be cancelled.