2026 | Professional

French Design Awards Gold Winner

aqpa Icy Mint Donut

Entrant

aqpa

Category

Fashion Design - Children's Clothing

Client's Name

aqpa

Country / Region

China

This product innovatively utilizes a multi-layer woven fabric—a scientific blend of cotton gauze, natural mint fiber, and bamboo fiber—addressing the rough texture of conventional gauze and offering a silky, cool touch. This plant-based cooling material also boasts superior breathability and exceptional moisture-wicking properties, delivering a gentle “instant cool, never cold” effect. Moreover, its long-lasting, natural antibacterial function effectively alleviates the stuffiness, excessive sweating, and skin sensitivity often experienced by babies during summer.
In terms of aesthetic design, the product ingeniously integrates the brand’s signature IPs with a summer theme, employing a “synesthetic” approach to strengthen emotional engagement. The “Annie and Kumar” collection features a 1:1 aspect ratio and a sweet color palette to evoke the visual imagery of “lying on ice cream donuts,” while the “Wilde’s Nautical Diary” collection creates a refreshing atmosphere through ocean-inspired blue hues. By deeply fusing IP storytelling, color psychology, and physical cooling functionality, the product triggers a perception of coolness in both visual and tactile ways for synergistic sensory cooling, significantly improving its emotional value and aesthetic appeal.
As for safety, the product strictly adheres to a “defensive design” philosophy, fully complying with the highest safety standard for infants and children textile products (National Class A). Structurally, it adopts a seamless construction and external labels to eliminate friction and irritation; all accessories are validated through rigorous high-strength testing, with buttons preventing accidental swallowing and cords meeting international anti-entanglement standards, ensuring comprehensive safety during use. Additionally, the product upholds the principles of sustainable development: core components are crafted from 100% natural, biodegradable materials; the manufacturing process utilizes low-carbon dyeing and physical softening techniques, which reduce water consumption and pollution without compromising durability, thereby minimizing resource waste. This underscores the brand’s unwavering commitment to ecological responsibility and a greener future.

Credits

General Manager
Shuiping Fu
Illustrator
Yixiao Wang
Designer
Minhan Li
Design Manager
Shenglong Liang
Design Director
Xisong Zhong
Designer
Cuimin Zheng
Illustrator
Quan Ju
Illustrator
Xueping Xie
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