Silver A' Design Award in Digital and Electronic Device Design Goes to A6Q Series Miniled TV by Konka Industrial Design Team

Konka Industrial Design Team recognized for digital and electronic device design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A6Q Series Miniled TV by Konka Industrial Design Team, designed for Konka, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Digital and Electronic Device Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored 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.

About A6Q Series Miniled TV

A6Q Series is a large-size television designed for home viewing. The screen uses Mini LED backlight technology, supports 8K resolution and reaches 1000 nits of brightness. Thin metal side frames create a frameless front and a full screen effect. The frame is made of aluminium alloy, and the back is a brushed metal plate. Anodizing and high-gloss cutting give the metal a refined surface. An optional desktop base or floor base suits different rooms. A 3D camera rises for use and is hidden when not needed.

Award Record

Konka Industrial Design Team is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Digital and Electronic Device Design Award

The A' Consumer Electronics Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good consumer electronics designs by leading brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to consumer electronics designers, consumer electronics brands, consumer electronics manufacturers and electronic product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include smartphones, laptops, televisions, cameras, headphones and smartwatches. The awarded consumer electronics designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/consumer-electronics

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/120275
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/120275
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!120275
Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/257582
Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.konka.com

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: A6Q Series Miniled TV
Function: Miniled TV
Category: Digital and Electronic Device Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Electronics & Appliances
Colors: Black, Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro and Light Gray
Images: 5
Client: Konka

The Recognition

Laureate: Konka Industrial Design Team
Country: China
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #120275

Credits

Team: Xiaomin Huang, Zeli Zheng, Yingwen Liang, Yong Jin and Xiaozhen Chen

Design Details

Unique Properties: The new miniled screen display technology, better picture experience to meet the needs of users in the new era. Minimalist aesthetic design, pure immersive full screen experience, modeling with the boat type ark base, create the whole machine suspension space, highlight the light, present simple and pure visual effect. The back of the network splicing design, create a home style, with JBL certification sound, create audio-visual feast.
Inspiration: With the increasing demand for TV size and display technology, the new large-size miniled TV products are launched to bring users more high-quality immersive picture experience. A6Q Series MINILED TV adopts a pure minimalist design style. The layered flat design highlights the lightness of the whole machine.The optional desktop base and floor base provide users with more choices of use scenarios,and the design inspiration of the flat base comes from the ark.
Research: In recent years, many Led companies all are increasing investment in research and development, and Miniled screens have become a new development direction.Solid research(experience flow journey, user interviews, focus groups, etc.) were taken to find out what are the most essential qualities users expect from the TV, With the maturity of manufacturing technologies such as Leds and metal structural parts, traditional production and assembly methods have been adjusted, and structural parts have been integrated, so that the TV not only guarantees ultra-high-definition picture quality, but also realizes a true frameless ultra-concise design.
Challenge: A6Q Series Miniled TV uses extremely thin metal side frames to achieve a front frameless design to create a full-screen effect. The newly upgraded rear speakers have a stepped design to achieve side-out surround sound quality. The small metal effect light pieces combine symbols and lights to create a breathing light effect, reflecting the characteristics of human-computer interaction. The bright silver metal floor base and the Ark desktop base are suitable for different home environments. The technological elements and design aesthetics are perfectly combined.
Realization and Technology: The frame is made of aluminum alloy. The high strength and low weight of the aluminum alloy provide sufficient support for large-size TVs. At the same time, the anodizing technology and high-gloss cutting technology make the aluminum alloy present a more perfect metallic texture. The back is made of an overall brushed metal plate for load-bearing. The simple design and high-quality surface treatment present a refined and simple style. The bright silver floor base and aluminum alloy table top base fully embody the strength and high quality of metal.
Operation and Interaction: Minimalist appearance achieves immersive viewing experience; Mini led TV directly uses a chip smaller than lamp beads, which is more efficient, more energy-saving, more refined, and more advanced in technology; the hardware circuit platform is also faster, more stable, and better image quality Requires better sound quality; in addition to Mini LED backlight technology and 8K technology, this TV is also equipped with a 3D camera with AI lifting function, which can be raised when in use and hidden when not in use, which plays a role of privacy protection.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in April 2020 in Shenzhen and finished in November 2020 in Shenzhen, and was exhibited in Chongqing in December 2020.
Specifications: TV 1673.80 mm x 1014.65 mm x 353.76 mm Technical 8K The screen has reached 1000nits
Keywords: miniled, frameless, ultra HD, all-metal, minimalist aesthetics