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NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob by Fabrizio Crisa Wins the Platinum A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design
Fabrizio Crisa honored for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob by Fabrizio Crisa, designed for Elica spa, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Platinum A' Design Award Explained
The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.
About NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob
NikolaTesla Fit represents a concentrate of technology in which cooking and suction are perfectly integrated in a space that allows installation even on 60 cm kitchen bases. Ideal for small rooms, but also for those kitchens where it is not possible to install independent hobs and hoods. The conceptual effort has focused on finding a balance between performance, functionality, ergonomics, technology, small size and versatility. The great challenge in terms of design was to be able to contain all these elements in a formal synthesis that gave life to an object with clean and essential lines.
About Fabrizio Crisa
Fabrizio Crisà is the Design Center Director at Elica. Born in 1973, he holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Design at La Sapienza University of Rome. In 2005 he joined Elica and he was soon appointed Design Centre Manager and it has been leading the design team, playing a key role in the innovation process of the products. Creativity and sense of aesthetics, research for innovation are the pillars of his work. The passion for beauty and technological innovation is what shapes his unique and distinctive objects. His products have been awarded with many design prizes, Compasso d’Oro included.
Award Record
With this recognition, Fabrizio Crisa is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Home Appliances Design Award
The A' Home Appliance Design Award is an international competition recognizing good home appliance designs by best appliance designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to home appliance designers, industrial designers, product engineers and appliance brands from all countries. Entries typically include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. Awarded home appliance designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/home-appliance
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/122340
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122340
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122340
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/219546
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://elica.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob
- Function
- Extractor Hob
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gainsboro and White Smoke
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Elica spa
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fabrizio Crisa
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Platinum A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122340
Credits
- Team
- Fabrizio Crisà
- Image Credits
- Elica spa
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- NikolaTesla Fit is the latest addition to Elica highly successful NikolaTesla range designed to meet the exacting needs of those unwilling to renounce excellence even in small spaces. NikolaTesla Fit is the first induction hob with integrated extraction available in two versions, 60 cm or 72 cm, a concentrate of technology where cooking and extraction are perfectly integrated in a space that allows installation even in kitchen bases of only 56 cm wide.
- Inspiration
- Small spaces are becoming more and more widespread in homes now which is why multifunctional products, capable of optimising space, are excellent solutions. Designed to meet the exacting needs of those unwilling to renounce excellence even in small spaces, NikolaTesla Fit is the first induction hob with integrated extraction that can also be installed in 60-cm wide base units with an overall surface area of 60 or 72 cm.
- Research
- NikolaTesla Fit s is the latest addition to Elica highly successful NikolaTesla range designed to meet the exacting needs of those unwilling to renounce excellence even in small spaces. NikolaTesla Fit is the first induction hob with integrated extraction available in two versions, 60 cm or 72 cm, a concentrate of technology where cooking and extraction are perfectly integrated in a space that allows installation even in kitchen bases of only 56 cm wide. It has an extractor heart completely concealed in the induction hob. A slight pressure on the central part suffices to operate it. It is the very first compact aspiration hob.
- Challenge
- NikolaTesla Fit can be built into 60-cm wide units without foregoing the hood performance, induction hob power, size and position of the base unit. The heart of the extraction unit is totally invisible and can be activated with a simple touch. The internal parts can be easily accessed to service the grease and odour filters. NikolaTesla Fit is th Elica latest induction hob with integrated extraction, which gives the possibility to be installaed literary in any kitchen configuration, giving the chance to anybody to use a very high quality product manufactured in
- Realization and Technology
- Stainless steel, black glass, PP Glass cutting, Stainless steel bending, Plastic moulding
- Operation and Interaction
- NikolaTesla Fit is designed to be really easy to clean and maintain. The fully linear ceramic glass surface makes cleaning very quick and easy. The central aesthetic element can be removed and washed. It is also the access point for extracting the filters and carrying out maintenance. The inner compartment can be accessed in complete safety and any excess liquid can be removed thanks to a special drain valve underneath.
- Project Duration and Location
- It took 1 year to fully develop the project and it all took place in Fabriano
- Specifications
- 60 x 51,5 x 25,2 cm 72 x 51,5 x 25,2 cm
- Keywords
- Inductionhob, Extractor, Elica, induction, kitchen
