Press Release
Konka Industrial Design Team Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Water Housekeeper Reminder and Recorder in Home Appliances Design
Konka Industrial Design Team acknowledged for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Water Housekeeper Reminder and Recorder by Konka Industrial Design Team, designed for Shenzhen Konka Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Water Housekeeper Reminder and Recorder
Water Housekeeper is a smart insulated water cup designed to support regular drinking habits. Sensors record the daily water intake of the user, and a mobile application shows the amount consumed in real time. The cup calculates the next reminder time and displays the water temperature when the central touch button is pressed. A touch can also send a light signal to a paired cup, so distant family and friends can remind each other. The body is sprayed with transparent material, and the inner tank is made of polished 316 stainless steel for better heat retention.
About Konka Industrial Design Team
Founded in 1980, KONKA is a company based on consumer electronics business, supported by "technology + investment control" composite capabilities, to upgrade to strategic emerging industries, expand to industrial real estate business, and provide Internet and supply chain service business.
Award Record
With this recognition, Konka Industrial Design Team is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. It 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. Typical entries include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. The awarded home appliance designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/136440
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136440
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136440
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/326698
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.konka.com/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Water Housekeeper Reminder and Recorder
- Function
- Reminder and Recorder
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- White Smoke, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shenzhen Konka Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Konka Industrial Design Team
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136440
Credits
- Team
- ZIJING Liu, ZELI ZHENG, ZIWEI LIU, YONG JIN and XIAOZHEN CHEN
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The light social intelligent water cup has the social attribute of remote care. As long as you touch it, love will be immediately and remotely transmitted to cup users. In this way, love will always accompany distant friends and family. The intelligent water cup records the daily drinking water data of users through sensors, so as to scientifically ensure the healthy and reasonable drinking water every day.
- Inspiration
- Unique anthropomorphic shape design, what you have is not only a water cup, but also a close partner. No matter whether it is cold or warm, it will always be in front of you and be the guardian of you.
- Research
- Busy working hours make everyone often forget to drink water. Not drinking water will produce all kinds of bad physical feedback. The intelligent water cup can monitor the daily water consumption and the user's preferred drinking water temperature through the self-developed drinking water calculation method. AI chips intelligently assist in computing, output users' healthy drinking water reports, and urge relatives and friends to drink water.
- Challenge
- The smart water cup records the user's daily drinking water data, intelligently calculates the next drinking water reminder time, and scientifically guarantees healthy and reasonable drinking water every day.The unique anthropomorphic shape design enables the virtual love to be delivered to a friend's water cup remotely after a touch, maintaining the existing high-efficiency chip computing processing, 180-day ultra-long standby time, and even challenging longer standby time, which is the direction of future research challenges one.
- Realization and Technology
- The fuselage is sprayed with transparent materials, which realizes the light display of the front grid screen, and presents a silky touch and youthful color at the same time. A ring of textured silica gel on the cover enhances the ease of use of the cup. 316 stainless steel inner tank is polished smooth by spinning process, and the weld is polished smooth by sand blasting electrolytic process to prevent heat loss and improve the thermal insulation effect.
- Operation and Interaction
- Touch the sensing button in the middle to display the temperature, and the mobile application will display the water consumption in real time. Scientifically remind users to drink water, display users' drinking water volume, and store users' favorite water volume. Telemedicine, touch application, love will be transmitted to distant friends through the light expression of the water cup.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project will start in August 2021 and will last until March 2022, with an expected listing in May. Location is Shenzhen.
- Specifications
- Length 80mm*Width 80mm*Height 160mm
- Keywords
- Health, reminder, matrix display, temperature control, social network
