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Robin Wu, Lei Shen and Kim Wang Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Black Gold 8 Knob-type Needle Thermostat in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design
Robin Wu, Lei Shen and Kim Wang acknowledged for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Black Gold 8 Knob-type Needle Thermostat by Robin Wu, Lei Shen and Kim Wang, designed for Jiangxi Avonflow Hvac Tech Co., Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
About Black Gold 8 Knob-type Needle Thermostat
Black Gold 8 is a knob-type thermostat for heated towel racks. Black Gold 8 works with a range of heating wires and heating rods. The interface shows numbers and four icons for temperature, duration, eco mode and power supply, indicated by needles that move left and right. A single knob is pressed to choose a mode and then turned to set the temperature and the time. A child lock is activated by holding the knob for three seconds. Protection systems detect leakage and overheating, sound a warning and cut off the power.
About Robin Wu, Lei Shen and Kim Wang
AVONFLOW has always practiced the concept of green and environmental protection: taking Zhuoli's research and development of new products as the starting point, it continuously independently develops new products, new materials, new processes, and new technologies with high technological content, and focuses on providing consumers with high standards of green and environmental protection products.
Award Record
With this recognition, Robin Wu, Lei Shen and Kim Wang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design Award
The A' HVAC Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good design in the fields of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to HVAC system designers, industrial designers, HVAC brands and HVAC manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, air conditioners, ventilators and thermostats. Awarded hvac designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/hvac
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/147182
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147182
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147182
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/340460
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.avonflow.com.cn/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Black Gold 8 Knob-type Needle Thermostat
- Function
- Knob-type Needle Thermostat
- Category
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing, Electronics & Appliances and Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Blue and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Jiangxi Avonflow Hvac Tech Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Robin Wu, Lei Shen and Kim Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147182
Credits
- Team
- Robin Wu, Lei Shen, Kim Wang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This intelligent temperature controller can be used with a variety of heating wires and heating rods towel racks. The interface functions of the Black gold 8 are clearly distributed, and simple to use, with theinteresting knob-typecontrol, taking into account the needs and abilities of all users, including children and the elderly, allowing smart technology to serve life and provide a safer and healthier home experience.
- Inspiration
- The interface design is "business-oriented" and clear, making it easier for users to understand business functions. It consists of numbers and four icons displayed dynamically in the form of needlejumping left and right. The four icons represent temperature, duration, ECO mode, and power supply, and are easily accessible to the elderly.
- Research
- As the innovative knob-type needle thermostat, itcan be used with a variety of heating wires and heating rods towel racks. The interface functions of the Black gold 8 are clearly distributed, and simple to use, with theinteresting knob-typecontrol, taking into account the needs and abilities of all users, including children and the elderly, allowing smart technology to serve life and provide a safer and healthier home experience.
- Challenge
- The product has the function of preventing children from accidentally touching it. Just press and hold for three seconds to turn on the child lock function, and press and hold for another 3 seconds to unlock it, effectively avoiding the risk of children being scalded by the towel rack due to curiosity and misoperation. Furthermore, the internal components are outfitted with multiple intelligent protection systems for electric leakage and overheating. In the event of an anomaly, the product will emit a warning tone and automatically cut off the power to protect the user's life and property.
- Realization and Technology
- With built-in Wi-Fi module, remote operation of APP and remote control can be realized, and settings can be made in advance without waiting. Simultaneously, Black gold 8 features an integrated knob. Users only need to gently press the knob to select the appropriate mode, then turn the knob to adjust the required specific temperature and time, increasing the comfort and interest of the operation and creating a more diverse interactive experience.
- Operation and Interaction
- The needle will change from blue to orange to red as the user rotates to the right. The upper needle represents a temperature change from 30 degrees to 70 degrees from left to right, and the lower needle represents a timing change from 2 to 9 hours. To the left is a corresponding reduction.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project will start in 2022 and is expected to be listed in the next year.
- Keywords
- Knob-type, Remote control, Digitalization
