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Tim Degraye and Liliane Huguet Receives the Golden A' Design Award for Unity Wireless Lossless Headphones in Audio and Sound Equipment Design

The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Tim Degraye and Liliane Huguet for audio and sound equipment design

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Audio and Sound Equipment Design category for Unity Wireless Lossless Headphones by Tim Degraye and Liliane Huguet, designed for Hed Unity. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.

About the Golden A' Design Award

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

More About Unity Wireless Lossless Headphones

The revolutionary wireless headphones from Unity go beyond the limits of other conventional headphones to stream true lossless audio, meaning listeners can hear the music they love in stunning clarity and rich detail, by using onboard WiFi functionality to support high-resolution streaming up to 24bit/192kHz. Unity headphones have an integrated dual-core processor, memory, storage, and a 9-axis IMU for accurate head-tracking motion detection for codec agnostic decoding of spatial and immersive audio in real-time. Unity has its own audio software platform with regular over-the-air updates.

Award Record

This recognition makes Tim Degraye and Liliane Huguet a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Audio and Sound Equipment Design Award

The A' Audio Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing best audio equipment by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to audio product designers, sound equipment designers, industrial designers and product engineers from all countries. Typical entries include headphones, microphones, speakers, amplifiers, soundbars and turntables. The awarded audio products designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/audio-products

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Unity Wireless Lossless Headphones
Function
Wireless Lossless Headphones
Category
Audio and Sound Equipment Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Electronics & Appliances and Entertainment
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray, Black, White Smoke and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
Hed Unity

The Recognition

Laureate
Tim Degraye and Liliane Huguet
Country
Switzerland
Recognition
Golden A' Design Award
Edition
2022 - 2023
Design ID
#151463

Credits

Team
Tim Degraye, Liliane Huguet and Loic Huguet

Design Details

Unique Properties
Unity is the first wireless headphone that can stream lossless, high-resolution audio up to 192kHz/24-bit over Wifi, and has a dual-core processor, memory, storage, and a 9-axis IMU for accurate head-tracking motion detection for codec agnostic decoding of spatial and immersive audio. Unity has its own audio software platform called earOS with regular over-the-air updates that bring exciting new features.
Inspiration
People enjoy music in wireless headphones around the world daily, but the sound quality has been secretly compromised by compression algorithms. We believe that people need to know this and have a choice.
Realization and Technology
The ear cup assembly is comprised of a CNC machined single block of architectural grade 6063 aluminum and a carbon fiber-infused nylon chassis to reduce vibration and reduce outside noise by -13dB. The headband is made of durable and flexible Grilamid. Memory foam ear pads mold seamlessly to the shape of your head and feature cooling gel and velvety-soft microfiber to cocoon your ears.
Specifications
224mm x 188mm x 93mm 420g headphone + 340g protective case
Keywords
headphone, wireless, device, spatial audio, lossless, wifi, software, platform

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