Press Release
Wipe'n Vacuum Hard Floor Cleaner by Yasemin Ulukan Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design
Yasemin Ulukan acknowledged for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2012 - 2013 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, March 24, 2013 /DesignNewswire/ Wipe'n Vacuum Hard Floor Cleaner by Yasemin Ulukan, designed for Senur Elektrik Motorları San AS, Brand Name: Arnica, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2012 - 2013 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.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Wipe'n Vacuum Hard Floor Cleaner
Wipe'n Vacuum is a hard floor cleaner that sweeps, wipes, removes stains and dries the floor in a single process. The rotating brush is driven by an air engine instead of an electric motor, so clean air powers the brush and polluted air is kept away from the fan. A water reservoir of 1.5 litres allows about 25 minutes of continuous water use and removes the need for mops. The suction cylinder, hose, pipe and bucket shaped reservoir can be removed and washed. The appliance can also be used as a water filter vacuum cleaner.
About Yasemin Ulukan
SENUR, one of the first firms which established R&D department in its own field in Turkey, gives great significance to R&D and makes large investments in this field. As a result of these studies it produced first citrus juicer, first juice extractor, first food processor, first carpet cleaning machine, first mincing meat machine and first meat mincer of Turkey. With its experienced,dynamic and highly motived design team which most of the members has a minimum 10 years of background in the company, Senur always has been the architect of firsts holding a serious number of patents in hand.
Award Record
Yasemin Ulukan is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2011 - 2012 and the 2012 - 2013 editions 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. 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/26392
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/26392
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!26392
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/106600
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Wipe'n Vacuum Hard Floor Cleaner
- Function
- Hard Floor Cleaner
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Orange Red, Firebrick, Tomato and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Senur Elektrik Motorları San AS, Brand Name: Arnica
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yasemin Ulukan
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2012 - 2013
- Design ID
- #26392
Credits
- Team
- Hasan Akın, Sıtkı Ozer and Fahrettin Guzeltepe
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Wipe’n Vacuum is an all-inclusive product that sweeps, wipes, removes stains and dries the floor, it provides the users with a new and efficient cleaning experience. It can also be used as a water filter vacuum cleaner. Moreover, since all of the parts that dirt and dust pass through have been designed in a removable way, the use and cleaning of Wipe’n Vacuum is practical and easy, which saves the user’s valuable time. An air engine is used to power the brush which eliminates the danger risks. This allows for the user’s hygiene needs and expectations to be completely met.
- Inspiration
- Existing floor cleaning methods require one to first sweep the floor with a vacuum cleaner, then wipe it (with a dust cloth, mop etc.), and lastly scrub and dry.Vacuum cleaners only clean up the dust and visible particles.Mopping the floor just moves the dust from one place to another and leaves the floor wet afterwards.Wipe’n Vacuum is a brand new product combining all of these floor-cleaning stages into one product eliminating the need for multiple products and steps as well as the problems associated with each.The Wipe’n Vacuum’s engine is powered by air instead of electricity, eliminating any safety issues related to electrical dangers.Unlike others, the air required to power the...
- Research
- Wipe’n Vacuum was designed in accordance with the conventional sense of cleaning . Traditional cleaning methods are analayzed and hundreds of prototypes were made to be able to reach this level. Fan turbines of jet motors have been analayzed to develop the air engine which is used to power the rotating brush.
- Challenge
- One of the most challenging area was the air engine.The air required to power the rotating brush is provided through a clean medium.This ensures the absorbed polluted air does not pass through the air engine, and the fan operating the engine remain clean.Keeping the polluted air from passing through the engine extends the life span of the product and prevents the suction from decreasing over time.The amount of the air sucked and the cycle of the air turbine as well as the gear system was very critical and challenging during design prosess.
- Realization and Technology
- All the plastic materials are marked with the type the of material so that all can be recyled.
- Operation and Interaction
- Integrating and developing the sense of cleaning comprised of sweeping-wiping-drying stages, Wipe’n Vacuum utilizes the water in an effective way in each stage of the cleaning, it consumes less water compared to the conventional methods and it eliminates the use of consumables ( such as mops).With its 1.5 litre capacity water reservoir, it can clean the entire house by allowing 25 minutes of continued water use. It has been designed in such a way that all parts can be easily removed, washed and used for over and over. It can also be used as a water filter vacuum cleaner. Another prominent point is the vacuum lock.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project started in February 2011 in Istanbul. It will be launched into market in 2012 December.
- Specifications
- Box dimensions approxiamately 40 x 60 x 60 cm
- Keywords
- hard floor cleaning, all in one vacuum clenaer, water filter
