Press Release
Oppo Industrial Design Division Is Honored with the Golden A' Design Award for Oppo Enco Q1 Wireless Headphones in Digital and Electronic Device Design
Oppo Industrial Design Division of Oppo acknowledged for digital and electronic device design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Oppo Enco Q1 Wireless Headphones by Oppo Industrial Design Division of Oppo, designed for Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd., has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Digital and Electronic Device Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
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 Oppo Enco Q1 Wireless Headphones
Oppo Enco Q1 is a pair of wireless neckband headphones with active noise cancelling. The neckband has a unibody form with a seamless surface, so no seams touch the skin. Less dirt is trapped during long use, and cleaning stays easy. The neckband is over-molded thermoplastic polyurethane with a built-in memory titanium alloy thread, so the shape is retained after bending and twisting. The earbuds have double injection-molded silicone ear tips that seal out noise. All controls sit on one side, and three buttons allow single-handed operation.
About Oppo Industrial Design Division
The OPPO Industrial Design Team are focused on designing desirable and engaging products, bringing meaningful human-centred innovations that enrich and improve our user's lives. OPPO is a global pioneer in innovative technology: guided by aesthetics, driven by technology, and committed to creating cutting-edge devices and services that empower and inspire people in an intelligently connected future. At OPPO, technology is an art form. Formed in 2004, we began not with a product but with a philosophy to create exquisite products that enrich lives and spread happiness.
About Oppo
OPPO is a global pioneer in innovative technology: guided by aesthetics, driven by technology, and committed to creating cutting-edge devices and services that empower and inspire people in an intelligently connected future. At OPPO, technology is an art
Award Record
Oppo Industrial Design Division of Oppo is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2019 - 2020 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Digital and Electronic Device Design Award
The A' Consumer Electronics Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good consumer electronics designs by leading brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to consumer electronics designers, consumer electronics brands, consumer electronics manufacturers and electronic product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include smartphones, laptops, televisions, cameras, headphones and smartwatches. Awarded consumer electronics designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/consumer-electronics
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/104017
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/104017
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!104017
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/275541
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.oppo.com/en/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Oppo Enco Q1 Wireless Headphones
- Function
- Wireless Headphones
- Category
- Digital and Electronic Device Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Indian Red, Coral, Linen, Light Pink and Salmon
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Oppo Industrial Design Division
- Country
- China
- Brand
- Oppo
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #104017
Credits
- Image Credits
- Copyright © 2004-2020 OPPO.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Oppo Enco Q1 wireless noise cancelling headphones deliver great sound quality with high wearing comfort. The unibody and ergonomically designed neckband with its seamless sleek surface ensure all-day comfort and hygiene for users. The powerful hybrid active noise cancelling function allows users to enjoy crystal clear music without any unwanted ambient noise on-demand with a single press of a button.
- Inspiration
- When it comes to wireless neckband headphones, the wearing experience of the neckband has been very crucial, as it is constantly in contact with the skin. Therefore, the design team wished to design a unibody and high-built quality neckband where there are no seams touching the skin, thus reducing trapped dirt after extended use and allowing easy maintenance.
- Research
- The design team conducted rounds of user interviews, focus groups and workshops to identify the main user scenario and user needs. The ambient noise while listening to music had been the top pain points for wireless headphones through research, which then led to a clearer brief of designing an active noise cancelling wireless headphones for daily use. Several rounds of mockups were later tested with our targeted customer audience to validate the design.
- Challenge
- First of all, the design needs to balance the form and functionality, ensuring ergonomic comfort, ease of use and portability. Secondly, since Oppo Enco Q1 was the first model of the Oppo Enco family, it had to establish its own product identity and radiate the Oppo Enco design value through a unique form and design language.
- Realization and Technology
- The contoured shape neckband is over-molded thermoplastic polyurethane with a built-in memory titanium alloy thread, allowing us to establish a strongly built quality neckband that can retain its shape despite bending and twisting. The earbuds are reinforced with Polycarbonate - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene composite, housing with stainless steel outer plate. The in-ear silicone ear tips are double injection-molded to ensure dual firmness with comfort and form an additional physical barrier to seal out noise.
- Operation and Interaction
- All controls are placed on the same side, allowing single-handed operation for users. The interaction is kept simple with only 3 buttons: the multi-function button to control power and Bluetooth pairing; volume buttons to control volume and switch songs; the mode button to activate noise cancelling function and switch between 3 immersive sound modes.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2018 in Shenzhen, China and was released in September 2019.
- Specifications
- Neckband: width 165mm x height 171mm x 13.5mm, earbud: width 18.2mm x height 12.5mm x depth 14.2mm
- Keywords
- wireless neckband headphones, unibody design, integrated design, ergonomic design
