Press Release
Golden A' Design Award in Smart Living and Home Automation Design Goes to Source 10 Control Terminal by Hdl Automation Co., Ltd.
Hdl Automation Co., Ltd. recognized for smart living and home automation design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Source 10 Control Terminal by Hdl Automation Co., Ltd. has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Smart Living and Home Automation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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 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.
More About Source 10 Control Terminal
Source 10 is a smart home control terminal that manages, monitors and operates connected home devices from one platform. Four interaction modes are supported: a physical metal knob, voice commands, touch and a mobile application. The knob carries an embossed diamond pattern, and an indicator light uses different colors to give feedback. AI and IoT technology allow the terminal to learn user habits and adjust other devices automatically. The ultrathin 10 mm metal body is made using CNC machining, stamping and anodizing. Scattered wall controls are replaced by one unified device.
About Hdl Automation Co., Ltd.
HDL Automation is a leading global provider of smart living solutions, founded by a visionary university professor who developed the first Chinese digital dimming controller in the 1980s. Today, we have a far-reaching presence, operating in more than 106 countries and regions, where we cater to the needs of five hundred thousand discerning smart home enthusiasts worldwide. At HDL Automation, our mission is to create healthy living spaces with smart products. We're dedicated to infusing everyday living spaces with innovative technology to enhance well-being, making homes not just smarter but genuinely healthier places to thrive.
Award Record
With this recognition, Hdl Automation Co., Ltd. is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2024 - 2025 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Smart Living and Home Automation Design Award
The A' Smart Living Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good designs for smart living by leading brands and manufacturers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to smart living designers, home automation experts, industrial design studios and smart home brands from all countries. Typical entries include smart thermostats, automated lighting systems, intelligent security cameras, robotic vacuum cleaners, smart door locks and voice-activated assistants. The awarded smart living solution designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/smart-living
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/167182
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/167182
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!167182
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/363386
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.hdlautomation.com/
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
- Source 10 Control Terminal
- Function
- Control Terminal
- Category
- Smart Living and Home Automation Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dim Gray, Gainsboro and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hdl Automation Co., Ltd.
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #167182
Credits
- Team
- Yinyan Zhong, Wenbin Chen, Daying Gao, Xiujuan Chen, Mengting Ma
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Source 10, a highly intelligent smart home control terminal supporting multiple interaction modes, allows users to conveniently manage, monitor, and operate all other smart devices within their homes from one unified platform. By integrating advanced AI and IoT technology, the product can actively learn habits of users and optimize the efficiency of other home smart devices, contributing to a highly personalized and intelligent home living environment.
- Inspiration
- The appearance design draws inspiration from the sunrise over the sea, symbolizing rebirth and infinite hope. This product ingeniously marries natural beauty with modern technology, not only achieving visual harmony and aesthetic appeal but also infusing vitality and vigor into the daily life of users. Source 10 is dedicated to creating a comfortable, intelligent living space full of hope.
- Research
- Traditional home environments feature cluttered walls due to numerous scattered control devices, and these devices are usually uneasy to operate. Users urgently need a simple way to control home devices. Source 10, by integrating AI and IoT technology, offers a centralized smart home control platform, which not only improves the user experience but also truly realizes the beautiful vision of smart home.
- Challenge
- The challenges was how to deeply integrate smart features to ensure a smooth and personalized experience. Source 10 with the advanced algorithms can autonomously learn preferences and habits of users, so as to automatically adjust other home smart devices. Meanwhile, the product supports features including smart scheduling, alarm setting, news searching, etc., while also providing information like outdoor weather and security information, making it an omnipotent smart life assistant.
- Realization and Technology
- Source 10 boasts an ultrathin 10mm metal body, and utilizes advanced CNC machining technology to realize distinctive glossy decorative edges, perfectly merging modern technology with premium materials. The curved metal cover plate on the right side employs stamping and anodizing processes to enhance visual layering and texture. Moreover, the metal knob with embossed diamond patterns offers a comfortable grip and improves the overall visual appeal.
- Operation and Interaction
- Source 10 supports multiple interaction modes, like the physical knob, voice commands, touch, and the mobile app, to meet the needs of various scenarios, contributing to a more intelligent and convenient home living experience. The specially designed metal knob enables precise control, where the indicator light uses different colors to visually offer interactive feedback, greatly enhancing convenience of use.
- Project Duration and Location
- This product was developed in March 2023 in Guangzhou, and launched in October 2024 in China.
- Specifications
- product dimensions, 301 mm x 155 mm x 23 mm
- Keywords
- smart home control terminal, AI and IoT technology, multiple interaction modes, specially designed knob, ultrathin 10mm body
