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Camera Vista Inventory Tracker by Tobia Repossi Receives the A' Design Award in Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design

Tobia Repossi recognized for wholesale, retail trade, commerce and e-commerce design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Camera Vista Inventory Tracker by Tobia Repossi, designed for Coolr Group, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the A' Design Award

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Regarding Camera Vista Inventory Tracker

Camera Vista is a compact camera device made for shelf or fridge mounting in supermarkets. Camera Vista detects out of stock items, planogram non-compliance, foreign products and pricing errors, so the performance of coolers and shelves can be tracked in real time. The housing is injection moulded ABS in seven connected parts and measures 170 by 32 by 50 millimetres. Two cameras can be angled during assembly to suit different distances and mountings. One adaptable model replaces several designs, which lowers moulding and stock costs.

About Tobia Repossi

Tobia Repossi is a designer with twenty years of experience in product design for furniture, electronic appliances and accessories. He has worked formajor Chinese market-leading companiesas well as European and American brands and for dozen of startups from China and Silicon Valley. His designs have been sold in Apple Stores and in other famous shops and have been selected for international awards.

Award Record

Tobia Repossi is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2014 - 2015 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design Award

The A' Trade Design Award is an international competition recognizing good design in trade, wholesale and commerce by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to trade designers, retail layout designers, e-commerce designers and visual merchandising experts from all countries. Entries typically include wholesale trade services, retail appliances, storefronts, showrooms, pop-up shops and e-commerce platforms. Awarded trade designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/trade

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Camera Vista Inventory Tracker
Function
Inventory Tracker
Category
Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design
Discipline
Design Strategy
Industry
Packaging & Retail and Software
Colors
Light Gray, Lavender, Silver, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
Images
5
Client
Coolr Group

The Recognition

Laureate
Tobia Repossi
Country
Italy
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#126953

Credits

Team
Nicolò Castagnini

Design Details

Unique Properties
The Camera Vista is intended for shelf or fridge mounting in supermarkets. It detects out of stock, planogram non-compliance, foreign product contamination and pricing inaccuracies that allows to keep track of how efficiently coolers and shelves are performing. It also provides data to see what changes need to be made in real-time and helps client profiling.
Inspiration
On account of its resemblance to a Stromtroopers helmet, we have nicknamed this device: Star wars.
Research
The project has been entirely developed in Onshape, a cloud based CAD modeller that we use for communication as well. A minimum amount of emails and messages outside the platform has been used in order to connect three different continents in this quick development.
Challenge
The challenge for this mini camera has been to fit the Pcb and the 2 cameras in the smallest casing. The product turned out to be only 3 cm tall, so it can be mounted upside down also in chest freezers with sliding panels. When we started to design for Coolr Group they had different designs for different clients and mountings. This all-in-one product has an interior set of adjustable gears to rotate the camera angle. During assembly the product can be adjusted to suit different positioning. This saves production and stock costs.
Realization and Technology
Injection moulded ABS in 7 interconnected pieces, 2 AA batteries, PCB, 2 cameras.
Operation and Interaction
The two cameras contained in the device can be positioned during assembly in order to have different angles of vision to suit different distances and mountings. After that, the device requires no user intervention after installation apart from changing the two AA batteries. This Camera Vista is revolutionary in its market due to its adaptability to different environments. For the company, this means a reduction in moulding and in stock costs.
Project Duration and Location
The project took 6 months from brief to distribution. Coolr Group is a company based in Virginia. The design was developed in Italy, the Pcb Design in India, is produced and assembled in China and distributed worldwide.
Specifications
170 x 32 x 50 mm The Camera Vista comes in a recyclable cardboard package.
Keywords
Camera, Supermarket, Security Camera, Fridge Camera

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