Press Release
Tipit Cashless Tipping Device by Desdorp Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Desdorp for wholesale, retail trade, commerce and e-commerce design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design category for Tipit Cashless Tipping Device by Desdorp, designed for Tipit. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Tipit Cashless Tipping Device
Tipit is the world's first card reader that makes it possible to transparently leave tips with a bank card, phone or smartwatch. The product is designed for visitors who want to thank the service staff and for waiters, bartenders who want to get tips digitally. Tipping device with rotational wheel provides a playful usage scenario that didn't exist before in the payment area. Less cash, more freedom and fewer taxes. Tipit is the new way to say "Thank you for your service" with a plastic card or smart device.
About Desdorp
Desdorp is industrial product design studio. Each new design project for them is an inspiring journey where understandable, aesthetic and innovative objects are born. In cooperation with companies Desdorp strive for the best results that bring customer satisfaction. The studio is represented by designers Deividas Juozulynas and Denis Orlenok who have won several national and international awards. A combination of multiple design techniques and methods as well as integration of different users and manufacturing specialists into the development process always lead to the most convenient design solutions.
Award Record
With this recognition, Desdorp is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2021 - 2022 editions 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. It 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. Typical entries include wholesale trade services, retail appliances, storefronts, showrooms, pop-up shops and e-commerce platforms. The awarded trade designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/trade
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://dezigners.org/127554
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/127554
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!127554
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/295195
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/3LArWFR
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Tipit Cashless Tipping Device
- Function
- Cashless Tipping Device
- Category
- Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design
- Discipline
- Design Strategy
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Software
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro, White Smoke, Dark Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tipit
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Desdorp
- Country
- Lithuania
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #127554
Credits
- Team
- Desdorp (Denis Orlenok & Deividas Juozulynas), Tipit and Švyturis nealkoholinis
- Image Credits
- Desdorp; 5: Tipit; Photo & Video credits - Tipit & Švyturis nealkoholinis
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Tipit is the world’s first card reader that makes it possible to transparently leave tips with a bank card, phone or smartwatch. It is a cashless tipping device, which is primarily intended for cafés, bars and restaurants visitors, who want to thank the service staff. On the other hand, product is designed for waiters, bartenders who want to get tips digitally. Finally, it is also dedicated for managers, who want to provide an opportunity for staff to increase revenue.
- Inspiration
- The idea of the product was inspired by an existing problem of not being able to say "Thank you for your service" with tips when paying at the bar or restaurant with a plastic card or smart device. The principle of usage was inspired by amplifier design where the potentiometer wheel is being rotated to adjust sound settings, while in this case it is rotated to adjust the amount of tips to be given.
- Research
- The public is making less and less use of cash for convenience, simplicity, hygiene, easier accounting and transparent billing. This leads to a problem, where there is no way to leave a tip with a cash to show appreciation for the service. An option to thank with a card through the main payment terminal is being transferred as employment-related taxes and then deducted from the amount. In this case, the waiter or bartender gets just over half of what the customer would like to leave.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge was to develop a product which had no analogues and to discover a new user scenario for tipping. It had to be a new design, with a clear usage scenario that didn’t exist before for payment. In order to check the general proportions and imagine usage of the product in real environment during lockdown - the augmented reality was used. The playfulness is embedded in core of the product and angle of the screen is bent to the proper position to be perfectly visible for users.
- Realization and Technology
- Final product is made in small local production. Soft touch of the product is very suitable for using product and disinfecting after the day. The screen is bend in the proper position to be perfectly visible to the users. The potentiometer attracts to play and experiment with the device and that encourages to leave a tip for the stuff even more.
- Operation and Interaction
- The potentiometer attracts people to play with the device. It encourages people to leave a tip for the stuff even more. The user selects amount of the tip by turning the wheel. The torque encourages the user to explore - to turn more or to go back and balance the desired amount. All you need is to press the wheel to capture the amount and touch it with a card or smart device. The amount collected is distributed equally to staff at the end of the work, deducting only 15% of taxes.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project has started during the lockdown in 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania. Primary prototypes were made by the end of summer and finalized in December. Then small amount manufacturing has started. In the middle of 2021 first Beta versions of the product were placed in different restaurants and bars of Vilnius. In October of 2021 the product was highlighted during the design week in Vilnius and later was appreciated by national “Good Design” award in Lithuania.
- Specifications
- Depth: 212 mm Width: 127 mm Height: 83 mm
- Keywords
- Tips, cashless, payment, tipping, staff, thank you, tipit, desdorp, card
