Press Release
Elite Smart Film by Elite Smart Film Inc Is Granted the A' Design Award in Building Materials and Construction Components Design
Elite Smart Film Inc acknowledged for building materials and construction components design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Building Materials and Construction Components Design category for Elite Smart Film by Elite Smart Film Inc. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 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.
More About Elite Smart Film
Elite Smart is a switchable film for windows and glass partitions. The film is made by injecting liquid crystal polymers and conductive polymers between two transparent conductive layers. Without power, the film appears foggy. Under alternating current, the liquid crystal molecules align and the film turns transparent. The change between transparent and opaque states is made with a simple power switch. A PEDOT conductive layer gives high transmittance and low resistance, blocks all ultraviolet rays and over 90 percent of infrared light.
About Elite Smart Film Inc
2015 was a bustling year for the hi-tech industry, where many emerging technologies were launched and carried forward. People’s lifestyles also gradually transformed and upgraded along with the technological innovations, where the utilization of the combination between green energies and smart technologies allowed life to become more convenient and rich in quality.
Award Record
With this recognition, Elite Smart Film Inc is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Building Materials and Construction Components Design Award
The A' Building Components Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good building components by best brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to building material manufacturers, building material brands, construction product designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include bricks, beams, windows, doors, insulation materials and roofing materials. The awarded building components designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/building-components
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/129937
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/129937
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!129937
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/315352
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.elitesmartfilm.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Elite Smart Film
- Function
- Film
- Category
- Building Materials and Construction Components Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Silver, Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Gainsboro and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Elite Smart Film Inc
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #129937
Credits
- Team
- Chieh-Ming Tsai and Yi-Tong Chang
- Image Credits
- 5: Photographer Yao-Yuan Yeh, Elite Smart Film, 2016.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Elite Smart Film is made by injecting liquid crystal polymers and conductive polymers between two transparent conductive films. It appears foggy when not energized, but through alternating current effects, the liquid crystal molecules inside will arrange neatly and the film will change from a foggy state into being transparent. Quick conversion between transparency and opacity is achieved simply through a power switch.
- Inspiration
- Elite Smart Film can be applied in an extremely wide range of different environments. First off, it allows users to freely adjust the transparency of windows in general living spaces using its stepless dimming features whether it is the bedroom, dining room or living room; its ability to block 100% of the UV rays is particularly important when it comes to the health of the residents or the maintenance of leather furniture.
- Research
- Under the efforts of our R&D team, the PEDOT conductive layer was successfully created. Its features and performances are better than ITO, and we already obtained the patent for the composition of the conductive layer. The PEDOT material used by Elite Smart Film ensures high transmittance and low resistance effects simultaneously; it can isolate 100% of the UV rays and over 90% of infrared.
- Challenge
- Since the material is strong, flexible and bendable, its applications have increased significantly across different fields; for example: it can be applied on windows facing direct sunlight exposure, outdoor advertisements and construction planning, etc.
- Realization and Technology
- The main conductive material used by most smart films that adopt LCD panels on the market is ITO; but due to its low opacity, heat intolerance, low durability to sunlight exposure and special power specifications, not only does it take up space, it also malfunctions very easily. As a result, it could not be applied for exterior wall curtains and outdoor advertisements effectively.
- Operation and Interaction
- Smart films can replace power-consuming LCD screens on the glass curtain walls in department stores and be used as large projection advertising walls; it can provide energy-saving and carbon-reduction benefits. For the clean rooms of industrial production lines or medical facilities, the quick transparency-switching feature of smart films can satisfy all external patrols, visits and internal displays.
- Project Duration and Location
- Market launch in 2016
- Specifications
- Width from 120cm to 150cm x Length from 50cm to 100cm
- Keywords
- Curtain, Material, Window, Projection, Film
