Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design Goes to Pure Electric Oral Care Kit by Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang for beauty, personal care and cosmetic products design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Pure Electric Oral Care Kit by Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang, designed for Yao Dai, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design category. The award was conferred within 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
Regarding Pure Electric Oral Care Kit
Pure is a two in one electric oral care kit that combines an electric toothbrush and a water flosser in a single handle. The handle recognizes module replacements and switches automatically between toothbrush mode and water flosser mode, which simplifies operation and saves space. A built-in airflow fan dries the brush head and prevents moisture contamination. After each use, the handle and the accessories are placed in a storage box attached to the base, where charging and ultraviolet disinfection are completed.
About Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang
Yao Dai, a junior at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China and the most awarded design student in the school's history, has an inexplicable imagination for the world and an autonomous ability to observe it. This allows him to connect all sorts of things.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design Award
The A' Cosmetic Product Design Award is an international competition recognizing good cosmetic products by best cosmetic product brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cosmetic brands, cosmetic product designers, personal care product designers and beauty product designers from all countries. Typical entries include lipsticks, foundations, eyeliners, mascara, blushes and concealers. The awarded cosmetic product designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/cosmetic-product
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/137678
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/137678
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!137678
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/310870
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/gallery/135841853/PURE-2-in-1-Oral-C
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
- Pure Electric Oral Care Kit
- Function
- Electric Oral Care Kit
- Category
- Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Beauty and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray, Dim Gray, Slate Gray and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yao Dai
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #137678
Credits
- Team
- Yao Dai, Hengbo Zhang and Wenxi Qi
- Image Credits
- Main Image: Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang; Yao Dai and Hengbo Zhang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- PURE is a 2-in-1 electric oral care kit that insists sustainability philosophy for long-lasting durability. PURE integrates an electric toothbrush and a water flosser to meet the needs of a wide range of users, simplifying operation and saving space. The toothbrush handle switches between toothbrush or water flosser modes by recognizing module replacements. A built-in airflow fan prevents moisture contamination of the brush head and avoids psychological discomfort.
- Inspiration
- Electric toothbrushes and water flossers have become commonplace oral care products that people take for granted in their daily lives. But considering their size and environment, the idea of combining them into one was born.
- Research
- We studied oral care statistical reports from China and the US, respectively. We analyzed and compiled information about the popularity and market sales of electric toothbrushes and water flossers. Based on the situation mastered from the trend survey and our understanding of sustainability design, we analyzed our target users' expectations from an oral care kit. From the perspective of visualization, we also applied the principles of marketing advertising analysis combined with market popular visual elements for rendering and layout.
- Challenge
- The innovation of this two-in-one oral care kit focuses on taking advantage of the size of the micromotor to meet people's daily oral care needs while also saving space. Through analyzing the design language characteristics of more than 30 products currently on the market, we optimized our own design language for oral care products. Besides, the challenge was also to explore and develop compact units for personal accessories.
- Realization and Technology
- The manufacturing process uses the following technologies: plastic injection and metal stamping. The product receives in some parts that compose it, the epoxy painting process. The materials used are silicone rubber, carbon steel, aluminum, magnets, stainless steel, chrome, titanium, ABS plastic, and LEDs.
- Operation and Interaction
- This toothbrush has an on/off switch and a gear control. The user pushes the switch to turn on the toothbrush mode and keeps pushing up to blow air to dry the brush head. The water flosser head can be changed by unlocking the switch on the handle, which automatically recognizes and switches to water flosser mode. The water flosser can be used by connecting the bottom of the handle to the base. After each use, place the handle and accessories into the storage box attached to the base to complete charging and UV disinfection.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2021 and finished in December 2021 in the US and China.
- Specifications
- Width 85 mm x Depth 140 mm x Height 315 mm
- Keywords
- personal care, toothbrush, multifunctional, water flosser, sterilization, 2 in 1, bathroom
