Press Release
Max Series House Control System by Qiang Liu Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Smart Living and Home Automation Design
Qiang Liu acknowledged for smart living and home automation design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Max Series House Control System by Qiang Liu, designed for Zhejiang Tuya Smart Electronics 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 recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 scored 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.
Regarding Max Series House Control System
Max Series is a home control system designed for use across an entire house. The series includes central control screens in 10 inch, 5 inch, 4 inch and 3.5 inch sizes, together with a movable wireless knob control. Different sizes suit different rooms and functions. The panels can work with or replace regular switch panels. Touch control, physical buttons, voice and a mobile application allow scenes to be preset and connected devices to be managed. A local network connection keeps control available offline. A physical privacy paddle on the host protects home privacy.
About Qiang Liu
TUYA is a leading technology company dedicated to making life smarter. Tuya provides a cloud platform that can intelligently connect everything, creating interconnected development standards, connecting brands, OEM manufacturers, developers, retailers, and the intelligent needs of various industries. Tuya's solutions empower and enhance the product value of partners and customers, while making consumers' lives more convenient through technology applications.
Award Record
With this recognition, Qiang Liu is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2022 - 2023 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://dezigners.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://dezigners.org/149041
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149041
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149041
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/250165
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Max Series House Control System
- Function
- House Control System
- Category
- Smart Living and Home Automation Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Light Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Gray, Black and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zhejiang Tuya Smart Electronics Co.,Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Qiang Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149041
Credits
- Team
- Yugen Zhong, Wenkai Li, Xiaoyu Jiang and Qing Yang
- Image Credits
- Designer Qiang Liu, Industrial designer, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The smart central control series is designed for the whole house scene. The control terminals of different sizes can be applied to different functional zones to control all household devices and access entertainment/home security monitoring/property and living services, offering an all-round smart living experience. The movable wireless knob central control makes interaction much easier and more flexible. This series adopts color screens in a minimalist style to blend well with the home space.
- Inspiration
- It is difficult for a single intelligent product to meet user needs for an all-around intelligent life experience. A series of smart home control terminals will help users realize intelligent customization of the whole house, building a fully-covered smart control scene both in dynamic and static areas for easy and intelligent human-machine interaction, thus meeting the needs of the household for an all-round intelligent life experience.
- Research
- Research objective: To launch innovative central control series products for easy control of the whole-house scene Research direction: Easier and more user-friendly human-machine interaction Market research: Online research & professional company research Social impact: The series enables intelligent interconnection of all household devices, being a systematic intelligent housekeeper while offering a user-friendly intelligent residential solution for household living, safety, and entertainment.
- Challenge
- Main challenge: To improve the compatibility and interoperability between systems and equipment. Solution: We built an open IoT platform based on the host and first launched the T-Control™ and iShare™ technologies to strengthen the interconnection between the series of products, thus enabling a much easier and more stable connection between intelligent devices and home appliances of different IoT brands.
- Realization and Technology
- This series applies the new I-Share voice assistant. Equipped with the industry-first T-Control™ technology, iShare™ technology, and wireless application protocol (WAP), it can efficiently connect and control smart home devices. It supports LAN connection, thereby can control smart devices even if offline. The 4-inch/3.5-inch central control panels with modular designs can work with or replace regular switch panels to be more harmonious and beautiful.
- Operation and Interaction
- This series enables touch control or one-button on/off, allowing customization of the interconnected devices and the exclusive scene through preset scenes on the UI interface or the physical button on the panel. It supports remote control via voice/an App to link intelligent devices or access entertainment/communication/community living and other services. A physical privacy paddle is designed on the top of the host, which can guarantee the user's home privacy security if the switch is flipped.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project will begin in September 2021 in Hangzhou, China, with mass production in Guangzhou, China, in June 2022
- Specifications
- 10-inch host: length * width * height=270 * 160 * 11mm Resolution: 1920 * 1200 5-inch central control screen: length * width * height=128 * 72 * 10mm Resolution: 1920 * 1200 4-inch central control screen: length * width * height=86 * 86 * 10mm Resolution: 480 * 480 3.5-inch central control screen: length * width * height=86 * 86 * 10mm Resolution: 320 * 480 Wireless knob remote control: diameter * height=64 * 20mm Duration: 30 days
- Keywords
- Whole-house scene, intelligent interaction, bookmark button design, preset scene, physical privacy paddle, modular design, human-machine interaction, screen mode, movable knob
