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Filippo Batavia and Ginevra Della Porta Is Honored with the Golden A' Design Award for Project Nebula Miniaturized Map Technology Device in Idea and Conceptual Design
Filippo Batavia and Ginevra Della Porta of Saes honored for idea and conceptual design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 17, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Project Nebula Miniaturized Map Technology Device by Filippo Batavia and Ginevra Della Porta of Saes has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Idea and Conceptual Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
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 Project Nebula Miniaturized Map Technology Device
Nebula Project is a device that incorporates a miniaturized Modified Atmosphere Packaging MAP technology system for food preservation. It represents Saes's first Industrial Design project, aimed at implementing design driven innovation methodologies within the company and exploring their applicability in laboratory workflows. It is estimated that approximately 930 million tons of food were wasted in 2019, with around 60% of it being discarded by consumers at home. Nebula aims to address these challenges by leveraging cutting edge technology to empower individuals to reduce food waste.
About Filippo Batavia and Ginevra Della Porta
Filippo Batavia is a Designer and Researcher in the field of Materials Science. He leads design at both creative and technical levels, exploring the intersections of various disciplines, from computational design to advanced fabrication processes. Filippo has a keen interest in experimenting with workflows and tools in unconventional contexts, seeking innovative strategies for product design. Her recent work has focused on leveraging procedural design and coding in product development to emulate natural solutions for improved performance and sustainability. Currently, Filippo leads the design innovation lab of SAES Getters, an advanced materials company based in Milan.
About Saes
SAES is a scientific company that develops and produces advanced materials for extreme application sectors: aerospace, particle accelerators, quantum computers. It is also active in the development of sustainable products with special materials for compos
Award Record
This recognition makes Filippo Batavia and Ginevra Della Porta of Saes a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Idea and Conceptual Design Award
The A' Idea Design Award is an international idea design competition recognizing great ideas by designers, creators, innovators and free thinkers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to idea designers, conceptual designers, innovation consultants and creative thinkers from all countries. Entries typically include innovations, prototypes, blueprints, sketches, models and concepts. Awarded idea designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/idea
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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/158624
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158624
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158624
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/353292
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.saesgetters.com/designhouse/projects/nebula/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Project Nebula Miniaturized Map Technology Device
- Function
- Miniaturized Map Technology Device
- Category
- Idea and Conceptual Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Design Industry and Innovation
- Colors
- Silver, White Smoke, Light Gray, Black and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Filippo Batavia and Ginevra Della Porta
- Country
- Italy
- Brand
- Saes
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158624
Credits
- Team
- Marco Filippo Batavia and Ginevra della Porta
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Nebula Project is a device that incorporates a miniaturized Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) technology system for food preservation. It represents SAES's first Industrial Design project, aimed at implementing design-driven innovation methodologies within the company and exploring their applicability in laboratory workflows. Nebula utilizes pre-mixed capsules containing compressed gas, which can extract the existing internal atmosphere from a container and inject a specific gas composition.
- Inspiration
- The design of Nebula represents the synthesis of SAES's technical and scientific aesthetics. The cage-like structure draws inspiration from the architecture of the NextTorr pumps designed for extreme applications such as particle accelerators. The use of glass material accentuates the device's core, while the rest is concealed beneath a deep black. Nebula is a product inspired by scientific instruments, its design reflects a rational and analytical language commonly found in laboratories.
- Research
- Nebula is a project developed within an experimental, multidisciplinary team at SAES, combining the expertise of several professionals including designers, engineers, chemists, physicists and strategists. The objective was to integrate some of the company's scientific clusters to develop the first consumer product, and produce a solution to one of the great modern social and technological problems: food waste, on which the company is already engaged on the technological front in the B2B sphere.
- Challenge
- Miniaturising MAP technology requires a paradigm shift and a major technological shift. As it was not possible to scale up the components, it was necessary to find alternative options that would achieve the same result with different kinematics. Initially, the team identified a solution based on a graphite carboniser capable of transforming oxygen into CO2 by separating argon using a membrane. The results were poor: the separation of the argon was more complex than expected and the injection of the gas into the container was too slow to be integrated into a common object.
- Realization and Technology
- SAES specializes in advanced technologies and materials for niche sectors, including getter technologies for high and ultra-high vacuum, gas management, and advanced materials for functional compostable packaging. Nebula was developed by combining these three areas of expertise. With MAP, the final pressure is slightly below atmospheric pressure, which offers significantly more design flexibility compared to high vacuum technology. This flexibility allows for the use of lightweight solutions without the need for reinforcement structures. Adopting these lightweight solutions brings numerous benefits, including reduced energy consumption and improved recyclability.
- Operation and Interaction
- Nebula can be operated by a rotational selector switch and is equipped with a display showing real-time operations. the device is loaded with a compressed gas capsule containing a specific mixture and can be attached to it's rigid container. Nebula replace the internal atmosphere with another one able to increase drastically the shelf life of food at home level.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Milan in May 2019 and was presented at Cibus 2020 in Parma.
- Specifications
- 210 mm x 45 mm x 52 m
- Keywords
- Nebula, MAP, FoodWaste, ScientificDesign, SAES
