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Bronze A' Design Award in Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design Goes to Shine Painting Spray Gun by Nicola Zanetti - T&D

Nicola Zanetti - T&D of Segnoinverso recognized for hardware, power and hand tools design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Shine Painting Spray Gun by Nicola Zanetti - T&D of Segnoinverso, designed for T&D Shanghai, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About Shine Painting Spray Gun

Atomization technology used to spray at teh best without drops, best tooling to make every single detail perfect and great styling make this painting sparay gun an icon for the design category. Teflon non stick surface coating helps to keep the gun clean from painting drops. Colorfull selection give a fashionable outlook to the professional tool.

About Nicola Zanetti - T&D

Segno Inverso is an Italian research, strategy, innovation, and design firm with a 10-year experience professionals. The team consists of accomplished international freelance strategists, designers, researchers, engineers and business professionals who work collaboratively, synergistically and effectively. The team can achieve highly specialized results thanks to abilities of single freelance that we hire on specific brief. We think it is the teamwork with a good supervision that permits to achieve highest results. Moreover they think a flexible organization can be succesfull between the need of a good design and the budget limits.

About Segnoinverso

Segno Inverso is an Italian research, strategy, innovation, and design firm with a 10-year experience international professionals.

Award Record

With this recognition, Nicola Zanetti - T&D of Segnoinverso is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2013 - 2014 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design Award

The A' Hardware Design Award is an international hardware design competition recognizing good hardware designs by best hardware designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to hardware designers, power tool designers, hand tool designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include drills, saws, hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and pliers. Awarded hardware designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/hardware

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Shine Painting Spray Gun
Function
Painting Spray Gun
Category
Hardware, Power and Hand Tools Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Manufacturing
Colors
Gray, Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Silver and Light Gray
Images
4
Client
T&D Shanghai

The Recognition

Laureate
Nicola Zanetti - T&D
Country
Italy
Brand
Segnoinverso
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#104818

Credits

Team
Nicola Zaanetti, Simone Madella, Federico Gonzales Bosque, Axel Ronconi, Ran Peleg

Design Details

Unique Properties
Atomization technology used to spray at teh best without drops , best tooling to make every single detail perfect and great styling make this painting sparay gun an icon for the design category. Teflon non stick surface coating helps to keep the gun clean from painting drops. Colorfull selection give a fashionable outlook to the professional tool.
Inspiration
Stilish and streamlined, inspired by sports cars. The details are well designed to match also the tooling tecnology needs and limits. Ergonomy has a great role in the design cause this gun must be well handled and be light and easy to be used.
Realization and Technology
Die cast metal and teflon coating
Project Duration and Location
the project took around 4 months to be completed and was shown at hte Canton fair in Guangzhou. The project was developed in Shanghai with a remote support from Argentina designer.
Specifications
Atomization Technology:H.V.L.P Use for: topcoat / varnishes Normal nozzle size(mm): 1.3/1.4 Optimal working pressure: 2.0bar/29psi Maximum working pressure:3.0bar/43psi Pattern width: about 33cm Optimal spray distance:17cm Air consumption: 14~16cfm Cup capacity:600ml
Keywords
spray, gun, automotive, painting, paint

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