Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Goes to Lemo Pet-01 Smart Cat Litter Box by Li Xuesong and Zhou Tong
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Li Xuesong and Zhou Tong for pet care, toys, supplies and products for animals design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Lemo Pet-01 Smart Cat Litter Box by Li Xuesong and Zhou Tong, designed for Shenyang LEZA technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design category. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About Lemo Pet-01 Smart Cat Litter Box
LEMO PET-01 is a smart cat litter box designed for home use. The litter box is built from separate modules. One module cleans the litter automatically after the cat leaves and refills it from a store of about two kilograms, so clean litter stays available for about a week. A second module combines infrared and weight sensing for safety. A third module disinfects waste to reduce odor and the risk of bacterial infection. The shell is molded from ABS and PP. A wireless connection sends health data to a mobile phone.
Award Record
Li Xuesong and Zhou Tong is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Award
The A' Pet Care Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good pet supplies, toys and product designs by designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to pet care designers, animal toy designers, pet supply manufacturers and pet care brands from all countries. Typical entries include pet food, pet apparel, pet beds, feeding bowls, litter boxes and pet carriers. The awarded pet supply designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/pet-care
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/119946
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119946
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119946
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/222568
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lemo Pet-01 Smart Cat Litter Box
- Function
- Smart Cat Litter Box
- Category
- Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Light Gray, Black and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shenyang LEZA technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Li Xuesong and Zhou Tong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119946
Credits
- Team
- Li Xuesong, Zhou Tong, Li Ziyao, Cai Shixuan, Gao Ping, Zhang Jixin, Jiang Yihan, Liu Dazhi, Liang He, Zhou Miao and Zhao Ying
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The product is adopted in modules. The automatic cleaning and filling module defines the cat can use clean litter when the owner goes out for a whole week. Dual detection module uses infrared and gravity to provide security for the cat. The automatic disinfection module can timely disinfect the excreta of the cat after the cat leaves, reducing the risk of ordo and bacterial infection. At the same time, the intelligent system can monitor the cat's health status according to its defecation.
- Inspiration
- The busy lives of cat owners often make them forget to clean the litter box and are troubled by the smell. The owners usually don’t know the cat’s health information in time, etc. In order to have a better user experience, the R&D team got inspiration from the coffee grinder and designed a visual functional module that automatically fills the cat litter. The dual monitoring mode ensures the safety of cats excreting inside the litter box and can provide the cat's gastrointestinal health data.
- Research
- With the development of the COVID-19, the pet health is becoming clearer focus on goals. The design team surveyed about 500 participants and found that most were more concerned about the internal cleanliness of the litter box, the ease of changing litter and other additional features. So smart cat sand basin design project is to improve the quality of mixed state security and, at the same time to provide cat really clean and healthy environment.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge is clear calibration products doperating logic and human-computer interaction, coordination of product modeling and function, to ensure the accuracy of the data.
- Realization and Technology
- With shell molding ABS, PP. The cat litter box is connected to the mobile phone through WiFi, and the health data of the pet can be viewed on the mobile phone. Automatic filling cat litter module provides about 2 kg of cat litter storage space.
- Operation and Interaction
- After the cat goes to the toilet, it will clean up automatically. The filling module defines the cat can use clean litter when the owner goes out for a whole week. People can be reminded to add cat litter voluntarily through mobile Internet. Automatic filling cat litter module provides about 2 kg of cat litter storage space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Shenyang, China in December 2019 and completed the first prototype in December 2020.
- Specifications
- Product size: 600mm x 600mm x 620mm.
- Keywords
- Smart cat litter box, Pet furniture, Pet supplies
