Press Release
Danish Fuel Portable Speaker by Rene Sundahl Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Limited Edition and Custom Design
Rene Sundahl acknowledged for limited edition and custom design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Danish Fuel Portable Speaker by Rene Sundahl, designed for Danish Fuel, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Limited Edition and Custom Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 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.
Regarding Danish Fuel Portable Speaker
Danish Fuel is a portable speaker built inside an upcycled World War Two metal jerry can. Old rust and paint are removed by furnace treatment and sandblasting, and the can is then powder coated in a green satin finish. The front panel is made of molded plywood with a smoked oak top layer. The control plate, feet and marking plates are anodized aluminium. The speaker holds a woofer, a tweeter and a class D amplifier. Sound is played through Bluetooth or an auxiliary cable, and power comes from a battery or mains electricity. Each unit carries a unique identification number.
Award Record
With this recognition, Rene Sundahl is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Limited Edition and Custom Design Award
The A' Limited Edition Design Award is an international design competition recognizing best limited edition products by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to limited edition designers, custom design professionals, luxury brands and established companies from all countries. Entries typically include limited edition products, bespoke watches, custom furniture, bespoke jewelry, personalized fashion collections and modified automobiles. Awarded limited edition designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/limited-edition
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/147027
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147027
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147027
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/340180
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://danishfuel.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Danish Fuel Portable Speaker
- Function
- Portable Speaker
- Category
- Limited Edition and Custom Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Arts
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Danish Fuel
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Rene Sundahl
- Country
- Denmark
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147027
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #1, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022 Optional image #2, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022 Optional image #3, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022 Optional image #4, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022 Optional image #2, Illustrator Alexander IE, 2022 Video credits: Waqas Naveed
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Many people have found that electronics don´t fit into interior design. Either a speaker is most likely ugly and plays good music or beautiful and plays poorly. The goal for this design is to create a portable speaker in which everyone should be spellbound with incredible design and renewable sound. To kick off the home interior style, and make enjoy the favorite smash hit wrapped in an Upcycled World War II fuel can. Personalized with unique ID no. The speaker is designed, selected, and Made in Denmark by a woman.
- Inspiration
- The jerry can be designed back in 1937, to contain supplies for the armies. The allies nicknamed the Germans, Jerries, as slang for German. As the small Einheits-kanister was a German invention - thereby the name a jerry can. The allies duplicated the design and just before D-day in 1944 more than 21 million of Jerry cans were made. "Without these cans, it would have been impossible for our armies to cut their way across France at a lightning pace during the German blitz”. - President Roosevelt
- Research
- According to the most known brands among portable speakers it´s found that most of them are made by men with a technical background and to approach the hi-fi market rater than the woman who shall use it in their home. There was a gab in the market and we could not find any sustainable solution. A real craftman ship. Most speakers a bulk manufactured in thousand of numbers. To find a speaker that was beyond tech but a sculpture and piece of art did not excist.
- Challenge
- Make good sound in an old metal world war 2 jerry can were a challenge. Dampening work took using various materials and testing to find the right acoustic sound. Sourcing and designing the parts and make it go along with the visuals - make the speaker practical and visual beauty. Not only the make the product capable to produce even just in a limited numbers was difficult.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials: - upcycled metal Jerry can. World War 2. Old rust and paint removed by furnace and sandblasting. - color. Powder coating. Satin surface. Isapis green. - molded plywood. 10 layers of 1mm veener + 1 top layer in Smoked Oak. - anodized aluminium control plate + feet + marking plate + ID plate.
- Operation and Interaction
- Bluetooth and Aux. Powered by battery or 220v.
- Project Duration and Location
- September 2021 - december 2022 in Denmark, Jutland. Our first design was revealed at Salone Int. Del Mobile in 2014.
- Specifications
- Electronics: - ciare 6.5” midrange neo woofer + 1” neo tweeter. - Class D amplifier. 160w - equalizer backend, DSP - equalizer front. Bass + Treble. Connection: - bluetooth 5.3 - aux Power: - 160watts - battery. LG 1860mh with BMS control / 72 hours playing time. - limited to 95 db. Measurements.: - height 48cm / wide 35cm / dept 17cm. - weight 7.2kg
- Keywords
- Upcycle, speaker, homedecor, homedesign, interiordesign, limitededition
