Press Release
Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzales Bosque Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Af007 Single Dose Coffee Grinder in Home Appliances Design
Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzales Bosque of Segnoinverso honored for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category for Af007 Single Dose Coffee Grinder by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzales Bosque of Segnoinverso, designed for Jiangsu Amalfi Machinery Equipment CO., LTD. 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 Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
About Af007 Single Dose Coffee Grinder
Af007 wants to give a new level of precision and quality to your coffee brewing. The design follows a modern, minimalist aesthetic style; this grinder is constructed with a durable metal body, making it both long-lasting and easy to clean. Simply because of the geometric elements, elegant because of the clean shapes assembly, modern because of the UI touch interface, and fits all kinds of environments, professional bars, or home kitchens with the basic color palette chosen. Easy as a coffee.
About Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzales Bosque
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
Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzales Bosque of Segnoinverso is a winner of 7 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2013 - 2014 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Home Appliances Design Award
The A' Home Appliance Design Award is an international competition recognizing good home appliance designs by best appliance designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to home appliance designers, industrial designers, product engineers and appliance brands from all countries. Entries typically include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. Awarded home appliance designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/147483
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147483
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147483
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/127777
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.amalfei.com
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Af007 Single Dose Coffee Grinder
- Function
- Single Dose Coffee Grinder
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Lavender, White Smoke, Light Gray, Silver and Tan
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Jiangsu Amalfi Machinery Equipment CO., LTD
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzales Bosque
- Country
- Italy
- Brand
- Segnoinverso
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147483
Credits
- Team
- Nicola Zanetti, Federico Gonzales Bosque
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A new level of precision and quality to your coffee brewing with our revolutionary coffee grinder. Designed with a modern, minimalist aesthetic, this grinder is constructed with a durable metal body, making it both long-lasting and easy to clean. One of the most important factors in achieving a perfect cup of coffee is the grind, and our grinder is equipped with cutting-edge titanium ceramic burrs. These burrs are known for their superior durability and ability to produce a precise, consistent
- Inspiration
- Investigating trends on coffee machines and coffee appliances, we took this simple, minimal and modern outlook style. Technology details such as LED lights or digital displays makes the grinder feel modern and high-tech. Minimal color palette, such as black, white, and silver, gives the grinder a sleek, modern look that comes already by the simple cilindric shape.
- Research
- We compared a lot of traditional and modern competitors products, We identified the style and the way to use the product that was matching with our idea and we translated it in a new product. Limitation from production point of view , made us come back to a more traditional shape and less innovative , considering not all the products can have an unlimited budget , we blanced the needs of production and the design push.
- Challenge
- Designing a minimal & modern coffee grinder was a challenge. Balancing form & function, integrating technology, and making it easy to use were obstacles. Historical & social perspective, production possibilities, information availability and technology were factors that were considered.
- Realization and Technology
- Body is made by hi pressure metal injection molds, surface is painted or brushed.The flat burr are coated by titanium or ceramic to have a long life and precise regulation.
- Operation and Interaction
- AF007 is an extremely simple and intuitive coffee grinder. The container or the filter holder is placed directly in the fork on the front side. The coffee beans are poured into the upper compartment and then the degree of grinding is selected by rotating the upper graduated cylinder. Finally, the grinding speed is selected from the interface on the product side and the coffee beans are ground and dispensed in powder form directly into the container on the front.
- Project Duration and Location
- Designed in Italy by an international team of designers that worked online. Project was developed for th design phase on a tiem of six months and the final fine tuning of the design took around 1 month, after the engineering of functional details was completed.
- Specifications
- Overall product dimensionis 335x245x460h mm and the weight is 8kg - Material is metal painted or brushed -Motor power is 400W brushless DC motor - Hopper capacity is 50g - 64mm flat burr with titanium or ceramic coating
- Keywords
- Coffee, grinder, burr, flat, powder, beans, machine
