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Guangdong Soseki Technology Co.,Ltd Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Mini Washer and Dryer in Home Appliances Design
Guangdong Soseki Technology Co.,Ltd honored for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 17, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Mini Washer and Dryer by Guangdong Soseki Technology Co.,Ltd has been granted the A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category. 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.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Mini Washer and Dryer
Mini is a compact washer and dryer combo designed for underwear care. Mini washes, dries and sterilizes small laundry loads in a single tub. Micro bubble suspension technology releases numerous nanobubbles that suspend the clothes in water, so fabrics are cleaned without rubbing or tumbling against the tub wall. Drying follows at a low temperature and a negative pressure, which helps keep silk fabrics soft and reduces wrinkles. An auto dosing system delivers the correct amount of detergent. The body is made from a degradable blend of PC and ABS.
About Guangdong Soseki Technology Co.,Ltd
Headquartered in Guangdong Industrial Design City, Shunde, the company was established in August 2016 with nearly 300 employees, a scientific and technological intelligent home appliance company integrating design and development, manufacturing and global sales. With "China's leading brand of high-end small household appliances" as the corporate vision, formulate the layout of the whole industrial chain, take innovative products as the core, and create an international brand. It operates the two major brands of BRUNO and Soseki, with the product concept of "based on users, creating value", and is committed to providing people with healthy, beautiful and comfortable life solutions.
Award Record
This recognition makes Guangdong Soseki Technology Co.,Ltd a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/152700
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/152700
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!152700
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/346682
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mini Washer and Dryer
- Function
- Washer and Dryer
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guangdong Soseki Technology Co.,Ltd
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #152700
Credits
- Team
- Hong Zhang, Jianhong Zou and Bo Liu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The mini washer and dryer combo can automatically wash, dry, and sterilize underwear. Instead of rubbing clothes against each other or dashing them on the tumble walls, its trailblazing micro bubble suspension technology can release numerous nanobubbles for a mild but thorough cleaning result. It will then dry clothes moderately in its airtight tub at a low temperature and a negative pressure, preserving the softness and strength of delicate silk fabrics.
- Inspiration
- The design team found that releasing a large amount of nanobubbles in a wash cycle could effectively remove the stains and suspend the clothes in the water with no need of the mechanical components such as a pulsator, yielding a thorough but mild cleaning result while preventing wrinkles. Based on these findings, the design team developed the micro bubble suspension technology and further applied it on this mini washer and dryer combo for underwear cleaning.
- Research
- The research conducted by the design team reveals that Chinese females generally prefer to wash their underwear by hands rather than using a traditional washing machine, partly out of the concern for the cleaning result, and partly because they consider it unhygienic to have their underwear to be washed with other clothes in a common washing machine. As a result, about 60 per cent of Chinese females have turned to mini underwear washing machines.
- Challenge
- To solve the wrinkling problem caused by traditional wash and spin cycles, the design team developed the micro bubble suspension technology for mild but thorough cleaning. This innovation completely prevents the fabric damage incurred by the intense friction or impact in pulsator wash and tumble wash. And upon the completion of a wash cycle, this machine will then conduct a moderate drying process at a low temperature and a negative pressure, helping reduce wrinkles to a minimum.
- Realization and Technology
- This washer and dryer combo features a single tub, and has its air duct and water duct integrated into one. This optimized structure ensures that the tub wall can be dried simultaneously with clothes, overcoming the defects in the like products with two tubs, such as wetness, fouling, and the resulting breeding ground for bacteria and viruses in the gape between tubs. To align with sustainable development, it is mainly made from a degradable blend of PC and ABS via a green manufacturing process.
- Operation and Interaction
- Users can select the cleaning mode as needed just with a click of a button on its intuitive control panel. It is really that simple and convenient to operate. Moreover, it is equipped with a side detergent cartridge and an auto dosing system, which can deliver exactly the right dose according to the laundry load and settings, fully eliminating the dilemma of over or under dosing. The synergy of germicidal laundry detergent, UV and pasteurization can kill over 99.9 per cent of bacteria and virus.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design and development of this mini washer and dryer combo started in Shunde, China, in December, 2021. It was introduced to the market in Shunde, in May, 2023.
- Keywords
- Underwear washer and dryer combo, Mini clothing care machine, Micro bubble suspension technology, Drying at a low temperature and a negative pressure, A smart clothing custodian
