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Versabin Smart Trash Can by Weiwen Xiong Is Granted the A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design
Weiwen Xiong 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 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category for Versabin Smart Trash Can by Weiwen Xiong, designed for Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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.
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.
More About Versabin Smart Trash Can
Versabin is a smart trash can designed for household waste collection. The lid opens by human body sensing or by touch, so contact with the bin is avoided. An automatic aromatherapy function releases scent when the lid opens, reducing odour. A storage compartment in the front shell holds spare garbage bags. Two internal partitions allow the interior to be used as one large bin or as a two or three compartment bin for waste sorting. The main shell is made of stainless steel, with degradable plastic used for the top cover, back shell and base.
About Weiwen Xiong
China's emerging furniture designer-Ren Yu, he is an interesting furniture designer, loves life, and has always been passionate about new things. For Ren Yu, design is not an empty concept, let alone a popular element. It is an insight into rooted life. Expressing his own thinking through design; for design, in addition to form and function, he seeks the beauty of the text of the product, trying to create a dialogue with the user through the product.
Award Record
Weiwen Xiong is a winner of 14 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2023 - 2024 editions 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. It 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. Typical entries include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. The awarded home appliance designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/154441
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154441
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154441
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/294475
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Versabin Smart Trash Can
- Function
- Smart Trash Can
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Gainsboro, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Weiwen Xiong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154441
Credits
- Team
- Yu Ren and Guo yu Wang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Intelligent induction garbage can is a collection of induction open cover, garbage bag storage, automatic aromatherapy deodorization, adsorption design and other functions as one of the healthy home products, in use can avoid user manual contact, convenient replacement of garbage bags, while with aromatherapy deodorization function, so that the garbage generated at home has a better collection and treatment.
- Inspiration
- In home life, the treatment and storage process of domestic waste usually produces a series of very troublesome problems, such as avoiding contact, convenient bag change, garbage deodorization and so on. Based on solving the pain points of daily life, we want to explore a new garbage can product to help people solve the problems encountered in the process of handling and storing domestic garbage, so that users can become healthier and more convenient when collecting garbage generated at home.
- Research
- Prior to the launch of the project, we surveyed 300 families, and the main feedback was four key questions: 85% of families reported that the garbage can at home was too small when dealing with household garbage, 90% of families reported that they were unwilling to touch the garbage can when throwing garbage, 95% of families reported that there was a situation of looking for garbage bags when replacing garbage bags, and 70% of families hoped that there could be deodorization function; Based on this, we want to help people solve their most painful problems.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge in the implementation and research process is how to put several pain point solutions to the technical landing, but also need to ensure that the operation is simple, safe and reasonable, while integrating into the home environment. We hope these features will lead to a healthier living experience at home.
- Realization and Technology
- The main shell of the intelligent induction garbage can is made of environmentally friendly stainless steel plate, with the top cover, back shell and base made of degradable plastic material. The garbage bag storage area realizes the integrated storage function through magnetic absorption. The lid is opened by intelligent induction or touch after power supply, and automatic aromatherapy function is built in.
- Operation and Interaction
- The lid can be opened by human body sensing and touch, while opening the lid has automatic aromatherapy function. There are two partitions inside the barrel body, which can be converted into a large single bucket - 2-cell classification bucket - 3-cell classification bucket at any time to meet the garbage classification use; The garbage bag storage bin at the bottom of the front shell can store garbage bags and avoid the situation of looking for garbage bags when replacing them.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Shenzhen in November 2022 and will be completed in Shenzhen in September 2023.
- Specifications
- Width 534 mm x Depth 310 mm x Height 650 mm
- Keywords
- Induction lid opening, automatic aromatherapy, adsorption design, garbage bag storage, garbage sorting
