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Yasemin Ulukan, Senur Design Center Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Airboard Ironing Board in Home Appliances Design
Yasemin Ulukan, Senur Design Center acknowledged for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2014 - 2015 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 21, 2016 /DesignNewswire/ Airboard Ironing Board by Yasemin Ulukan, Senur Design Center, designed for Arnica, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2014 - 2015 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
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 Airboard Ironing Board
What makes it easier to do the tiresome ironing work is not just a good iron itself but also the correct surface whereon ironing will be made.Integrated fan enables users to choose functions between blowing and vacuuming air through fabric.With blowing function, creating a gap between the hard surface and fabric provides the optimum ironing ability on delicate garments such as silk and works perfect on multi-layered clothes such as jackets without leaving marks on top layer.Vacuum system sticks the garment on the surface to keep it stretched and also absorbes the extra steam in the environment
About Yasemin Ulukan, Senur Design Center
SENUR, one of the first firms which established R&D department in its own field in Turkey, gives great significance to R&D and makes large investments in this field. As a result of these studies it produced first citrus juicer, first juice extractor, first food processor, first carpet cleaning machine, first mincing meat machine and first meat mincer of Turkey. With its experienced,dynamic and highly motived design team which most of the members has a minimum 10 years of background in the company, Senur always has been the architect of firsts holding a serious number of patents in hand.
Award Record
Yasemin Ulukan, Senur Design Center is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2011 - 2012 and the 2014 - 2015 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/38611
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/38611
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!38611
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/106600
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Airboard Ironing Board
- Function
- Ironing Board
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Firebrick, Light Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Lavender and Crimson
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Arnica
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yasemin Ulukan, Senur Design Center
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2014 - 2015
- Design ID
- #38611
Credits
- Team
- Senur Design Center
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- With integrated fan inside, users can choose functions between blowing and vacuuming air through fabric.With blowing function, creating a gap between the hard surface and fabric provides the optimum ironing ability esp on delicate fabrics such as silk and works perfect on multi-layered clothes such as jackets without leaving marks on top layer.Vacuum system sticks the fabric on the surface to keep it stretched and also absorbes the extra steam in the environment .
- Inspiration
- The question “why should there not be professional ironing boards at home as well?”, has designed the Airboard .It is not as simple as buying a very good iron to solve the “ironing problem”. It is also important on which surface the fabric to be ironed will be laid upon during ironing since what makes it easier to iron is not just the iron appliance itself but also the surface whereon the ironing will be made. Thus, the logic is quite straightforward: Correct surface, easy and successful ironing.
- Research
- Airboard was developed as a result of several observations made at locations where ironing work is done professionally and continually, iron appliance and surface duo is conceptualized together to present a solution undertaking the tiresome ironing work.Delicate fabrics can never be ironed at home and taken to professionals for ironing. Airboard saves usersfrom the trouble of taking such fabric to dry cleaners over and over again each time and solves the ironing problem at home.
- Challenge
- Two important aspects of the design that needed to be accomplished were for the product to stand firm on ground and also to be easily lifted up and down without much effort. This problem was resolved by developing a special mechanism enabling a soft elevation and lowering.For height setting, the aesthetic and functional latches present on both right and left side enables automatic lift off for the ironing board. In fact, this lift off can be enabled by pressing only one of the lifting latches
- Realization and Technology
- All plastic parts are produced from recyclable thermoplastic materials. The strong foots are produced from aluminium profiles.The flameproof sheath that is elasticated on all sides can easily be fit on the board.The top board is made of 1mm aluminium sheet material.The plastic iron rest place is made of PA%30GF which gives extra strength and heat resistance.
- Operation and Interaction
- With Airboard, it is possible to select optimum surface for different fabrics ensuring that an optimum outcome can be obtained within shortest time. With a single hand touch, Airboard can be removed from ground and can be adjusted at a height from 65 cm to 100 cm.It is equipped with an integrated plug , 2 meter long cord and automatic cordwinder. Strong aluminum profile footing and slip-proof base ensures Airboard to stand firm on ground.
- Project Duration and Location
- Has a background more then 10 years of research. The final concept project has started on June 2012 and finalized in December 2014. Will be on markets on the first quarter of 2015.
- Specifications
- Able to be removed of floor easily with a single hand movement, Airboard can be adjusted at a height from 65 cm to 100 cm. The plastic wide iron placement surface containing fireproof silicon strips and made of special thermoplastic material provides both a user-friendly and an extra safe solution. General box dimensions are 50cm x 170 cmx 17cm.
- Keywords
- ironing board, iron, aircushion system, moisture absorption system, automatic cordwinder
