Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design Goes to Qi2 Multi-Modularized Water Purifier by Plainliv Taiwan
Plainliv Taiwan recognized for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Qi2 Multi-Modularized Water Purifier by Plainliv Taiwan, designed for Plainliv Taiwan Co., Ltd, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 Silver A' Design Award
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 Qi2 Multi-Modularized Water Purifier
Qi2 is a modular water purifier designed for household use. The design is inspired by an array of bricks. Each filter cartridge forms part of the purifier body, so the combined cartridges create the complete unit. Users can select from one to five cartridges, including polypropylene, active carbon, ultraviolet, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis types. Cartridges can be added, reduced or replaced with a simple tool. The waterway is replaced together with each cartridge, so the water path stays clean.
Award Record
Plainliv Taiwan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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://designers.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://designers.org/108551
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/108551
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!108551
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/282218
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.qi-filter.com/en/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Qi2 Multi-Modularized Water Purifier
- Function
- Multi-Modularized Water Purifier
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Linen, Gainsboro, Light Slate Gray, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Plainliv Taiwan Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Plainliv Taiwan
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #108551
Credits
- Team
- Xing, Kai-Zhi and Huang, Wen-Yi
- Image Credits
- PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD., 2020. Video Credits Followed by PLAINLIV TAIWAN CO., LTD., 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Our mobilized state-of-the-art design allows consumers to D.I.Y. whatever water purifier function and whenever they need. It has solid filter cartridge design, so the combined cartridges becomes the purifier itself. It's time-saving by replacing patented filter cartridges. With modular cartridge, it can be easily switched between RO, UV and direct drinking systems. We also have optional filters or functions from one to multiple combinations, more like IoT censoring module, flavor/taste module and instant cooling/heating module.
- Inspiration
- The design comes from the ARRAY of BRICKs. Water purification needs multiple combinations of water treatment methods depending on the water quality, just like ARRAY of BRICKs. The water treatment methods have been built into different modules or filter cartridges, such as PolyPropylene, Active Carbon, Ultra Violet, UltraFiltration and Reverse Osmosis etc.. The household consumers can then make their own choice of water purifiers simply by the water quality of the area they lives, and they can easily add, reduce and replace filter cartridges at any time at any conveniences by their own.
- Research
- The team realized that user has been troubled by traditional purifier after brainstorming with collecting market data and conducting some user experience workshops. Form Follows Function was then integrated into our design for the product.
- Challenge
- Simplified modulized design make it easier not only for user but also for manufacturing. Replaceable waterway reduces the usage of the whole water purifiers, thus reduces the resources of the planet.
- Realization and Technology
- The realization of sluice-type replacement method comes from the plastic injection machine. We noticed that the injection machine must overcome the high liquid pressure with no leakage, so it could be achieved the same as in the waterway. With designated parameters in the plastic production for our design, we make the waterway water-tight, which owns 2 invention patents, as well as the elegant outlook.
- Operation and Interaction
- Straight forward and easy to install, add, reduce and replace filter cartridges with simple tool and supporting rods inside the product package.
- Project Duration and Location
- By doing global water purifier market research in Winter 2018, we started the project workshop in Taiwan. With proposed blueprint, design validation, engineering validation, product validation, and then trial production in Summer 2020, our Qi2 product is honored to receive the Gold Medal Award among 535 pieces in the Taiwan Innotech Expo in September. The mass production and delivery is scheduled in November 2020 before Christmas season.
- Specifications
- Consumers can choose their own combinations of filters up to 5 specific filters. With 1 filter: L17 * W12 * H44 CM With 2 filters: L25 * W12 * H44 CM With 3 filters: L33 * W12 * H44 CM With 4 filters: L41 * W12 * H44 CM With 5 filters: L49 * W12 * H44 CM (Maximum) Space required to change filters: 18 * 44 CM
- Keywords
- Modular design, Water, Purifier, Filter, Water Treatment, QI, water purification system, water filter, filter cartridge
