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Balazs Toth Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Clic Dog Training Tool in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
Balazs Toth honored for pet care, toys, supplies and products for animals design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Clic Dog Training Tool by Balazs Toth has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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 Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Clic Dog Training Tool
Clic is a premium product designed with modular assembly, that makes repairs and disassembly of it easy, so its life cycle could be extended compared to other similar products. The simple build-up creates an opportunity for easy functional and stylistic customization, the user can mix and match colors and materials, choose between different straps and swap them without any tool. The straightforward, functional design of Clic is easily operable by the oversized button that allows perfect timing during dog training.
About Balazs Toth
Balázs Tóth is a freelance product designer located in Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by the dialogue of tradition and contemporary, natural and artificial, tangible and intangible, he aims to design culturally relevant, environmentally sound solutions with a strong emphasis on the human experience. He considers himself an all-round designer, who always tries to create meaningful and enjoyable experiences through design, manifested in products that are easy to understand and use, thus having a clear and simple character.
Award Record
This recognition makes Balazs Toth a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2014 - 2015 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Award
The A' Pet Care Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good pet supplies, toys and product designs by designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to pet care designers, animal toy designers, pet supply manufacturers and pet care brands from all countries. Typical entries include pet food, pet apparel, pet beds, feeding bowls, litter boxes and pet carriers. The awarded pet supply designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/pet-care
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/140093
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140093
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140093
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/148494
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/3O5QGYz
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Clic Dog Training Tool
- Function
- Dog Training Tool
- Category
- Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Lavender, Cadet Blue and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Balazs Toth
- Country
- Hungary
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140093
Credits
- Team
- Balázs Tóth
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Clic is a stylish and personalizable alternative for the short product life dog clickers flooding the market. It aims to be a non-disposable tool that dog owners can rely on during the years of dog training, not only in a dog training environment, but every day they go for a walk with the dog.
- Inspiration
- Dog training method involving clickers is the most widely accepted by ethologists, and becoming more and more popular among dog owners. No matter the importance, available clickers have low aesthetic and manufacturing quality and fail to meet the needs and desires of the new generation of dog owners, who try to get sustainable, yet stylish dog accessories.
- Research
- Market Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Trend Research, Marketing Research, Ergonomic Research, Field Research, Design Research, CMF Research were conducted during the development process.
- Challenge
- One of the biggest creative challenges was the development of the most simple, yet ergonomic and fully functional interchangeable strap system and its integration to a clean and timeless design.
- Realization and Technology
- The main part of the basic model consists of injection-molded PLA housing in vibrant colors, with silicone and textile strap accessories. Inner functional parts are made of stainless steel. An optional model including casted aluminum housing is also available.
- Operation and Interaction
- The straightforward, functional design is easily operable by the oversized button and allows perfect timing during dog training. Its' simple, modular build-up makes mixing and matching of the parts easy, enabling an assembly that fits functional and stylistic personal preferences. Different wrist and finger strap options are available. Each part connects to the other with a snap-fit. The modular assembly of the clicker makes repairs and disassembly simple when its life cycle ends.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2020 in Budapest and finished in November 2021.
- Specifications
- Clicker dimensions are 30mm x 23.5mm x 60mm, with additional strap options vary in size.
- Keywords
- dog clicker, dog training, clicker, pet, modular clicker, premium clicker
