Press Release
Avner Balachsan Receives the A' Design Award for Clickseal Water Bottle in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Avner Balachsan for outdoor gear and camping equipment design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Clickseal Water Bottle by Avner Balachsan, designed for Source Human.Nature LTD, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
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 Clickseal Water Bottle
Clickseal cap is innovative, fun, easy and fast to operate, without any threading. The traditional bottle cap has been around for over a century and has served its purpose well. However, with the goal of refining and focusing on the drinking experience itself. Following user research, it was decided to redesign the cap and the process of opening and closing it. The cap is opened with a simple quarter twist and closes with a gentle push until you hear the click, indicating that the cap is securely closed and leakproof. Enjoy.
Award Record
This recognition makes Avner Balachsan a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Camping Gear and Outdoor Equipment Design Award
The A' Camping Gear Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good camping equipment by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to camping gear designers, outdoor equipment designers, product designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, camping stoves, lanterns and multi-tools. Awarded camping gear designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/camping-gear
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://designers.org/149921
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149921
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149921
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/331519
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.avb-design.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Clickseal Water Bottle
- Function
- Water Bottle
- Category
- Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sports
- Colors
- Indian Red, Plum, Pale Violet Red, Light Steel Blue and Tomato
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Source Human.Nature LTD
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Avner Balachsan
- Country
- Israel
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149921
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #No 1 : Photographer Israel Furlender , ClickSeal, 2023. Image #No 2 : Photographer Israel Furlender , ClickSeal, 2023. Image #No 4 : Photographer Amit Naor , ClickSeal, 2022. Image #No 5 : Photographer Israel Furlender , ClickSeal, 2023. Video, Ein-Hashofet production, ClickSeal, 2023.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Clickseal cap is innovative, FUN, easy and fast to operate, without any threading. The traditional bottle cap has been around for over a century and has served its purpose well. However, we were asked to develop an innovative drinking bottle. We chose to focus on and refine the drinking experience itself. Following user research, we decided to redesign the cap and the process of opening and closing it.
- Inspiration
- In the process of enhancing the bottle-drinking experience, we were inspired by the tubing industry that uses irrigation connectors. We looked at a simple daily garden hose connector, that was the first inspiration, following that principle, We developed a revolutionary cap that opens and closes with an intuitive "click" motion.
- Research
- Our incentive was to innovate the experience for the user, we dedicated a great effort to finalizing the concept, to have the most fun out of the simplest action, such as opening and closing the bottle cap without compromising on the leakproof sealing.
- Challenge
- The action and solution are easy and straightforward, but the engineered patented cap was definitely not, we had years of tryouts to develop the best solution with the best materials for heavy-duty use. After hundreds of extreme testing - like throwing bottles on the floor at various angles and heights, we developed our own unique material for the cover and cup. We used focus groups for every revision development until we got the finalized solution. The hardest part was to find the exact balance of the silicone seal, so it would Click and be fun and easy as we wanted it to be, without compromising the sealing mission. That took dozens of revisions.
- Realization and Technology
- The Clickseal is made in Israel by Source company and produced from durable and quality materials: Quality bottle container Tritan by Eastman Uniqe formula of Acetal cap Silicone sealing PE tube BPA+PVC Free
- Operation and Interaction
- The cap is opened with a simple quarter twist and closes with a gentle push until you hear the CLICK, indicating that the cap is securely closed and leakproof. As there is no threading, there is also no need to tighten the cap with force - One of the most significant advantages of this new cap design is that it can be opened and closed with minimal effort therefore much easier to use for everybody, children, people with arthritis or other conditions that affect hand mobility, or just when training, traveling outdoors or just driving a car. The new bottle cap design is sleek and modern. The cap is available in a range of colors. All bottles are made of Tritan (BPA-free).
- Project Duration and Location
- The development project started in 2019 and finished in 2022 in Israel
- Specifications
- Height (with cap) 24cm width 9cm Weight 230gr / 0.5lb
- Keywords
- outdoor, bottle, hydration, water bottle, camping, source, click seal
