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Potpourri Natural Aromatherapy Humidifier by Yong Zhang Receives the A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yong Zhang for home appliances design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category for Potpourri Natural Aromatherapy Humidifier by Yong Zhang, designed for Liaoning Petrochemical University（School of Art and Design）. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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.
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 Potpourri Natural Aromatherapy Humidifier
Potpourri is a humidifier that combines air humidification with living flowers. Ultrasonic vibration turns water into ultrafine mist, which moistens the surrounding air and waters the flowers placed inside. As the mist spreads, scent molecules from the petals are carried into the air, so humidification and natural fragrance are provided together. A transparent acrylic cover protects the plants, lets natural light reach them and forms a partly closed space for local water circulation. Two buttons adjust the power level, the working time and the standby state.
About Yong Zhang
Associate Dean, Associate professor, director of Department of industrial design, College of art design, Liaoning Petrochemical University. Members of the International Association Designers, 2019 part in the A' Design Award Jury Panel. The thirteenth Dragon Design Foundation Award, China design youth hundred list. 14 years engaged in industrial design education, has been committed to the research and development of innovative product design, to guide the students to dozens of award-winning works. Design works won two The Silver A' Design Award, IF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, China Red Star Design Award.
Award Record
Yong Zhang is a winner of 11 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2022 - 2023 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. Awarded home appliance designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/150437
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/150437
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!150437
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/171765
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Potpourri Natural Aromatherapy Humidifier
- Function
- Natural Aromatherapy Humidifier
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and White Smoke
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Liaoning Petrochemical University（School of Art and Design）
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yong Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #150437
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Yipeng Xiang, Variations, 2023.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Potpourri is a natural aromatherapy humidifier combined with flowers. Water and humidify flowers through the humidifier. When the humidifier works, natural flowers will be accompanied by flowers, which can achieve the dual effect of humidification and aromatherapy. Potpourri uses transparent acrylic cover material to prevent the plants from being damaged while receiving natural light. It can also create a relatively closed space for flower plants, thus achieving partial water circulation.
- Inspiration
- People are more yearning for a natural and healthy living environment, and the demand for humidifiers also increases. Most of the humidifiers on the market are difficult to achieve natural and healthy aromatherapy effect, and floral fragrance is often the most natural real fragrance. Organic combination of pot and humidifier, in the process of humidification, can meet the cultivation environment of flowers, flowers blooming aroma mixed with the humidifier released moisture in the face.
- Research
- The fast pace of life makes people pursue a healthier and more close to the natural living environment. As a small household appliance commonly used by modern people, humidifier brings users a healthy living environment, but also needs to create a more close to the natural environment. Potpourri humidifier combines flowers to humidify users and create a suitable ecological environment for breeding flowers. The fragrance of flowers will be diffused along with the work of the humidifier, thus creating a healthier and natural environment for users.
- Challenge
- The focus of this design project is to add a function that meets the needs of modern people for humidifier, and the increase of aromatherapy function is the design focus of this project. The difficulty of this design project is to implant the flowers perfectly into the humidifier. When the humidifier works, it is necessary to achieve the planting environment of the flowers and perfectly diffuse the oil molecules in the petals into the air.
- Realization and Technology
- Potpourri uses ultrasonic humidification and high-frequency ultrasonic shock to turn water mist into ultrafine particles. The water mist can also be diffused into the air along with the oil cells in the petals, which can freshen the air, improve health and create a comfortable environment. Potpourri chooses transparent acrylic cover as the external protection material, which does not hinder the lighting of flowers, but also plays the role of protecting flowers, and can form an independent circulation system.
- Operation and Interaction
- When working on Potpourri, atomized water vapor can be used to humidify and replenish water for flowers. As Potpourri humidifies, the scent molecules in the flowers are dispersed into the air along with the water mist for humidifying and aromatherapy effects. Potpourri has two buttons: adjusting gear and switch. The function button can be used to adjust the power gear of the humidifier, and long press to set the working time; Switch button Tap the switch and hold down to set the standby state.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in November 2022 at in fushun, liaoning province, China, and finished in March 2023 at in fushun, liaoning province China.
- Specifications
- 200mm x 200mm x 320mm
- Keywords
- Natural, healthy, Humidifier
