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Mercku Inc Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Mercku M6s Mesh System WiFi 6 Mesh Router in Communication Equipment, Devices and Apparatus Design
Mercku Inc honored for communication equipment, devices and apparatus design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Mercku M6s Mesh System WiFi 6 Mesh Router by Mercku Inc, designed for Mercku, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Communication Equipment, Devices and Apparatus Design category. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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 evaluated 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 Mercku M6s Mesh System WiFi 6 Mesh Router
Mercku M6s Mesh System is a Wi-Fi 6 mesh router designed for home networks. The system uses a proprietary WHEMS antenna and AX3000 technology to provide whole-home coverage and transmission speeds up to 3000 Mbps. Architecture-inspired perforated shells reduce the internal temperature of the router, and the fabric covers can be customized. Installation is plug and play and takes only a few minutes. A companion mobile application and a web interface allow remote access to the settings. Compact Nano nodes extend the network to any corner of a home.
About Mercku Inc
Founded in Canada's Waterloo technology hub in 2017, Mercku’s mission is to make the most advanced and complete networking suite to connect people and information. Mercku is a full-stack tech company with in-house design, engineering, testing, deployment and support for our Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). Mercku is built on the foundation of our founders' decades of expertise (and over 450 patents) in network technology, allowing us to be innovation leaders across the industry. We're obsessed with pushing the boundaries of wireless technology to realize our vision to leverage the most advanced technology, building powerful smart home products, to enhance daily life globally.
Award Record
With this recognition, Mercku Inc is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2023 - 2024 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Communication Equipment, Devices and Apparatus Design Award
The A' Communication Equipment Design Award is an international competition recognizing good communication equipment by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to communication equipment designers, industrial designers, electrics and electronics engineers and communication device manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include smartphones, radios, televisions, satellites, modems and routers. Awarded communication equipment designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/communication-equipment
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/154981
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154981
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154981
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/302434
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.mercku.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mercku M6s Mesh System WiFi 6 Mesh Router
- Function
- WiFi 6 Mesh Router
- Category
- Communication Equipment, Devices and Apparatus Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Silver, Sienna, Rosy Brown, Dark Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Mercku
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mercku Inc
- Country
- Canada
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154981
Credits
- Team
- Ronghao Jin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Amidst ever-increasing density networks and changing user needs, Mercku M6s Mesh System exemplifies Wi-Fi design excellence. Utilizing patented WHEMS Antenna and industry-leading noise reduction tech, M6s achieves whole-home coverage 30% greater than the competition. Delivering a 66% boost in transmission speeds to 3000Mbps, M6s leverages Nobel Prize-winning physics theories for Wide-Band, High-Gain signal coverage and remarkable sensitivity, even to weak signals. With M6s Nano nodes – amongst the smallest mesh nodes on the market – users can bring this Wi-Fi experience to any corner of their home.
- Inspiration
- As the number of connected home automation and IoT devices increases in homes, Wi-Fi networks will bottleneck and operate less efficiently. M6s is designed to be at the intersection of aesthetics and functionality - adding to its surrounding space while maintaining prolonged high performance, transforming the way networks handle data routing and speeds without sacrificing good design.
- Research
- M6s was designed to be at the intersection of aesthetics and functionality - adding to its surrounding space while maintaining prolonged high-performance. Mercku conducted in-depth heat dissipation simulations and research using Flo Therm XT software. Throughout testing, the M6s' temperature was reduced by 23% compared to competition, improving product performance and longevity. Miniaturizing high-performance hardware in M6s Nano required extensive research in PCB design and active cooling solutions, as it’s among the smallest, fully featured Wi-Fi 6 Routers available.
- Challenge
- The main challenge in minimizing router size is inadequate heat dissipation, and the failure to address it adequately can negatively impact device longevity and performance. The M6s' design is elegant and seamlessly incorporates passive cooling on each side of the primary heat-producing MediaTek chipset. The upright design and hidden channels along the device's edges are also conducive to heat dissipation without compromising its appearance or connectivity performance.
- Realization and Technology
- Mercku prioritizes the concept of enhancing router’s surrounding environment and adding to a living space's decor. With M6s, Mercku conducted extensive airflow research and air-tunnel testing to design seamless air vents to protect the system from overheating. M6s’ architecture-inspired perforated shells ultimately serve to minimize the internal temperature of the router, while simultaneously allowing ISPs and end-users to customize the eco-friendly fabric covers for ultimate personalization.
- Operation and Interaction
- The M6s Mesh System is backed by Mercku's proprietary WHEMS antenna system and the latest AX3000 technology, giving users even better Wi-Fi coverage and speeds. It has a simple plug-and-play set-up that installs in minutes for any level of technical comprehension. To accompany the powerful hardware, the M6s features Mercku's companion mobile application and web interface that have a simple, intuitive user interface to enable users with remote access to features at any time, anywhere.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design project began in the Fall of 2022 and was completed in the Spring of 2023. The M6s AX Mesh System was first exhibited at the WiFi Now Event in September 2023.
- Specifications
- Router Dimensions (L x W x H): 140 x 63 x 209 mm Packaging Dimensions (L x W x H): 210 x 60 x 215 mm
- Keywords
- Wi-Fi, Connectivity, AX, Mesh, Router, Mercku
