Press Release
Project Clipmouse Foldable Mouse by Kevin Yang Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Computers and Peripheral Devices Design
Kevin Yang acknowledged for computers and peripheral devices design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 15, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Project Clipmouse Foldable Mouse by Kevin Yang has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Computers and Peripheral Devices Design category. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 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 Project Clipmouse Foldable Mouse
Project Clipmouse is an ultra slim foldable wireless mouse designed for fingertip grip users. The collapsible trigger arms reduce the folded height to 10 mm, while the unfolded shape restores a familiar mouse form. A tilt shift mechanism with a teardrop cam and a spring loaded sliding sleeve reproduces the key travel and crisp feedback of conventional microswitches. Two stacked circuit boards linked by a flexible printed circuit keep the interior compact. A transparent housing leaves the internal structure visible, and small key parts can be replaced.
About Kevin Yang
With backgrounds in sculpture and product design, Kevin is seeking the commercial balance among functional works of arts, fusing creativity and user-centric solutions that elevate the everyday needs and wants. By focusing on user experience, interactions and corresponding CMF designs, Kevin is keen to dismantle, rebuild, and transform the mundanes into extraordinaries with inspirational touches and design proficiency.
Award Record
This recognition makes Kevin Yang a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2024 - 2025 to 2025 - 2026 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Computers and Peripheral Devices Design Award
The A' Computer Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good computer and peripheral designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to computer designers, industrial designers, computer hardware engineers and computer accessory designers from all countries. Entries typically include laptops, desktop computers, workstations, servers, tablets and mainframes. Awarded computer designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/computer
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/182448
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/182448
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!182448
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/366578
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Project Clipmouse Foldable Mouse
- Function
- Foldable Mouse
- Category
- Computers and Peripheral Devices Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Chocolate, Sienna, Lavender, Coral and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kevin Yang
- Country
- Austria
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #182448
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Project Clipmouse is an ultra-slim, lightweight tri-mode wireless mouse engineered around a proprietary tilt‑shift mechanism, for which patent applications are currently pending. Designed specifically for fingertip grip users, it represents a new exploration in foldable mouse design: its collapsible left and right trigger panels compress the overall profile to a mere 1 cm in its folded state. Its click actuation system is built upon the same proprietary tilt‑shift architecture, utilizing a teardrop‑shaped cam and spring‑loaded sliding sleeve to faithfully reproduce the key travel and crisp tactile feedback characteristic of conventional microswitches.
- Inspiration
- Inspiration for Clipmouse derives directly from its name: an abstract reinterpretation of the mousetrap mechanism. Driven by the mechanical clarity and instantaneous actuation of such structures, the design translates this operational logic into an ultra-thin, portable mouse. Consistent with the core design philosophy, CMF and functional components contribute to the visual narrative. The PCB architecture and proprietary tilt-shift mechanism are intentionally exposed, rather than concealed as internal infrastructure.
- Research
- Research Objectives: To design an ultra-thin foldable mouse (CLIPMOUSE) balancing portability, ergonomics and hardware performance; confirm optimal length, width, height and trigger arm angle via ergonomic verification; optimize PCBA layout under space constraints; and ensure ideal actuation force. Methodology: Iterative design research, combining ergonomic testing, hardware design reference, 3D-printed prototype validation, and microswitch selection testing to continuously adjust and optimize the product.
- Challenge
- The hardest part of Project CLIPMOUSE was addressing three core challenges, with high-speed circuit stability being the most intractable. First, optimizing microswitch placement for the slim, angled trigger design was solved by a newly developed tilt-shift trigger system: a cam gear on the rotating axis pushes a spring-loaded slide bar, converting rotational force into direct force to actuate the switch, reducing friction and ensuring consistent reset. Second, fitting all components into an extremely compact space was overcome through multiple analog circuit tests and selecting/testing minimal component packages.
- Realization and Technology
- The design integrates core components: nRF52810 (QFAA package, miniaturized for space efficiency) and PMW3360DM (compact 16-PDIP package) to deliver superior hardware performance within extreme constraints. A stacked dual-PCB assembly is used in design - main HDI PCB hosts nRF52810/PMW3360DM, auxiliary PCB accommodates IC touch sensor to mimic the scroll wheel - interconnected via FPC for compact, reliable signal transmission. The PCBA design is targeted to miniaturize PCB with minimal component packaging, optimizes space utilization. Components are mainly injection molded and a transparent housing showcase the exposed PCBA (refined trace routing, compact packaging) as a CMF visual element.
- Operation and Interaction
- This mouse is unique but natural to operate - simply unfold and expand the trigger arms to use it, and the operation is straightforward. It can be folded into a compact size, making it easy to carry around; when unfolded, it restores to a normal mouse shape that fits daily use. The key part is that it can be folded to save space, while keeping the ergonomics almost the same as a normal mouse. Its transparent shell lets you see the internal structure clearly. Its click mechanism responds smoothly to light fingertip pressure, giving a firm, satisfying feel with every press, and key small components can be easily replaced if needed.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2025 in Bangkok, passed Proof of Concept (PoC) in January 2026, and final validating prototype in March 2026. Currently undergoing patent process in china.
- Specifications
- When Folded: 60mm (W) x 75mm (L) x 10mm (H) When Expand: 60mm (W) x 75mm (L) x 28mm (H) Apx Min. Trigger force: (65 Plus and Minus 15 gf) Maximum trigger arm angle: 0 - 130 Degrees
- Keywords
- Mouse, Portable, CLIPMOUSE, Everyday Carry
