Press Release
Platinum A' Design Award in Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design Goes to Bugaboo Ant Travel Stroller by Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga
Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga recognized for baby, kids' and children's products design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Bugaboo Ant Travel Stroller by Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga, designed for Bugaboo, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Platinum A' Design Award Explained
The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.
Regarding Bugaboo Ant Travel Stroller
Bugaboo Ant is a compact travel stroller designed for families living in smaller spaces and for parents travelling with children. The stroller is suitable from birth and folds in one piece into a small package, and a pull-along trolley mode allows easy transport. A central joint provides suspension for added comfort, while the rear frame protects the folded seat during travel. The seat is reversible. A rear luggage basket with customizable side panels adds storage. The outer fabric is polyester and the plastic parts are made of PA6. Screws allow parts to be replaced easily.
About Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga
Bugaboo is a Dutch design company specialized in designing extraordinary products to make parents’ lives easier. Bugaboo have been at the forefront of stroller innovation since they started in 1999 and continue to invent, develop, test, and manufacture products that combine beautiful design with long-lasting functionality. Today Bugaboo keeps pushing their products forward—both by developing their cutting-edge capabilities and by developing new products that go beyond just strolling to give every parent the confidence and freedom in their journey ahead.
Award Record
This recognition makes Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Baby, Kids and Children's Products Design Award
The A' Baby Products Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good baby product designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to baby product designers, industrial designers, toy companies and children's product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include strollers, car seats, baby monitors, high chairs, baby bottles and pacifiers. The awarded baby products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/baby-products
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/99264
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/99264
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!99264
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/271192
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/2v1iSbF
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
- Bugaboo Ant Travel Stroller
- Function
- Travel Stroller
- Category
- Baby, Kids' and Children's Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Gray and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bugaboo
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga
- Country
- Netherlands
- Recognition
- Platinum A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #99264
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Bugaboo Ant, the lightest, most compact travel stroller yet. Key features - Suitable from birth - Lightweight and easy to carry - Folds in one-piece into a super compact size - Pull-along trolley mode - Reversible seat
- Inspiration
- The Bugaboo Ant is born from the idea that we needed to find a more compact stroller for families living in smaller spaces and parents travelling with children. We set out to create a concept where we squeezed the most comfort into the most compact form, including a good combination of storage, luggage and organizational capacity. The Bugaboo Ant was inspired by automotive designs and gave the opportunity to experiment with the aesthetics of surface design.
- Research
- The Bugaboo Ant is born from the idea that we needed to find a more compact stroller for families living in smaller spaces and parents travelling with children. We wanted to create something different. Something that hadn’t yet been seen on the street. Something both comfortable and beautiful in its most compact form.
- Challenge
- We set out to create a concept where we squeezed the most comfort into the most compact form, including a good combination of storage, luggage and organizational capacity. The Bugaboo Ant has a very transparent design in which form and function combine. Everything revolves around a central joint for extra suspension and enhanced comfort. The Bugaboo Ant is designed in such a way that the rear frame contains and protects the folded structure to keep the seat protected and safe while traveling.
- Realization and Technology
- Made with screws so parents can replace parts easily when needed. Outside made of 100% polyester. Plastic parts are made of PA6 - compounds from AKRO-PLASTIC.
- Operation and Interaction
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA10Aw17-_s
- Project Duration and Location
- Amsterdam, the Netherlands (4 years)
- Specifications
- Width: 400mm Depth: 950mm Height: 1050 mm
- Keywords
- Bugaboo, Bugabooant, travelstroller, reversibleseat
