Duo: Duo by Qizhe Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Khoom Siv Hauv Tsev Competition Category.

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Duo: Duo

by Qizhe Yao

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Khoom Siv Hauv Tsev Category

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The Design

About Duo: Duo

Duo: yog ib lub cuab yeej ntxuav tsev uas muaj ntau yam kev siv tau, tsim los rau hauv tsev neeg. Tus qauv tsim no muab ib lub cuab yeej ntxuav huab cua thiab ib lub cuab yeej nqus av qhov av los ua ke ua ib lub cuab yeej. Lub cuab yeej ntxuav huab cua nrog lub cuab yeej nqus qhov av tsiv ua ke, uas ua rau qhov chaw ntxuav huab cua dav zog thiab txhim kho kev ua haujlwm ntxuav kom zoo dua. Lub cuab yeej nqus qhov av tsuas siab tau 65 mm xwb, yog li nws mus tau hauv qab cov khoom siv hauv tsev thiab mus txog cov chaw uas nyuaj rau kev ntxuav. Cov pob nias ua tes muaj nyob saum sab saud pab kho cov kev teeb tsa, thiab muaj ib lub screen qhia kev nyob ntawm tam sim no. Ob feem no ua haujlwm ua ke los pab kom raug rau feem ntau ntawm kev xav tau ntxuav tsev.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Duo: Duo yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Duo: Duo xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Duo: Duo tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Duo: is a multifunctional cleaning robot designed for home. It innovatively integrates air-purification and floor-sweeping to meet most of the household cleaning needs. The air purifier can move along with the floor sweeper, which expands the purification range and improves the working efficiency. The compact size of the sweeper robot can make it easily go underneath the furniture i.e. places that are hard to reach. The duo works together to provide an easy and overall cleaning experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 300 mm x Depth 300 mm x Height 330 mm (floor sweeper height: 65mm)
Tags: cleaning robot, air purifier, floor sweeper, home appliance, two-in-one
Research: Nowadays, more Chinese customers value higher life quality. This makes the market segment of household cleaning robots gain huge potential and it is still boosting. However, air-purifier and floor-sweeper rose in Western, the usage context and user demands between the West and China are very different. By conducting the market overview and 6 user interviews, several pain points are found. Most air purifiers can only work in a fixed location, which is not flexible, not efficient, and not small-apartment-friendly. For the floor sweeper, the most tricky problem is about the balance of size. There is a contradiction between fitting house environment[small] and mechanical requirements[big].
Inspiration: There is an emerging trend that more people are using cleaning robots to help with the housework. However, there are still pain points according to user feedback. The air-purification range is limited and is not enough for multi-room houses. Also, for small apartments, there needs to be a balance between functions and space-saving. I was inspired by the image of Emperor Penguin and its baby, and I come up with the idea of combining air-purifier and floor sweeper to tackle the problems.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2017 and finished in June 2017 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: The interaction between the users and duo is intuitive and easy. Users can press the physical buttons on the top surface to change the setting, and can see the current status of the cleaning robot from the screen.

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