Grundig Serenity Tea Maker by Mert Ali Bukulmez Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Mert Ali Bukulmez for home appliances design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Grundig Serenity Tea Maker by Mert Ali Bukulmez, designed for Arçelik A.Ş, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Grundig Serenity Tea Maker

Serenity is a contemporary tea maker that focuses on joyful user-experience. The project mostly focuses on aesthetic elements and user experience as the main aim suggests product to be different from the existing products. The dock of the tea maker is smaller than the body which allows product to look over the ground that brings unique identity. Slightly curved body combined with sliced surfaces also supports the unique identity of the product.

About Mert Ali Bukulmez

Aspiring and creative product design student dedicated to create for humans to assist and make their lives comfortable and healthy. Has a strong passion for design and compelling set of industrial design skills coupled with an exceptional sense of aesthetics, material knowledge and manufacturing techniques. Aims to build an emotional bridge between consumers through his designs. He believes that empathetic approach based on quality research process will lead to better design solutions and higher customer satisfaction.

Award Record

With this recognition, Mert Ali Bukulmez is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2019 - 2020 edition 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/102932
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/102932
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!102932
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/272447

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: Grundig Serenity Tea Maker
Function: Tea Maker
Category: Home Appliances Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
Colors: Light Slate Gray, Light Gray, Gray, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
Images: 5
Client: Arçelik A.Ş

The Recognition

Laureate: Mert Ali Bukulmez
Country: Turkiye
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2019 - 2020
Design ID: #102932

Design Details

Unique Properties: Serenity is a contemporary tea maker that focuses on joyful user-experience. The project mostly focuses on aesthetic elements and user experience as the main aim suggests product to be different from the existing products. The dock of the tea maker is smaller than the body which allows product to look over the ground that brings unique identity. Slightly curved body combined with sliced surfaces also supports the unique identity of the product.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the project comes from retro/futuristic style combined with Scandinavian simplicity. I aimed to design an aesthetically noticeable product combined with joyful user-experience.
Research: The project was mostly focused on aesthetic elements and user-experience. The research was focused on user-experience, working principles for tea makers, components but mostly it was sketch modeling. I needed to make lots of sketches to find the most simple and unique form solutions. Literature reviews about user-experience made in detail to be able to apply good solutions regarding consumers. I had to make lots of conversations with engineers that allowed me to design the product considering production and electronics. Also focus groups made supported with interface mock-ups to get feedback from tea maker users.
Challenge: Finding the unique and simple form for the product was the most challenging but at the same time most joyful part for me. I had to make too many sketch models and mock-ups to refine the design language to make it as simple as possible.
Realization and Technology: • Body: Polypropylene(PP) / Injection Moulding • Handle, lid and dock: Xenoy (PBT+PC) / Injection Moulding
Operation and Interaction: The lower section is for boiling water it stands on the dock which connects to power. Upper section is for tea. The interaction point of the product is the lower handle. Led dots on the handle gives feedback to the user about the operation.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in January 2019 and finished in May 2019. The project is an internship project that took place when working for Arçelik Group in Istanbul/Turkey.
Specifications: 173mm(max.) x 250mm(max.) x 260mm
Keywords: Tea Maker, Contemporary, Minimal, Simple, Home Appliances, Grundig