Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design Goes to X Skier Indicated Direction Helmet by Yiming Xu
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yiming Xu for security, safety and surveillance products design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ X Skier Indicated Direction Helmet by Yiming Xu has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
Regarding X Skier Indicated Direction Helmet
X Skier is a ski helmet designed to improve safety on the slopes. Skiers behind cannot see which way the skier in front will turn, and sudden changes of direction can cause collisions. X Skier addresses this risk with a motion sensing direction indicator on the back of the helmet, which shows the turn by changing brightness, position and color. An abnormal speed or direction triggers a warning signal. A Bluetooth device in the side ear allows music control, phone calls and emergency calls through a metal button.
About Yiming Xu
Yiming Xu is an experienced designer and creative strategist based out of Shenyang City in China. She is studying in Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and studying for master's degree. Her portfolio intersects physical products, digital products, experience design, service design, and entrepreneurship with systems thinking and strategy. She enjoys studying Design Procedure and Methods, is trying to innovate and bring the audience a more diverse experience by observing people's daily behavior and habits. At the same time, she is good at graphic design, and has designed the emblem of the association and the emblem of the graduate student union for her college.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yiming Xu a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design Award
The A' Security Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good security products by best designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to security products designers, industrial designers, security equipment manufacturers and surveillance products manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include CCTV cameras, alarm systems, access controls, biometric scanners, surveillance drones and security locks. Awarded security products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/security-products
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/106964
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/106964
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!106964
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/279782
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.miaxu-yiming.com/helmet
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- X Skier Indicated Direction Helmet
- Function
- Indicated Direction Helmet
- Category
- Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Social Impact
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yiming Xu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #106964
Credits
- Team
- Xuesong Li, Tianyang Yuan, Mengjie Li, Min Zhang, Zeyu Ye, Yan Chen, Yuan Luo and Shitong Yan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- After interviewing 50 ski enthusiasts, a severe painpoint about skiing experience and safety concerns was found. When people ski, the skiers in the back cannot see the skiers' direction in front. Sometimes the sudden change of direction makes it easy for two skiers to collide. So a smart ski helmet with a power sensor indicator was designed. When the user tends to move left and right, the indicator light on the back will automatically indicate the direction to the skier in the back, and then they can avoid a collision in time.
- Inspiration
- Under the designer's investigation, the design of this intelligent helmet is very scarce in the market, and the safety of this smart helmet is much better than other helmets. Therefore, this innovative design is in high demand in the market. The function and appearance of the design are incredibly innovative and strictly follow the current trend. Besides, X Skier also has a high market share and business value on the market.
- Research
- With the development of technology, people pay more and more attention to the quality of life. X Skier's design focused on the snow sports intelligence interconnection technology innovation to meet users' needs for communication and rescue in sports. The design adopts the modular design method, optimize the function of the helmet structure arrangement, and better meet the needs of equipment when people are skiing.
- Challenge
- The challenge of the design is the innovative method of this helmet. The technology and idea of this design was found. Still, it was not sure how to integrate each part of this helmet. After a certain number of sketching and discussing the project, finally, the proper selections which achieve the desired effect was found.
- Realization and Technology
- This design is shaped by CNC machining technology and metal 3D printing technology, using PC, rubber, and metal as main materials. There is motion tracking technology used on the back of the helmet.
- Operation and Interaction
- X-Skier is an outdoor ski helmet that combines recreation and safety protection. The side ear is equipped with bluetooth communication device. Users can press the metal button in the ear to play or pause music, make phone calls and make emergency calls if necessary. The direction indicator in the rear can effectively remind the skiers behind or on the skier's side of the user's direction by changing the brightness, position, and color, preventing a collision. If the user's speed or direction is very abnormal, the rear indicator will issue an abnormal warning. Indicator light color and flashing frequency enter the emergency state.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2018 in LAFA Industrial Design Studio and finished in May 2020 in the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA.
- Specifications
- Width 190mm x Depth 170mm x Height 200mm
- Keywords
- innovative, intelligent, modular, skiing, outdoor sport
