Press Release
Giuseppe Santacroce Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for SunWaves Uv Sterilizer in Hospitality, Restaurant and Catering Products Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Giuseppe Santacroce of Santacroce Design for hospitality, restaurant and catering products design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Hospitality, Restaurant and Catering Products Design category for SunWaves Uv Sterilizer by Giuseppe Santacroce of Santacroce Design, designed for C.o.l.d.a.p. Srl. 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 SunWaves Uv Sterilizer
SunWaves is a sterilizer capable of eliminating germs, molds, bacteria and viruses in just 8 seconds. Designed to break down the bacterial load present on surfaces such as coffee cups or saucers. SunWaves was invented with the plight of the COVID-19 year in mind, to help you enjoy a gesture like drinking tea at the cafe safely. It can be used both in the professional and home environment because with a simple gesture it sterilizes in a very short time through a UV-C light that has a long life and minimal maintenance, also helping to reduce disposable material.
About Giuseppe Santacroce
The designer expresses his thoughts through the beauty of the materials. The designer's creations present an essential and decisive style. He often works with olive wood, recovered from knocked down specimens giving new life to the material. The projects are entirely handmade, thus projecting themselves in the search for an artistic and creative style supported by fine craftsmanship and the use of noble and eternal materials. The Santacroce Design studio therefore moves away from industrialism by involving expert craftsmen in its projects.
About Santacroce Design
Studio di interior design e product design. Lo studio realizza progetti unici e su misura, nell'ambito commerciale e privato.
Award Record
Giuseppe Santacroce of Santacroce Design is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Hospitality, Restaurant and Catering Products Design Award
The A' Hospitality Products Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good hospitality products by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to hospitality product designers, industrial design studios, hospitality brands and hospitality product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include menu boards, beverage dispensers, buffet equipment, hotel furniture, tableware sets and catering trolleys. Awarded hospitality products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/hospitality-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/116582
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/116582
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!116582
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/271817
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.sunwaves.it/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- SunWaves Uv Sterilizer
- Function
- Uv Sterilizer
- Category
- Hospitality, Restaurant and Catering Products Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Food & Hospitality and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Silver and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- C.o.l.d.a.p. Srl
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Giuseppe Santacroce
- Country
- Italy
- Brand
- Santacroce Design
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #116582
Credits
- Image Credits
- Main image: Giuseppe Santacroce, picture n. 1: Giuseppe Santacroce, picture n. 2: Giuseppe Santacroce, picture n. 3: Giuseppe Santacroce, picture n. 4: Giuseppe Santacroce Video: Giuseppe Santacroce.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- SunWaves is a professional surface sterilizer able to eliminate 99.9% of germs, molds, bacteria and viruses in 8 seconds. A tool designed to break down the bacterial load present on surfaces such as coffee cups, tea cups, saucers, etc. This product can be exposed to the public because it is equipped with protection system from UV-C light. By sanitizing surfaces such as coffee cups, the consumption of disposable products is reduced and therefore the use of paper and plastic is reduced.
- Inspiration
- Looking at the current difficult situation in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought that I should find an idea that can help people enjoy a daily gesture such as drinking a coffee or tea. My idea is a professional tool that reduce the bacterial load present on surfaces such as a cups, saucers, etc. Even after normal washing, the surfaces retain a bacterial load that cannot be extinguished with common methods. This tool is able to eliminate molds, germs, bacteria and viruses in a few seconds.
- Research
- The research began with the aim of building an innovative tool. The goal was to allow people to consume a drink in maximum safety from bacteria, germs and viruses. After the first lockdown in Italy, I saw people with the fear of drinking coffee in a cup, therefore the use of disposable materials was very frequent. I understood that the project, in addition to sterilizing, also had an important role in the environmental impact. This prompted me to make SunWaves.
- Challenge
- The most difficult challenge was to create a UV-C light protection system. It was necessary to study well how to protect eyes and hands from direct light radiation. The system had to be mechanical and not electrical, because through a continuous start and stop of the light, the light itself would have a shorter duration, and therefore the use of too many lamps during the year.
- Realization and Technology
- The tool is made of satin stainless steel and opaque plexiglass (black or white) in the external components, while inside it is composed of a mirror stainless steel drawer (to create a reflection chamber) that slides on soft closing trolleys . It features a timer that turns on a green LED after 8 seconds to indicate that the sterilization cycle is complete. The heart of the project is a UV-C light which has the germicidal function.
- Operation and Interaction
- The machine is very simple to use, once turned on by the ON / OFF button on the back, it is sufficient: open the drawer; insert an object inside (cups, saucers, etc.); wait 8 seconds; when the green LED turns it on, sanitized items can be taken.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2020, and has been in production since September 2020. SunWaves is a made in Italy product.
- Specifications
- The machine measures: Width 300 mm x Depth 300 mm x Height 300 mm, while the internal drawer measures: Width 230 mm x Depth 230 mm x Height 200 mm. SunWaves encloses a double protection system in the drawer: the front flaps cover the light when the drawer is open, the rear flap acts as a "cap" for the light, so that the user of the tool does not come into contact with the light.
- Keywords
- Sterilizer, germicidal, innovation, design, mug sterilizer, health, safety.
