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PowerPlace Charging Station by Philipp Hainke Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Energy Products, Projects and Devices Design
Philipp Hainke acknowledged for energy products, projects and devices design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Energy Products, Projects and Devices Design category for PowerPlace Charging Station by Philipp Hainke. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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 PowerPlace Charging Station
PowerPlace is a charging station designed for everyday living spaces. The object combines an extension cable, a portable battery, storage space and a variety of charging interfaces in one organized unit. A simple design language is paired with technical contents, forming a hybrid piece of furniture. The body and supportive parts are made from aluminum, and all plastic parts use the same polymer and color treatment. Fields of use range from private homes, cafes and co-working spaces to offices, hotels and bars.
About Philipp Hainke
In his work Philipp combines traditional knowledge with contemporary technology to new, innovative concepts. For him, design goes far beyond the form of an object, it becomes the intersection of social, technical and ecological issues and is therefore a key element in our globalized world. He paraphrase the contemporary role of a designer as an active observer. Different to a passive observer which analyses and describes a situation he describes the active observer as one that analyses a situation, processes it and most important acts on it.
Award Record
This recognition makes Philipp Hainke a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Energy Products, Projects and Devices Design Award
The A' Energy Design Award is an international competition recognizing good energy products, projects and services by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to energy product designers, energy device engineers, industrial design studios and energy systems architects from all countries. Typical entries include solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric generators, geothermal systems, bioenergy converters and fuel cells. The awarded energy product designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/energy
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/118004
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/118004
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!118004
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/299858
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.philipphainke.de/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- PowerPlace Charging Station
- Function
- Charging Station
- Category
- Energy Products, Projects and Devices Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sustainability and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Light Gray, White Smoke, Gray and Indian Red
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Philipp Hainke
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #118004
Credits
- Image Credits
- Philipp Hainke
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project PowerPlace encounters the daily need for electricity in our living space. Its puristic design language is paired with a technological inside, making it a hybrid that represents a new category of furniture. The object combines extension cable, portable battery, storage space and a variety of charging interfaces in one organized object. The fields of use range from private homes, cafes, co-working spaces and offices to hotels and bars.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the project came from everyday observations at various places like; airports, libraries, cafes, but also private homes. It became obvious that our technology and its integration into everyday life has developed way faster than the design of our environment. Based on these observations, the interaction between user - device - loading interface was examined.
- Research
- The project POWERPLACE investigates neglected areas of need in the present living environment in order to find innovative solutions for them. In field researches user have been observed to explore their interacting with objects and surroundings. It's striking that nowadays many activities are build around or involve the use of smartphones or other digital devices. In our daily life we depend on these multimedia devices and therefor on electricity. All mobile devices have in common that sooner or later they have to be charged. One consequence of this is a chaos of cables, plugs, chargers in private rooms, offices, and semi-public spaces.
- Challenge
- One focus of the construction was to reduce the amount of different materials for the final product.
- Realization and Technology
- The body and all supportive parts are made from aluminum. All plastic parts are made out of the same polymer and have the same color treatment. When disassembled one is left with a block of aluminum, a collection of plastic components, the lithium battery, cables and various circuit boards.
- Operation and Interaction
- POWERPLACE offers a puristic and back standing piece of furniture that appears like a small, ordinary side table. In fact, the object is highly technical and combines an extension cord, a power bank, control panels and a variety of plugs and cables in one organized object.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project has been created during my Master Thesis at the Berlin University of the Arts during October 2018 to October 2019 and was exhibited at the IMM Cologne in January 2020.
- Specifications
- product dimensions, Width 260 mm x Depth 200 mm x Height 740 mm
- Keywords
- PowerPlace, Power, Charging, Design, Industrial Design, Interior, Office Supplies, USB, USB-C, 230V, extension, Customizable, Philipp Hainke
