Press Release
Open Suite Cooker Hood by Fabrizio Crisa Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design
Fabrizio Crisa honored for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Open Suite Cooker Hood by Fabrizio Crisa, designed for Elica spa, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Open Suite Cooker Hood
Open Suite is an architectural element for the kitchen, a modular structure that allows you to create a new dimension within the kitchen space, an industrial style which gives character to the environment. Open Suite is not only a hood but but also a lighting element for the kitchen. It has a a wide choice of shelves, that can suit any need. Starting from four basic configurations (80 cm or 160 cm wall and 80 cm or 160 cm island) it is possible to integrate additional accessories and add modules.
About Fabrizio Crisa
Fabrizio Crisà is the Design Center Director at Elica. Born in 1973, he holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Design at La Sapienza University of Rome. In 2005 he joined Elica and he was soon appointed Design Centre Manager and it has been leading the design team, playing a key role in the innovation process of the products. Creativity and sense of aesthetics, research for innovation are the pillars of his work. The passion for beauty and technological innovation is what shapes his unique and distinctive objects. His products have been awarded with many design prizes, Compasso d’Oro included.
Award Record
Fabrizio Crisa is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2020 - 2021 editions 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. It 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. Typical entries include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. The awarded home appliance designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/122312
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122312
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122312
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/219546
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://elica.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Open Suite Cooker Hood
- Function
- Cooker Hood
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Silver, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Elica spa
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fabrizio Crisa
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122312
Credits
- Team
- Fabrizio Crisà
- Image Credits
- Elica spa
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Open Suite is a modular structure that allows you to create a new dimension within the kitchen space, an immediately recognizable industrial style, which gives character to the environment. Open Suite embodies more functions, not only hood, but also light and a wide choice of shelves, in a modular structure according to your needs. It allows you to create your own version by combining different 80 cm modules, to play with spaces, and recreate geometries and lines according to personal tastes.
- Inspiration
- A monolithic structure, in which the functions of air and light become complementary: in the lower front side of the hob there is in fact a large LED light panel. A strategic light point during food preparation, to be used also as ambient light for the most convivial moments. You can adapt the intensity and color of the LEDs, from cold white to warmer ones (Tune White) to create the perfect atmosphere.
- Research
- A monolithic structure, in which the functions of air and light become complementary: in the lower front side of the hob there is in fact a large LED light panel. A strategic light point during food preparation, to be used also as ambient light for the most convivial moments. You can adapt the intensity and color of the LEDs, from cold white to warmer ones to create the perfect atmosphere. Thanks to the double suction unit and the special Long Life filters (which can be regenerated in the oven for 3 years), Open Suite has been designed to guarantee maximum performance in the filter version and maximum freedom of movement in the kitchen.
- Challenge
- Starting from four basic configurations (80 cm or 160 cm wall and 80 cm or 160 cm island) it is possible to integrate additional accessories.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials - Stainless steel, Wood, Glass, Wire metal mesh. Technologies - Glass cutting, Stainless steel bending, Plastic moulding.
- Operation and Interaction
- In addition to the ergonomic controls located on the front, it is possible to interact with the Open Suite through Vocal Assistant (Alexa, Google Home) or through the Elica app. A practical and fast tool that, in addition to remotely controlling the lights and extraction, provides feedback on filter maintenance and suggests valuable tips for maintaining the hood at its best.
- Project Duration and Location
- It took 1 year to fully develop the project and it all took place in Fabriano
- Specifications
- The basic module is 80 cm wide. All the modules come 150 cm in height and the trellis can be cut at the desired height before the installation. The user can install as many modules contiguously as her is pleased with.
- Keywords
- Cookerhood, elica, lighting, islandhood, kitchen
