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Vc C1220 Vacuum Cleaner by Airplove Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design

Airplove acknowledged for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Vc C1220 Vacuum Cleaner by Airplove has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 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.

About Vc C1220 Vacuum Cleaner

Vc C1220 is a cordless vacuum cleaner designed for home cleaning. The body weighs only 0.57 kg, so the vacuum cleaner is easy to carry and store. An ergonomic form, replaceable modular brushes, brush wheels and a rotatable wand reduce large movements and frequent bending. A double filtration system with washable filters removes hair, dust and fine particles. A brushless motor provides steady suction at low noise for up to 24 minutes. The dustbin is emptied with one touch of a release button. An LED light shows the cleaning mode and charge level.

Award Record

With this recognition, Airplove is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2022 - 2023 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. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Vc C1220 Vacuum Cleaner
Function
Vacuum Cleaner
Category
Home Appliances Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
Colors
Dark Gray, Linen, Light Gray, Silver and Gray
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Airplove
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2022 - 2023
Design ID
#147159

Credits

Team
Youxin Chen

Design Details

Unique Properties
This is a lightweight, versatile home cordless vacuum cleaner. Its weight of only 0.57kg, combined with the ergonomic design and various replaceable brushes, frees users from large movement or frequent bending over, thereby contributing to easy cleaning. The double filtration system helps to remove common dirt including hair, dust and fine particles. The product is convenient to store and carry, by which even women and old people can perfectly do home cleaning with only one hand.
Inspiration
As the most common housework in daily life, home cleaning takes a lot of time and high labor cost with poor cleaning efficiency. The design team aims to develop a lightweight, versatile home vacuum cleaner, so as to provide a convenient, humanized solution to home cleaning.
Research
There is a common problem faced by users during home cleaning that traditional vacuum cleaners can only clean limited area, and their brushes weak in targeted cleaning fail to clean the place under a table, corners, etc. Users also need to keep moving all the time when doing cleaning, resulting in tedious daily cleaning.
Challenge
The wheels of brushes, as well as the rotatable wand, free users from large movement or frequent bending over, thereby contributing to easy cleaning. Thanks to the modular brushes able to be flexibly changed, one such product can satisfy all cleaning needs of the whole house. The double filtration system helps to remove common dirt including hair, dust and fine particles, with the washable filters allowing for reuse.
Realization and Technology
To ensure convenient daily cleaning, this product is made of lightweight, recyclable materials with a weight of only 0.57kg, and the ergonomic design maximizes ease of use. The modular brushes contributes to a better cleaning ability.
Operation and Interaction
Loaded with the brushless motor of high power, the product enables mighty, lasting suction in low noise up to 24 minutes. The dustbin of this vacuum cleaner is easily emptied via one touch of the release button, and thus facilitates later cleaning. The LED light on the body indicates cleaning modes and state of charge in real time, visually displaying relevant information to users. Thanks to the lightweight body and ergonomic design, even women and old people can do home cleaning effortlessly.
Project Duration and Location
This product was developed in November, 2021 in Xiamen, China, and launched in January, 2023 in Xiamen.
Specifications
product dimensions, 440 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm kg *0.57kg
Keywords
Lightweight, cordless vacuum cleaner, modular multifunctional brushes, double filtration system,speediness

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