Press Release
Aquecedor Qualitas Heating Fan by Felipe Stivalli Receives the A' Design Award in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Felipe Stivalli of Qualitas for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products design
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design category for Aquecedor Qualitas Heating Fan by Felipe Stivalli of Qualitas, designed for Qualitas Industria Eletromecanica and DI Design Industrial. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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 A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Aquecedor Qualitas Heating Fan
Aquecedor Qualitas is a portable heating fan designed for home and office spaces. The unit combines heating and ventilation in one compact body, measuring 325 millimetres in height and 250 millimetres in both width and length, and weighing 1.2 kilograms. A single rotary button controls the operation, showing green for ventilation only, orange for ventilation with medium heating and red for full heating. An anti fall system and sensors prevent overheating. The curved form is inspired by the movement of air.
About Felipe Stivalli
Mr. Paulo Stivalli Junior is one of the founders of the company Qualitas, to which he has dedicated himself since 1989, treating his clients with the individuality and care required by each one, developing ventilation and exhaust solutions for companies in a wide range of sectors and residences. With the help of his collaborators, he applies the best solutions with elegance, efficiency and design. In this particular project, he had the help of Felipe Stivalli and Marcelo Angelo da Rocha, who work in the company's engineering sector, and Jacub from the company Di Design.
About Qualitas
Company with over 30 years of experience in the air movement sector, whether it be specific ventilation or exhaust or a complete system for the company, developing technology and line or custom-made products.
Award Record
With this recognition, Felipe Stivalli of Qualitas is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design Award
The A' HVAC Design Award is an international industrial design competition recognizing good design in the fields of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to HVAC system designers, industrial designers, HVAC brands and HVAC manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, air conditioners, ventilators and thermostats. The awarded hvac designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/hvac
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/165926
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/165926
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!165926
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/361496
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.qualitas.ind.br/aquecedores-domesticos/aquecedor
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Aquecedor Qualitas Heating Fan
- Function
- Heating Fan
- Category
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing, Electronics & Appliances and Architecture
- Colors
- Light Gray, White Smoke, Silver, Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Qualitas Industria Eletromecanica and DI Design Industrial
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Felipe Stivalli
- Country
- Brazil
- Brand
- Qualitas
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #165926
Credits
- Team
- Jacub DI Design industrial, Felipe Stivalli Qualitas, Marcelo Angelo da rocha Qualitas and Paulo Stivalli Jr. Qualitas
- Image Credits
- photo and video credited to Fapio Peres (collaborator of the company Qualitas)
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Qualitas Heater was created with the aim of making the customer as comfortable as possible in any environment. This equipment is the best of Qualidas' traditional quality, with an innovative design and maximizing power, without compromising quality and safety. The Qualitas Heater is equipped with an anti-fall system and sensors so that it does not overheat, keeping the environment safe for everyone without losing the beauty of a unique design.
- Inspiration
- This equipment was inspired by the simple lines of life, the fluidity of air, the light, gentle warming movement contained in a breeze, a breeze of warm air that envelops and warms.
- Research
- For development, we seek to combine functionality with unique characteristics, not seen on the market, highlighting its real value and beauty along with its functionality, robustness and safety. This design seeks to combine all these characteristics, the fluidity of the air, and this state of movement, seeking something beautiful to see.
- Challenge
- The design itself was very challenging and the issue of incorporating innovative security systems contributed greatly to the choices made throughout the project.
- Realization and Technology
- This equipment was developed/created from simple concepts, the curves of beauty, combining the functionality of a very stable base with all the technology involved in protecting our customers and the efficiency of our ventilation. In this way, we created a unique device, with unique beauty and lots of technology combined with safety.
- Operation and Interaction
- This device is the art of its state, its interaction is very simple. not requiring much attention. Having just one on and off button, this equipment is intuitive. When you turn this button, you have the colors green, for ventilation only, orange for ventilation with medium heating and red for total heating. in a simple and very effective way.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project had its concept presented in 1998, and remained in conceptual work until 2022, this stage is due to several changes in the company. In 2022 we started mold manufacturing and in 2024 the production of the same
- Specifications
- height 325mm width 250mm length 250mm 1,2 kg
- Keywords
- heater, fan, fluidity, beauty, safety, innovation, technology
