Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Home Appliances Design Goes to Quiett Induction Cooktop by Seokhyun Park and Dosun Shin
Seokhyun Park and Dosun Shin recognized for home appliances design by the international grand jury of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMO, Italy, April 20, 2019 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Quiett Induction Cooktop by Seokhyun Park and Dosun Shin, designed for Arizona State University, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Home Appliances Design category. The award was conferred within the 2018 - 2019 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 Quiett Induction Cooktop
Quiett is a modular induction cooktop that streams recipes from a phone onto its surface. The main board holds one burner and a touch screen that lights beneath the smooth glass top. A phone screen can be cast to the cooktop through Bluetooth, so recipes and cooking videos can be followed with free hands. Additional units attach to the top or the left side, held by magnets that also transfer power from the main board. An LED on the rounded edge changes color with the heat level. The body uses aluminum and black glass.
About Seokhyun Park and Dosun Shin
Dosun Shin is a Professor of Industrial Design program in The Design School at Arizona State University in the U.S. He holds a BFA in Industrial Design and received a MFA degree in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in August 2003. Prof. Shin started his design practice from 1999 working both in design consultancies and corporations. Since he arrived at ASU in 2004, he has continued to grow as a design practitioner, researcher, and educator in the discipline of Industrial Design to drive new product innovation through transdisciplinary collaborations.
Award Record
This recognition makes Seokhyun Park and Dosun Shin a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2018 - 2019 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, washing machines, dryers and ovens. Awarded home appliance designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/home-appliance
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/70753
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/70753
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!70753
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/179791
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.erikpark.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
###
Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Quiett Induction Cooktop
- Function
- Induction Cooktop
- Category
- Home Appliances Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, Black and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Arizona State University
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Seokhyun Park and Dosun Shin
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2018 - 2019
- Design ID
- #70753
Credits
- Team
- Seokhyun Park
- Image Credits
- Main Image: Designer Seokhyun Park, QUIETT,the induction cooktop,2017.; Designer Seokhyun Park, QUIETT,the induction cooktop,2017.; Designer Seokhyun Park, QUIETT,the induction cooktop,2017. Video Credits: Designer Seokhyun Park, QUIETT,the induction cooktop,2017.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Quiett is a modular induction cooktop that uses a streaming system to help users to cook. The design gives a unique cooking experience and it aims to help the user to cook on their own and make the modern cooking lessons even more convenient. The main board has one burner with a touch screen that lights underneath the smooth surface. Users can simply cast the screen of their phone by connecting the Quiett with Bluetooth and use it as a cookbook. This way, users can concentrate on what they are doing and keep their hands free. Also, the user can interact with other users and share their favorite recipes all from the convenience of the cooktop.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the design came from the students who are having a hard time cooking new recipes and people who live in small apartments. Students tend to cook the same dishes to save time and for convenience. A lot of students think cooking as another work which gives them a lack of nutrition for their health but with the help of the digital technologies of today, Quiett gives the users a modern and unique cooking experiences. Given that needs, Quiett aims to help the demographic cook on their own and make the modern cooking lessons even more convenient.
- Research
- The research question was How AI services could be applied into the home appliances to create a smart home and accelerate the development of AI technologies for future generations? Through the preliminary and secondary research, data was collected and analyzed to discover the right insights. The main user research came into the conclusion that they have a lot of difficulties while cooking without any help of cooking videos or recipes. Interviews with both electrical and mechanical engineers were able to provide valuable resources and solid knowledge in regard to the feasibility of this concept.
- Challenge
- The challenge that was faced while designing Quiett was AI technology. AI system was initially embedded in this product to help the cooking process to users, but it has been removed to reduce the manufacturing cost to fulfill the target users. Instead of AI, the streaming system of the phone was used to improve the cooking experiences to the users. Also, the form development was another challenging part which had to be competitive enough to other induction cooktops in the market. In the end, the form ended up with a simple and sleek look to give a modern and unique design.
- Realization and Technology
- Quiett uses a streaming system between the cooktop and your phone. The main technology of Quiett is an induction system which is safe, easy to use and clean. Most importantly, it saves more energy than the other gas or electric cooktops by heating the content faster. Quiett has a soft aluminum on the bottom and black glass for the top of the body.
- Operation and Interaction
- The user can simply sync the screen of the phone by connecting Quiett with Bluetooth and play their favorite cooking videos or recipes on the surface while cooking. When the user needs more than one burner, they can simply attach another Quiett that has two burners on the top or left of the main board. Magnetic power keeps two cooktops connected and transfers electricity from the main board to other boards. The main board controls the modular units when they are connected. The color of the LED on the round edge changes depending on the level of the heat.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2017 in The Design School at Arizona State University in the United States and ended in December 2017.
- Keywords
- Product Design, Home Appliances, Induction Cooktop, Modular, Minimal
