Gold Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design · 2025
Ya Man Ipl Clear Shot Beauty
by Kimiyo Yamazaki and Chengshen Tan
- A' Design Award 2025 Gold Winner in Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: Ya-Man Ltd
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 127,541
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About Ya Man Ipl Clear Shot Beauty
Ya Man Ipl Clear Shot is a home-use skincare device for light-based facial care. The device is 80 percent smaller in volume than professional salon instruments, so it needs little storage space and is easy to handle. The handle is shaped for a comfortable and secure grip, and heat dissipation holes on both sides support cooling. A sapphire part on the skin contact surface lowers the temperature during use. Skin sensors stop the energy output when the device is lifted from the skin. Voice prompts guide the user through each step.
Within the contemporary landscape of personal wellness technology, this design represents a thoughtful synthesis of functional engineering and aesthetic refinement that elevates the category of at-home beauty devices beyond mere utilitarian apparatus. The work demonstrates sophisticated understanding of material semiotics, pairing cool metallic surfaces that communicate technological precision with warm leather-textured panels that invite tactile engagement and suggest the comfort of luxury goods traditions. The designer appears to draw upon the visual vocabulary of high-end audio equipment, automotive interiors, and modernist sculpture, creating an object that commands presence rather than demanding concealment. The dramatic charging cradle, with its open torus form, transforms the mundane act of device storage into a display opportunity, suggesting that beauty rituals deserve architectural consideration within domestic spaces. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless integration of functional requirements—ventilation apertures, cable routing, control interfaces—within an uninterrupted organic form language that prioritizes visual harmony. The chromatic choices evidence careful calibration: warm champagne tones avoid the clinical coldness often associated with medical or technological devices, while maintaining the lustrous quality expected of premium instruments. The leather accents, rendered with convincing pebbled texture, introduce organic materiality that softens technological presence and suggests the object's intimate relationship with the body. One might observe how the composition invites ritual engagement, the ceremonial placement of device within cradle suggesting daily practices deserving of mindful attention. The work invites viewers to consider how the design of wellness tools shapes our relationship to self-care, and whether objects of beauty technology might themselves become sources of aesthetic pleasure beyond their functional purpose.
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- Unique Properties
- This product is the industry's first home-use medical skincare instrument, which, compared to professional instruments used in beauty salons, has reduced its volume by 80% without compromising its functionality. This reduction in size not only saves valuable space for users but also provides greater flexibility. Its unique handle design not only conforms to ergonomics but also considers comfortable grip and anti-slip design, making operation effortless.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 310mmx230mmx200mm
- Tags
- Beauty, Photorejuenation, Skincare, Daily Care
- Production Technology
- On the skin contact surface, we use embedded sapphire to quickly lower the temperature, providing users with absolute safety assurance. The skin sensors on both sides further enhance safety by immediately halting energy emission when the instrument is lifted off the skin. The heat dissipation holes on both sides of the handle ingeniously assist in cooling, significantly reducing cooling time and ensuring continuous stable operation of the instrument. During use, thoughtful voice prompts provide users with comprehensive guidance, reducing operational time and ensuring correct product usage.
- Design Challenge
- The silicone material used on the surface offers six significant advantages: skin-friendly, no irritating odor, resistance to sweat and hydrolysis, easy cleaning, light resistance, and non-yellowing. Traditional synthetic leathers typically using coating materials such as PVC, PU, TPU, and acrylic resins, which are carbon-based and require solvents for dissolution, will cause water pollution and carbon emissions. In contrast, silicone materials completely eliminate carbon-based dependency, achieving a 99% reduction in wastewater and exhaust emissions and a 30% reduction in energy consumption. This truly realizes environment-friendly, sustainable, and pollution-free production.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2023 in Shanghai and finished in June 2024 in Shanghai.
- Operation Flow
- The product features multiple mode designs to meet various skin needs, allowing users' skin to radiate with beauty in comfort.
Icon Mode - rapidly emits multiple pulses, suitable for daily tender skin care, allowing users' skin to regain youthfulness in a short time.
M1 mode - balances three consecutive high-density energy pulses, each pulse precisely targets the deep layers of the skin, activating cellular vitality and restoring skin firmness and elasticity.
M2 Mode - Gradually increasing three consecutive high-density energy pulses penetrate deeply into the skin's layers, promoting collagen regeneration, smoothing fine lines, and revitalizing the skin's natural radiance.
M3 mode - two consecutive high-density energy pulses stimulate skin cells rhythmically, rejuvenating skin vitality.
M4 mode - single high-energy pulse designed for specific skin issues. Targeting blemishes such as acne marks, pigmentation, etc., with high energy for precise treatment, effectively reducing imperfections and leaving the skin smoother and more refined.
Additionally, there is a unique cooling and repair mode, providing a refreshing and comfortable repair experience for the skin. While tenderizing the skin, the cooling effect effectively shrinks pores and soothes the skin. - Research
- This product is the industry's first home-use medical skincare instrument, which, compared to professional instruments used in beauty salons, has reduced its volume by 80% without compromising its functionality. This reduction in size not only saves valuable space for users but also provides greater flexibility. Its unique handle design not only conforms to ergonomics but also considers comfortable grip and anti-slip design, making operation effortless. The power switch located on the side of the handle perfectly fits users' habits, greatly reducing operation time.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by fashionable leather products, combining beauty products with leather is a unique concept in the beauty industry. This approach not only elevates the quality of beauty products but also allows them to seamlessly integrate into home environments. Through this innovative design, it opens up the possibility for professional beauty salon products to be used at home, enabling users to enjoy a high-end beauty experience in the comfort of their own homes.
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