SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- "This year
we saw entries ranging from elegant electronics to very well
thought-out products for security," said Clark Kellogg, Spark Senior Advisor. "Our top
vote getter was the permanent HUBB Oil Filter by Bob Riccomini and Marco
Berkhout for Whipsaw Inc, and Christopher Hubbard for HUBB Filters Inc.
Whipsaw's CEO Dan Harden secured
second place with the recyclable Leitz Icon Cartridges." "Whipsaw
is proving that designs can be both sustainable and efficient,"
said Spark President, Peter
Kuchnicki. "They can even be beautiful--who's ever seen a
lovelier oil filter!"
The Spark Product Jury was chaired by John Guenther, venture
capital fund director and former Worldwide Design Director of
Hewlett Packard. The new Jury Mentor role was assumed by Tania
Aldous, Vice President of Design, World Kitchen LLC. Our team also
included: Beat Karrer, Principal, Studio Beat Karrer GmbH &
Managing Director, Fluidsolids; Josh Handy, Vice President Global
Product Experience, method products; Lukas Scherrer, Principal,
Shibuleru Design; Colin Owen, CEO, SPARSE and Jim Shook, Principal,
Shook Design.
They selected 5 top Spark! Awards, 4 Golds, 11 Silvers and 17
Bronzes --with a total of 37 taking home medals. Jurors worked with
a variety of media, including display boards, models, prototypes,
digital images, storyboards, videos and physical designs.
The winners are currently exhibited in the Autodesk Gallery in
San Francisco and may be viewed by
visiting the Spark Galleries. As Kuchnicki stated, "The work is
outstanding and we applaud all the discipline, creativity and
difficult choices that went into them. Bravo--entrants, finalists,
winners and jurors of the 2015 Spark Product Design Awards!"
The highest award in the Spark Product Award is called the
Spark!. Winning designs were:
Design
Name
|
Award
|
Company
Name
|
Lead
Designer
|
or
Group(s)
|
HUBB Oil
Filter
|
Spark!
|
Whipsaw
Inc
|
Bob
|
Riccomini
|
Leitz Icon
Cartridges
|
Spark!
|
Whipsaw
Inc
|
Dan
|
Harden
|
Lyft
Glowstache
|
Spark!
|
Ammunition +
Lyft
|
Ammunition
|
Design
Team
|
ROLF Spectacles
Excellence 92
|
Spark!
|
ROLF
Spectacles
|
Design
Team
|
Design
Team
|
Tesla
PowerWall
|
Spark!
|
Tesla
Motors
|
Franz
|
von
Holzhausen
|
AmpStrip
|
Gold
|
Fitlinxx
|
Rachel
|
Wallace
|
Boeing 777 Premium
Arch
|
Gold
|
The Boeing Company
& TEAGUE
|
Design
|
Teams
|
GINO
Collection
|
Gold
|
notNeutral
|
Chiaki
|
Kanda
|
MINI Z
|
Gold
|
Altitude
|
Evan
|
Gant
|
Dell UltraSharp 34
Monitor
|
Silver
|
Dell Inc.
|
Joseph
|
Jasinski
|
Dell XPS
13
|
Silver
|
Dell Inc.
|
Joseph
|
Jasinski
|
Dolby
Cinema
|
Silver
|
Dolby
Laboratories
|
Dolby
|
Design
|
Dolby Conference
Phone
|
Silver
|
Dolby
Laboratories
|
Peter
|
Michaelian
|
Fetch
Robotics
|
Silver
|
Fetch
Robotics
|
David
|
Dymesich
|
HTC One
(M9)
|
Silver
|
HTC
Corporation
|
HTC Design
|
Team
|
humangear GoBites
(Uno, Duo, Trio)
|
Silver
|
LUNAR & humangear
teams
|
Jeff
|
Salazar
|
QuickSet Remote
Control
|
Silver
|
Universal
Electronics
|
Rex
|
Xu
|
Ratio Eight Coffee
Machine
|
Silver
|
James Owen
Design
|
James
|
Owen
|
Stack BR30 Downlight
& A19 Classic
|
Silver
|
Stack
Lighting
|
Neil
|
Joseph
|
Vacuum
Mixer
|
Silver
|
HausElec
|
Hwajoon
|
Roh
|
Alpine
Headphones
|
Bronze
|
LUNAR & Alpine
teams
|
Jeff
|
Salazar
|
Arlo Smart Security
Camera
|
Bronze
|
Enlisted
Design
|
Beau
|
Oyler
|
CorningWare Cast
Aluminum Stovetop Series
|
Bronze
|
World Kitchen,
LLC
|
Karl
|
Ludeman
|
Dell Latitude Rugged
Extreme Notebooks
|
Bronze
|
Dell Inc.
|
Joseph
|
Jasinski
|
Guide
Bollard
|
Bronze
|
Landscape
Forms
|
Kirt
|
Martin
|
InterferenceHunter
|
Bronze
|
IDE
Incorporated
|
Raphael
|
Hebert
|
JAZZ Seat
|
Bronze
|
B/E Aerospace,
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, TEAGUE and Formation Design
Group
|
Design
|
Teams
|
Leitz Icon Smart
Labeling System
|
Bronze
|
Whipsaw
Inc
|
Dan
|
Harden
|
Loop Bike
Rack
|
Bronze
|
Landscape
Forms
|
Kirt
|
Martin
|
Lux Island
|
Bronze
|
Zephyr
Ventilation
|
Luke
|
Siow
|
Mimosa C5i
Wifi
|
Bronze
|
Whipsaw
Inc
|
Dan
|
Harden
|
Necksaviour
|
Bronze
|
Product Development
Technologies (PDT)
|
Wesley
|
Marshall
|
Tactica
One
|
Bronze
|
Chijoff+Co
|
Michael
|
Chijoff
|
Whirlpool Air
Purifier
|
Bronze
|
Whirlpool (China)
Co., Ltd.
|
Zhu
|
Chen
|
Whirlpool
Microwave
|
Bronze
|
Whirlpool (China)
Co., Ltd.
|
Ren
|
Chendong
|
Whirlpool
Refrigerator
|
Bronze
|
Whirlpool (China)
Co., Ltd.
|
Zha
|
Xiao
|
Whirlpool
Washer
|
Bronze
|
Whirlpool (China)
Co., Ltd.
|
Zha
|
Xiao
|
Bonus Information
Spark is proudly supported by Autodesk, Core77, ArchNewsNow, Pluo
Consulting and RIOT Creative Imaging.
The Spark Design Awards core mission is to help create a better
world though design excellence. Learn more about this organization
and great design at the Spark website landing page at
http://www.sparkawards.com
Media Contact:
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+1.914.481.6106
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