Tag Archives: iF Design 2020

This ingenious safety-scissor’s arc-shaped handle serves as both a lock and a spring!

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Faber Castell’s Universal Kids Scissor makes clever use of plastic’s ability to be both rigid yet springy. Its unique combination of stiffness and shape memory manifests beautifully in the scissor’s handle, which features a unique arc-shaped component that projects from one handle and slides right into a slot in the other handle.

The ambidextrous scissor’s design is aimed at providing a better usability experience for kids, left-handed people, and people with movement restrictions. The arc design detail is complemented by two docking slots on the opposite handle at different positions. Depending on where you dock the end of the arc, it behaves differently. Dock it on the upper slot and it locks the scissor shut, keeping it safe in the hands of kids. Dock it, however, in the lower slot, and the arc widens giving the scissor a spring that keeps it open, allowing you to cut faster, safer, and with minimal effort. Pretty clever, huh!?

The Universal Kids Scissor is a winner of the iF Design Award for the year 2020.

Designer: Valkiria Creative Intelligence for Faber Castell

The Tmall Genie projector and remote design is all about visual continuity

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I don’t believe I’ve ever called a projector gorgeous, but with Tmall Genie’s smart projector, it may be a first. Bringing a fresh design language to the projector category, this portable projector comes in an eye-catching glossy lipstick red, with a relatively minimal form. The most clever detail, however, lies in the way the projector’s remote docks right into the front of the projector, achieving three things… A. the job of a lens cap, B. a great way to charge your remote when you’re not using it, and C. visual continuity that just looks and feels great!

The Tmall Genie Smart Projector is a winner of the iF Design Award for the year 2020.

Designer: Zhejiang Tmall Technology

The Hera Faucet’s paper-like thin design is the literal definition of ‘sleek’!

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A perfect faucet for a minimal bathroom, the Hera series of faucets aren’t just visually intriguing, their sleek design aids usability too. Relying on a shape that sort of follows the direction of water, the Hera Faucet’s slim design feels intuitive and interesting together. The form comes with a slight thickness around the center, almost emphasizing that the water is pushing through the flattened metal surface to make its way out of the faucet. The flat faucet shape comes with an equally flat handle that’s easy to hold and turn, even with the soapiest of hands. Its flat, non-cylindrical L shape is intuitive at first glance. You know you need to pull it towards you, rather than sideways, upwards, or in any other direction. Designed for ergonomics, the flat handle can be operated easily with both wet and dry hands, and can also be maneuvered just as easily by people with disabilities. The Hera comes in regular as well as mixer varieties that allow you to combine both hot and cold water. The frosted black finish lends an undeniably classy touch to the faucet’s design, accentuated further by the golden details running along the side edges.

The Hera Faucet Series is a winner of the iF Design Award for the year 2020.

Designer: Bravat

‘Brace’ is a discreet compression-wearable that helps teenagers with expanded rib-cages

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The unseen problem that most medical designs often fail to consider is social stigma. Stigma is why some people don’t like using their asthma inhaler in public, or why some kids often take their dental retainers off when they’re among friends. Stigma can often cause an effective medical design to fail because their patients seem reticent or feel awkward.

The Brace was designed to eliminate the stigma around wearing chest-braces. Designed for children with pectus carinatum, also known as pigeon chest (an affliction that affects 1 in 400 children, causing their rib-cage to protrude outwards), the Brace works as a compression apparatus that gradually compresses the chest-plate inwards, bringing it back in shape. Designed by UK-based PDR, the Brace treats the harness as less of a medical apparatus and more like something out of a superhero costume. Its slim profile allows it to fit discreetly under clothes, while the product’s form itself takes on a much more innovative, contemporary approach, with angular lines, novel materials, and fresh-looking colors!

The Brace is a winner of the iF Gold Design Award for the year 2020.

Designer: PDR for R&D Surgical Ltd.