The Design Intelligence Award Committee announced the winners of the 2023 DIA competition December 15th in China. Hosted by the China Academy of Art and the Economy and Information Technology Department of Zhejiang in collaboration with the Co-organizers, the China Industrial Design Association, the Steering Sub-Committee on the Teaching of Industrial Design in Higher Educational Institutions under the Ministry of Education, and the Design Innovation Center (DIC) of China Academy of Art the Product Group Gold, Silver and Bronze winners were announced alongside the Concept Group Winners in both the Future Talents and Young Talents categories. The US entries were initially juried by Lindsey Maxwell, Vice President, Teague, Caterina Rizzoni, Lead Industrial Designer, Kaleidoscope Innovation, and Kris Lonergan, Director of Product Management, G-Form.
Product Group Gold Awarded to Two Entries
BrainRobotics
BrainRobotics Mini Hand
Applicant: Zhejiang Qiangnao Technology Co., Ltd
The intelligent bionic hand represents a quantum leap forward from the era of rudimentary metal hooks and static prosthetic limbs. It shatters previous constraints that required physical buttons or joysticks to perform pre-programmed gestures. This advanced prosthetic hand weaves AI technology and bespoke programming capabilities into its core, offering a more seamless and intuitive user experience. By harnessing muscle signals through electromyography sensors in the residual limb, it translates these biological cues into precise movements, enabling amputees to perform gestures and actions that feel natural and intuitive.
Health Font – A Phonetic-based Braille Input Font
Applicant: Alibaba Health (China) Technology Company Limited
This exhibition is the first public welfare art exhibition for the visually impaired in China, showcasing a collection of one thousand design works incorporating Braille, which represent the essential tool needed by visually impaired individuals throughout their lives. The exhibition uses the real-time translation functions of the Chinese Braille of Alibaba Health Font to design the 1001 most needed informational things required by visually impaired people during their lifetime. By pairing AI technology with the Braille printing process delivering exhibition interactivity which guarantees the viewing experience of those with visual impairments. The first of its kind, this exhibition ensures a barrier-free experience.
Future Talents Awarded to Two Entries
SCALED
NK Technology Ltd.
Applicant: NK Technology Ltd. (UK)
SCALED is a nature-inspired, material innovation offering flexible body armor used for maximized injury prevention, rehabilitation and sports performance enhancement through regulated motion control in human joints. The patented SCALED technology involves overlapping rows of scales which permit undisrupted flexibility in one direction and lock against each other to provide firmness in the opposing direction. The unique SCALED material precisely controls the range of motion in a human joint while absorbing sudden impact. Their goal? To protect the superhumans of tomorrow by preventing injuries today.
Sunseeker
VANTOT
Applicant: VANTOT (NL)
Sunseeker is a mobile and modular solar-light chain developed by Studio VANTOT. Its human-centered design promotes playfulness and participation in urban landscapes and encourages local curiosity towards sustainable energy resources. The smart solar harvesting modules of SUNSEEKER are equipped with light sensors that inform each individual light fixture to spin on its axis or move along the light chain to find the sunniest spots. This allows the fixture to escape the shadows of the urban landscape and optimizes solar harvesting. Much like sunflowers spinning to catch the sun rays, or people chasing glimpses of the moving sun between high-rises, the choreography of the lights adds an exciting and sentimental element to our usually detached city settings. Once the sun sets, SUNSEEKER becomes an illuminating pathway, as it uses captured solar energy to light up the night.
You can view all of the following winners on the DIA website here.
PRODUCT GROUP
Gold Award
BrainRobotics mini hand
Health Font – A Phonetic-based Braille Input Font
Silver Award
LEMMO One
eteeController
BladeBUG
BeneHeart DX:New Wave of Rescue Flexibility
SenseRobot Go Robot
VOMMA Light Field Camera VA6
NIO Banyan Smart System
nubia Pad 3D
Bronze Award
Floor One Station
LOTUS Automatic Flash Charging Robot
GameTech Boosts Digital Heritage Preservation
Yuwell Auto CPAP Breathcare III
THE MODEL CITY 1:1 SCALE
IFLYTEK Spark × HUAWEI Ascend LLM Server
Honeywell Pivot WCS/WES Solution
Horizon of Khufu
“A Fairyland of Dunhuang” Digital Dunhuang VR Deep Roaming Cave 285, Mogao Grottoes
yangwang U8
CONCEPT GROUP
Future Talents Award
SCALED
Sunseeker
Young Talents Award
HEX™
TITA Robot
Robotic Air Hockey
concept design of the movie Wandering Earth 2
EasyMed
Autonomous Electric Mining Truck
Space Kitchen System of China Space Station
“Sleep No. 0” smart mattress
The Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international competition connecting cultures through design. It gathers a global community of entrepreneurs, creatives and innovators who tackle society’s biggest challenges. Founded in 2015 by the China Academy of Art in partnership with several other organizations DIA recognizes innovative, forward-thinking, and sustainable design solutions that address real-world problems and improve people’s lives.
