PRLog - July 6, 2015 - SAN FRANCISCO -- "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
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