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Edifier WH950NB and WH500 Honoured with Red Dot Design Award

Recognized for its innovation in design excellence, Edifier International Ltd., today announced that its WH950NB and WH500 Wireless headphones have received the 2023 Red Dot Award for Product Design. Companies from 60 countries submit over 18,000 products to compete for the internationally recognized mark of quality, the Red Dot. The Red Dot Design Award is a coveted international product design prize – both the WH950NB and WH500 satisfy the high standards of aesthetics which the jury require.

“Edifier are privileged to receive 2 Red Dot 2023 awards. Two years ago, the TWS NB2 Pro won a coveted Red Dot award and now the WH950NB and the WH500 have been honoured. Edifier places great emphasis on the design and manufacture of premium audio solutions that showcase our technological innovation and design excellence. We are truly grateful that the Edifier team – right from the initial product conception, design, to manufacture and marketing – is recognized by the Red Dot judges,” said Stanley Wen, Edifier’s CTO.

The two winning Edifier headphones are very different and have been carefully designed to appeal to the widest group of consumers. The WH950NB features the very latest in technologies with certification to both “Hi Resolution Audio” and “Hi Resolution Audio Wireless” standards with LDAC certification. The WH500 features fast charging, affordability, up to 40 hours music playtime and the Edifier Connect APP for personalising EQ settings and various music modes whilst continuing the brand’s outstanding record for inexpensive but premium quality audio products.

The WH950NB headphones have been expertly tuned by Edifier’s world class audio team to deliver professional, studio grade sound. Whether it’s listening to music, audiobooks/podcasts, gaming, using for conference calls or travel, the Edifier WH950NB provides exceptional levels of control and audio as users utilize a selection of highly competitive features.

Main Features:

  • Active Noise Cancellation + Ambient Sound selection
  • LDAC codec with Hi-Res Audio Wireless certification
  • Advanced 4-Mic ENC for the best voice clarity
  • Personalization EQ and select various music modes in Edifier Connect APP
  • Supports Google Fast Pair for Android users
  • 1.5 hours fully charged for at least 34 hours playtime (ANC ON)/ 55 hours (ANC OFF) 
  • Fast Charging: 7 hours play back in just 10 minutes
  • 40mm dynamic driver
  • Double Protection for safe hearing: Volume less than 85dB and a cut off timer
  • Foldable and lightweight design. Ideal for daily use, conference meetings and travel
  • Available in White or Black at £179.99 from https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BM92D2D1

 

The Edifier WH500 guarantees you a wonderful audio journey with the small yet powerful 30mm composite dynamic driver (PU+PEEK). It accurately presents pure and clear audio for all kinds of music through well-tuned transitions from clear treble, and full mid-range to strong bass. 

 

Main Features:

  • Personalize EQ and select various music modes via Edifier Connect APP. 
  • 2hrs fully charged for 40hrs music playtime. 
  • Fast charging: 6hrs playback in just 10mins. 
  • 30mm dynamic driver 
  • Double protection for safe hearing: Volume less than 85dB and a cut off timer
  • Foldable and lightweight design. Ideal for daily use and travel. 
  • Trendy color options for users to match their style
  • Available in White or Black at £44.99 from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edifier-WH500-Wireless-Ear-Headphones-Blue/dp/B0BF9DX2WC/

 

Urbanista Wins Red Dot And iF Design Awards With The Urbanista Los Angeles, The world’s first solar-powered headphones.headpon

Urbanista the Swedish lifestyle audio brand, is proud to announce that it is the winner of this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD and Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’: Product Design Award. In 2021, the brand launched the world’s first solar- powered wireless
headphones that are set to revolutionise the audio industry. Urbanista Los Angeles has also recently been listed in the consumer products category for Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2022 Awards.

Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ Product Design Award 2022

This year, Urbanista Los Angeles solar- powered headphones have been awarded with the Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ Product Design Award. Designers, design offices and manufacturers from around 60 countries entered their products in 2022. The Red Dot Jury made of 48 international members has evaluated almost 20,000 products “in search of good design and innovation”. Only those products that won over the experts with their outstanding design quality won a distinction. With
Urbanista Los Angeles, Urbanista sets a new standard in the design industry.

iF DESIGN AWARD 2022

Urbanista Los Angeles Solar – Powered Headphones, won in the product discipline and audio category in the iF DESIGN AWARD 2022. Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organisation, Hannover- based, iF International Forum Design
GmbH, organises the iF DESIGN AWARD. Urbanista Los Angeles won over the 132 member jury, made up of independent
experts from all over the world, with its revolutionary technology that converts light into energy for a nonstop audio experience.

iF design award
Red dot award

The competition was intense: almost 11,000 entries were submitted from 57 countries in hopes of receiving the seal of
quality. Anders Andreen, CEO at Urbanista, comments: “We are honoured that a product like Los Angeles keeps winning
awards. These headphones are an advancement in technology that our industry has been waiting for and we at Urbanista are proud to deliver this groundbreaking technology to the market. Solar- powered technology will be at the forefront of audio technology for the foreseeable future and we are excited to drive this advancement in the audio space.”

See our full hands on review of the Multi Award Winning headphones and see how they work for yourself, this is super cool technology and the future of what is to come.

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ZHIYUN SMOOTH 5 and CRANE M3 crowned Red Dot Award Product Design 2022 winners

ZHIYUN, the world’s pioneering gimbal innovator for cameras and smartphones, has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022 for two of its products; the ZHIYUN SMOOTH 5 and the ZHIYUN CRANE M3.

The CRANE M3 won in the Camera and Camera Equipment category while the SMOOTH 5 was selected for the Accessories section, a subcategory of the Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Wearables category.

The products were selected in a hybrid judging process where ZHIYUN presented the SMOOTH 5 and the CRANE M3 to the jurors via video calls and answered questions on the products. The Red Dot Jury is made up of some 50 international design experts. The judges test, discuss and evaluate each entry individually.

ZHIYUN’s Head of R&D, said:
“At ZHIYUN, we are honoured to be awarded with the Red Dot Award Product Design 2022 for our arduous R&D efforts in gimbal technology innovation and breakthrough. It is our continued intention to bring premium product experiences to global video creators with our boundary-breaking inventions.”

The winners of the Red Dot Awards will be officially celebrated at a ceremony that takes place during the Red Dot Gala in Essen on 20 June 2022.

One of the world’s largest design competitions, the Red Dot label mark is synonymous with excellence in design. Only winners of the Red Dot Award can use the coveted Red Dot label, which is both high profile and has an international reputation.

The ZHIYUN CRANE M3 is a 3-axis camera gimbal. It is an ultra-versatile vlogging companion which at its launch, sported  five industry firsts, including its diminutive size, hot-swapping capabilities, built-in 800 lumen light and microphone. Information on the ZHIYUN CRANE M3 can be found here: https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/en/product/detail/479?type=website&page=second_nav&source=detail

The ZHIYUN SMOOTH 5, a smartphone gimbal allows users to take Hollywood-style shots ​​with its easy-to-use control panel, strong, powerful magnetic fill light and upgraded motor performance and algorithm to create the perfect shots.

More information on the ZHIYUN SMOOTH 5 can be found here: https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/en/product/detail/490

Further information on the Red Dot Awards can be found here: https://www.red-dot.org/award