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October 13th 2021
Grey Innovation wins Gold Accolade in Good Design Awards 2021
The winners of Australia’s peak international design awards were announced today during the 2021 Good Design Awards Week. The Good Design Awards are the highest honour for design and innovation in the country and reward projects across 12 design disciplines and 30 subcategories.
Created by Grey Innovation and outerspace design with former product owner and CXO, Wani Wall, wheezo, designed to assist with asthma management received a prestigious Good Design Award Gold Accolade in the Product Design category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation. Our partner, Two Bulls designed the wheezo app.
The Australian Good Design Awards is the country’s oldest and most prestigious international awards for design and innovation with a proud history dating back to 1958. The Awards celebrate the best new products and services on the Australian and international market, excellence in architectural design, precinct design, engineering, fashion, digital and communication design, and reward new and emerging areas of design including design strategy, social impact design, design research and up-and-coming design talent in the Next Gen category.
The 2021 Good Design Awards attracted a record number of submissions with 933 design projects evaluated by more than 70 Australian and international Jurors, including designers, engineers, architects and thought leaders. Each entry was evaluated according to a strict set of design evaluation criteria which includes good design, design innovation and design impact. Projects recognised with an Australian Good Design Award demonstrate excellence in professional design and highlight the impact a design-led approach has on business success and social and environmental outcomes.
The Good Design Awards Jury commented: “This is an innovative solution to a global challenge. The non-threatening form of the device and ease of use help families to easily access the information they require to manage child asthma. The product is well suited for children using a thoughtful, well-considered, playful design, with clean lines and shape. From a data perspective, the 'wheeze rate' data provided by the App provides agency to families to make decisions. Other aspects that stand out are the daily pollen count and machine learning aspects of the design.”
Dr. Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia said: “Receiving an Australian Good Design Award is testament to embedding design excellence at the heart of a product, service, place or experience. Although 2021 continues to be another challenging year, it is incredibly inspiring to see designers and businesses working together to find innovative, customer-centric design solutions to local and global challenges and to see them recognised and rewarded for their efforts through these prestigious Awards.”
“The importance of embracing good design principles is now more important than ever as many businesses around the world have had to completely re-think their business strategies to remain competitive. The standard of design excellence represented in this year’s Awards is the best I’ve ever seen in my 25 years of running these Awards, an encouraging sign that the design sector is flourishing,” Dr. Gien went on to say.
Project Details
Project Title: meet wheezo – designed to assist with asthma management
Designed in: Australia
Project Description:
wheezo is a digital wheeze monitoring system that mimicks how a doctor listens for respiratory wheeze with a stethoscope. This Australian designed device works hand-in-hand with an app and a healthcare professional portal to record, analyse, share and build a picture of a person’s asthma. This process works by tracking self-reported symptoms, triggers and medication use.
Designed by:
Grey Innovation
outerspace
Commissioned by:
Respiri Ltd
