AbilityMade - Good Design Award - Best in Class (Engineering) Winner 2020

GOOD DESIGN AWARD BEST IN CLASS WINNER 2020

ABILITYMADE — 3D SCANNER

CATEGORY — ENGINEERING DESIGN

AbilityMade received a prestigious Good Design Award Best in Class Accolade in the Engineering Design category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation.

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About AbilityMade

Custom-made orthoses are devices used to improve walking, reduce pain, or prevent deformities. Traditionally custom-made by Orthotists through laborious & hazardous manual processes. AbilityMade's 3D scanning & digital fabrication platform removes the need for plaster-casting, creates better experiences for children, more time for orthotists, and increases design freedom & innovation within the profession.

The Good Design Awards Jury praised AbilityMade, commenting: “A highly innovative application of photogrammetry technology in a user application that will have significant benefits. Scanning paediatric patients in a fraction of the time and giving more accurate results, this product has the combined benefit of speed and better quality outcomes. The designers are commended for their creativity in applying emergent scanning and photogrammetry to a use application of real need. Overall, this is a beautiful, user friendly design that has been executed perfectly. A world-class piece of industrial design combined with cutting edge technology and clever thinking that will make a positive impact on people's lives. A clear Best in Class winner in this category - well done.”

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Dr. Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia said: “Receiving a Good Design Award is a significant achievement given the very high calibre and record number of entries received in 2020.”

“There’s no doubt it has been a really tough year for everyone so it’s nice to be able to share some good news for a change. The projects represented in this year’s Good Design Awards shine a positive light on our creative and innovative capacity as human beings. These inspirational winning projects give me hope and optimism that our design community will continue to innovate, no matter how challenging the world around us is,” said Dr. Gien.

“Australia’s Good Design Award is more than a symbol of design excellence - it represents the hard work and dedication towards an innovative outcome that will ultimately make our lives better. These projects showcase the shear brilliance of design and the potential it has to improve our world,” said Dr. Gien.

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About Good Design Australia and Australia’s Good Design Awards

Good Design Australia is an international design promotion organisation responsible for managing Australia’s annual Good Design Awards and other signature design events. With a proud history that dates back to 1958, Good Design Australia remains committed to promoting the importance of design to business, industry, government and the general public and the critical role it plays in creating a better, safer and more prosperous world.

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Designed By: Design + Industry

Commissioned By: AbilityMade

Designed In: Australia

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Learn More about the Good Design Awards: www.good-design.org

View the ‘AbilityMade’ Good Design Index Listing: www.good-design.org/abilitymade

Visit the Project Case Study: design-industry.com.au/abilitymade

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