Xiamen, China - 7, October 2022 - Akuvox, the global leading provider of smart intercom and smart home products and solutions, announced that its E12 video door phone had won the Good Design Award, one of the most famous design awards in the world. This is the third time that E12 has been highly recognized in world-class design competitions in 2022 after it scooped up the iF Design Award and Red Dot Design Award early this year. 

Good Design Award is a movement aimed at enriching our lives and societies through design. Since the foundation in 1957, it has been commonly known together with the "G Mark", the symbol of winning the award. The guiding ideals of the system are humility, honesty, innovation, esthetics, and ethics.  

Akuvox E12, a powerful and elegant intercom unit, reflects comprehensive design values and principles that aim to enrich lives, industries, and society. Its design fulfills the principle of minimalism. The reflective upper part contrasts with the brushed aluminum alloy below, making E12 look neat and chic. Like an epitome of the universe, E12 embodies the beauty of dynamic and stillness in one unit. The dot matrix between the light ring and the camera itself resembles a blooming sunflower, bringing the vitality of life. The clear blue LED stripe around the button “calls out” to users and shows them clearly where to press for issuing a call. And the artful color scheme of classic black, white, and gray makes it easy for this compact unit to blend into various environments and buildings.

Despite a slim body, E12 boasts many cutting-edge access control and intercom features. In addition to traditional RFID tags and cards, it caters to the on-the-go lifestyle of modern living by offering mobile access via Bluetooth and NFC, which facilitates users with greater convenience. A motion detection zone has been introduced to E12 which enables tenants to keep an eye on their front doors anywhere anytime through their smartphones. Tenants are allowed to customize the motion detection zone to focus on a walkway and avoid swinging branches or cars driving by. Besides, WDR technologies have equipped the camera with the adaptability to changing light so users can always clearly see the face of a visitor at their doorstep.

“The LED light circle surrounding the external camera eye and the call button circle are of the same diameter. Only the two circles visually and briefly show the function as a door phone. In addition to pressing the usual button, it can be operated with NFC, RFID cards, Bluetooth, and specific apps, which will have a wide range of uses. Combined with its simple design, it seems to have a wide range of uses, such as permission to enter the conference room other than the entrance of the dwelling unit.” Quoted from the jury evaluation of G Mark.

Like all Akuvox smart intercoms, E12 has an open system that is easy to integrate with 3rd-party systems. For example, through integration, E12 adds another layer of security to buildings equipped with smart locks. The compatibility allows tenants to confirm visitors’ identities through crystal clear video calls issued from the E12 door phone. And they can unlock the door remotely for visitors anywhere anytime on Akuvox’s SmartPlus app, triggering E12 to release the 3rd-party smart lock. The great openness of E12’s intercom system makes it easy to bring more convenience and security to people’s lives.

Designed solid and compact, E12 is suitable for all types of front doors, be it villas, apartments, or condos, especially for doors with limited installation space. Rated IP65 and highly resistant to UV, E12 is proof against rain, heat, snow, dust, and dirt. It is also designed with a drainage structure so that premium sound quality can be ensured even in rainstorms. Thanks to its robustness, E12 can withstand a working temperature ranging from -40℃ to 60℃. All these advantageous features constitute the reliable E12 and make it ready to work even in extreme outdoor conditions. What’s more, since E12 comes in wired and wireless versions, installers can choose either of them according to the network conditions already in place, making the product a good fit for old building retrofitting.

“As designers, it is through products that we demonstrate our attitudes toward life. Akuvox has been playing a leading role in the industry for years. Our mission is to improve people’s lives with better communication, greater security, and more convenience. We are always in pursuit of delivering our values through designs and benefiting people’s lives with technology. Stylish, versatile, easy to integrate, and robust. This is Akuvox E12, and also all of our products. These great awards mean that our products and designs are highly recognized by the world, which inspires us to keep going forward and make it better.” said Shawn Xiao, Akuvox’s Industrial Design Director. 

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