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Double award-winning!

German Design Award 2016 for duo tech and Galaxy Gate

Solutions_MADE BY WANZL impress the world over in the disciplines of innovation, design, functionality and safety. These outstanding qualities have now been recognised with two prizes: The duo tech shelving system and the Galaxy Gate security barrier system were awarded the German Design Award 2016 in the “Excellent Product Design” category. The German Design Award is one of the most prestigious design competitions in the world and is awarded by the German Design Council.

duo tech shelving system

“Winner” | German Design Award”

Award ceremony and exhibition: Ambiente Trade Fair 2016, 12 to 16 February 2016 at the Frankfurt exhibition grounds

The “Winner” from Wanzl: the duo tech shelving system is a quick-change artist with puristic aesthetics for creative product worlds with flexibility and more turnover. With its unmistakeable, coloured aluminium upright in which a wire ladder can be inserted, duo tech presents products with style, provides added value and creates creative shop concepts for sales promoting goods presentation.

The shopfitting system is quick to assemble, convert or completely redesign as a stand-alone module, wall unit, gondola or as a complete interior design. Product shelves and back panels made of wire, glass, wood and plastic together with pedestals and blister walls complement the duo tech uprights.

In the fan shop for Legia Warsaw, the award-winning duo tech shop shopfitting system provides unlimited design flexibility.

Wire, the classic Wanzl material, combines with an innovative aluminium look for an exclusive presentation. 

The “Winner’”award for duo tech confirms Wanzl as an innovation leader in the field of shopfitting.”
Dr. Oliver Blank, Leiter Wanzl Geschäftsbereich Shop Solutions

Jury statement: Anne Højgaard Jørgensen | Hartmut Schürg | Aleks Tatic

“duo tech, the system with the ladder, brings colour to the shop and makes it distinctive. This well-conceived and highly functional system comprises an aluminium upright to which a wire ladder can be attached on any side. The upright is available in a wide range of colours – in the corporate design, bright colours or elegant, muted tones. duo tech also provides a high level of versatility. An extremely flexible shelving system – the perfect solution for the retail sector – that shows the products off to the best advantage.”

Galaxy Gate security barrier system

Special Mention” | German Design Award

The fully automatic Galaxy Gate security barrier system guarantees the reliable control, authentication, and separation of people. The system is a real eye-catcher boasting a compact, stainless-steel design and closed housing. When opened, the swivel barriers are integrated perfectly into the frame. A variety of applications made from plastic, wood or carbon give the system a distinctive look. The stainless-steel casing contains high-tech equipment with the latest WEAC control for highly sensitive security requirements. The software-monitored, electromotive ESG swivel barriers only open following an authorised release pulse, thereby ensuring secure access. The time the barriers remain open can be adjusted, as can the dynamically programmable separation closing function, which scans and detects patterns of people and their behaviour and reacts immediately to misuse.

A ceiling sensor monitors the authorised passage. In the event of misuse, the separation system issues visual and acoustic warning signals and immediately closes the swivel barriers. External release devices can be connected using LAN interfaces or a potential-free contact. Mobile devices such as smartphones communicate with the control unit of the Galaxy Gate via OSDP (Open Supervised Device Protocol) and prompt the gate to open. Fire alarm systems and building management systems have a designated place on the connection circuit board.

 

"Galaxy Gate is functionally, technically and visually a worldwide innovation from Wanzl.”
Andreas Fischer, Leiter Wanzl Vertrieb Access Solutions

Jury statement: Nicole Huffer | Ruwen Kaminski | Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Krzywinski 

“The cutting-edge technology of the Galaxy Gate security gate is reflected down to the last detail of its high-quality stainless steel and glass design. The Galaxy Gate ensures quick and reliable access control by incorporating fast-moving swivel barriers made of ESG safety glass combined with sophisticated sensor technology. The gate is equipped with the latest control and monitoring technology and includes an LED display showing the system's status, an integrated alarm system, programmable WEAC control via a web server, a LAN interface as well as a customised MP3 voice output. A sophisticated system that can be applied individually, thanks to its modular technology.“

German Design Award | German Design Council


The German Design Award is the international premium prize of the German Design Council. Its goal: discovering, presenting and awarding unique design trends. Every year, top-quality submissions from product and communications design are awarded, all of which are in their own way ground-breaking in the international design landscape. The German Design Award is one of the best-known design competitions in the world and is held in high regard, well beyond professional circles.