ASUS Products Win Four Prestigious Good Design Awards 2019

2019/10/08


Key Points

  • ASUS won four prestigious Good Design Awards for a wide range of products, including notebooks, smartphones, mini PCs and an AI-edge computing solution
  • Winners include ZenFone 6 (ZS630KL), ZenBook Pro Duo (UX581), ZenBook Duo (UX481), ProArt Station PA90 and the PE200U AI edge-computing solution
  • The winning products were chosen from a large field of 4,772 entries by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Markham, Canada (October 2, 2019 ) - ASUS is proud to announce that four of its products have won prestigious Good Design Awards in recognition of excellence in design and engineering. Spanning a wide range of product categories, the award-winning products include ZenFone 6, the ZenBook Pro Duo and ZenBook Duo notebook PCs, the ProArt Station PA90 mini PC and the PE200U AI edge-computing solution.

The awards highlight the continued ASUS commitment to quality design and innovation. The winning products showcase the In Search of Incredible brand promise, which pursues perfection in all areas with the goal of delivering an incredible consumer experience for everyone.

The Good Design Award is organized by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) and is now in its 63rd year. It is one of the four major design awards recognized by the International Design Alliance. This year, JDP received over 4,772 entries from around the world. More information can be found at: www.g-mark.org/about/.

Good Design Award 2019 winners

ASUS ZenFone 6 (ZS630KL)
ASUS ZenFone 6 is a groundbreaking flagship phone meant to both defy the ordinary and to provide the finest mobile user experience. With extreme performance supplied by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 Mobile Platform, the flagship ZenFone 6 defies ordinary with its groundbreaking features, including a 6.4-inch notchless NanoEdge all-screen display, a monster 5000mAh battery for up to two days non-stop use, and the unique Flip Camera.

Heralding a new era of mobile photography, the Flip Camera is a combined front and rear flip-up camera module that contains a 48MP Sony IMX586 main camera and a 13MP 125° ultrawide secondary camera, driven by a custom precision stepper motor that flips the module by a full 180° to switch the cameras from rear to front use.

The latest ZenUI 6 user interface provides a smoother, faster and more mindful experience for users, such as one-hand operation and a dark mode colour scheme, concentrating on the essentials to deliver enhanced smoothness and a cleaner look. ZenFone 6 truly defies ordinary, combining extreme performance and flexible, high-quality photography in a compact design with instantly recognizable futuristic styling.

ZenBook Pro Duo (UX581) and ZenBook Duo (UX481)
ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo (UX581) is a groundbreaking ultraportable laptop featuring the new ASUS ScreenPad™ Plus, a revolutionary full-width secondary touchscreen that expands and enhances the interactive capabilities offered by the original ScreenPad. ScreenPad Plus integrates seamlessly with the primary display and offers endless creative possibilities for content creators through productivity-enhancing workflows and easy multitasking.

ZenBook Pro Duo delivers extreme performance for effortless creativity with up to 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors and an NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 GPU. It also features a 15.6-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) PANTONE Validated OLED HDR touchscreen with VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 500 certification.