Samsung and LG Win Multiple Awards at IDEA 2026, Drawing Attention to Appliance Accessibility and 9mm OLED TVs
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Samsung Electronics won a total of 45 awards at IDEA 2026, including 1 Impact Award, 9 Bronze Awards and 35 Merit Awards.
LG Electronics won a total of 17 awards at IDEA 2026, including 5 Bronze Awards and 12 main awards.
Samsung Electronics received the newly established Impact Award for its appliance accessibility design, while LG Electronics earned awards for products including a 9mm-class wireless OLED TV.
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics announced on the 21st that they had won multiple awards at the international design competition IDEA 2026. Samsung Electronics won a total of 45 awards, including 1 Impact Award, 9 Bronze Awards and 35 Merit Awards, while LG Electronics won a total of 17 awards, including 5 Bronze Awards and 12 main awards. Samsung Electronics received the newly established Impact Award this year for its accessibility design, which was recognized for improving ease of use for appliances tailored to users' characteristics.
LG Electronics produced award-winning entries in monitors, home robots and air purifiers, along with a 9mm-class wireless OLED TV. The 9mm-class wireless OLED TV is one of LG Electronics' award-winning entries.
IDEA 2026 is an international design competition organized by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). The competition evaluates design innovation, user experience and commercial viability, and selects winners across 20 categories, including home and consumer technology, industrial products, digital interactions and packaging.
Along with an image of Samsung Electronics' "appliance accessibility design" provided by Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electronics' "appliance accessibility design" was introduced as this year's newly established Impact Award winner. The design targets appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators, and was intended to expand ease of appliance use by applying standards that take into account physical characteristics by user, including vision, hearing, movement and cognition.
Practical features applied include "Easy Use Mode" and "Auto Open Door." "Easy Use Mode" provides enlarged on-screen text and voice guidance, while "Auto Open Door" operates with a light touch and voice commands.
Accessibility functions set on mobile devices can also be used on appliances, and "Voice ID" has also been applied. "Voice ID" is a voice recognition feature that supports switching to individual settings when multiple users use the same appliance.
Cases of AI-based product development were also included among the award-winning entries. The entry is the AI-based predesign solution "AIDC (AI Design Companion)," which has a function that uses virtual simulation to check product usability in advance.
The award-winning entries also included "Samsung Mobile Origami Package" and "Portable SSD T7 Resurrected." "Samsung Mobile Origami Package" applies a packaging structure folded from a single sheet of recycled paper. "Portable SSD T7 Resurrected" is a portable storage device that uses recycled aluminum for the entire external case.
LG Electronics' Bronze Award winners included the 9mm-class wireless wallpaper TV "LG SIGNATURE OLED W," three indoor units of the air-source heat pump "LG Therma V," the professional monitor "LG UltraFine evo," the "LG Smart Monitor Swing" with a screen-position adjustment function, and the compact air purifier "LG PuriCare AeroMini."
Among them, "LG SIGNATURE OLED W" is a product with a 9mm-class thickness and wireless video and audio transmission technology. This reduced the number of cables around the TV and was designed with wall-mounted installation in mind.
"LG Smart Monitor Swing" uses a movable stand, allowing the screen height and position to be adjusted depending on the usage environment.
LG Electronics said that the home robot "LG ClOiD," the ceiling-mounted "LG PuriCare System Air Purifier," and the ultra-light laptop "LG gram Pro" also received this year's main awards. "LG ClOiD" responds to human voices and supports household chores through interaction based on gestures and facial expressions.
Along with this year's main awards, some products were also recognized in this year's Red Dot Design Award and this year's iF Design Award. Products with overlapping award histories are ClOiD, SIGNATURE OLED W, the three Therma V indoor units, the PuriCare System Air Purifier and gram Pro, and LG Electronics won a total of 55 awards across the two earlier design awards.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Byung-ju
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