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 Industrial
Design Student Wins
National Housewares Completition
Manuel Saez, a
senior in Industrial Design, won the first prize
of $3,000 in the National Housewares Competition
in Chicago for his design of a room air purifier
called "Daisy."
Twenty-seven schools entered the stiff
competition with a total of 210 entries. Manuel
also received an honorable mention in the same
competition for his design of a new shaving
razor.
Taking his inspiration from the plants and
flowers that naturally clean the air around us,
Argentina-born Saez decided to tackle home
purification and add a little design fun to the
static box-like design of most small room air
purifiers on the market. The result is a totally
new and whimsical design that features a bouquet
of seven daisies gently  cascading out from the top
of a small, gum-drop shaped container, which
houses the filter, motor and fan. Dirty air is
drawn from the bottom, filtered and sent out
through the center of each daisy.
This is Manuels' second, first- place award.
Manuel also won the Grand Prize at the Greater
New York Automobile Dealers Association's Safety
Design Competition during the New York
International Auto Show last April.
Manuel is currently President of the Student
Chapter of the Industrial Designer's Society of
America. He is an excellent leader and has
contributed many hours to the Department and his
fellow students, according to Professor Jim
Lesko.
During the summer Manuel worked as a Design
Intern at the award-winning firm Anderson Design
of Plainville, CT. UB alumnus Dave Kaiser is
Manuel's supervisor at the firm and says that
Manuel far exceeds their expectations.
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