Unico
Unico Multifunctional Wine Stopper by Mauro di Girolamo and Tommaso Marzolini is a winner of the 2025 Bronze A' Design Award in Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design.
Unico is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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Unico is a multifunctional wine stopper redefining wine accessories with six integrated features. In addition to being a drip-free pourer, flow reducer, and instant wine aerator, it introduces three exclusive innovations: Easy Open for effortless use, Safety Stop to prevent spills, and an NFC enabled stand for access to ever-evolving wine-related content. Produced via SLS 3D printing, it allows rapid customization, even for small batches, ensuring unique designs with fast production times.
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Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Award Winner in 2025.
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Unico Multifunctional Wine Stopper
Unico is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Unico is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Unico splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
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Mauro di Girolamo and Tommaso Marzolini
Exceed Lab is an independent design-driven company founded by Tommaso Marzolini, with Mauro Di Girolamo as strategic consultant. The company explores the intersection between functionality, user experience, and material experimentation, developing products and systems across different sectors. Its approach is rooted in research, iterative prototyping, and close collaboration with manufacturers. Exceed Lab has received international recognition and participates in exhibitions, competitions, and educational initiatives. Through its projects, the company contributes to discussions on everyday innovation and sustainable product design.
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Pour Different
Pour Different is a project by Exceed Lab, aiming to redefine the concept of wine service through design and innovation. Born from the intersection of technology and wine culture, the project explores new solutions to enhance the tasting experience by combining advanced functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability. Through a multidisciplinary approach, Pour Different develops innovative accessories and tools that elevate the wine ritual, integrating engineering, digital fabrication, and high-quality materials. Continuous research on ergonomics, interactivity, and performance has led to the creation of products that merge wine tradition with emerging technologies. The project goes beyond the physical product, embracing a broader vision of design applied to the world of wine, with the goal of creating immersive and meaningful experiences for both professionals and enthusiasts.
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