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Senseon Secure Access Wins ASID
Design Impact Award

he Senseon Secure Access product, Senseon
Plus, was a winner of The ASID Design Impact
Awards. Honored at GlobalShop @ RetailX in
Chicago, the awards recognized innovative products
that put people and the environment at the center
of design intent. Senseon Plus was chosen by an
esteemed panel of judges from a strong collection of
entries to receive this recognition.

"ASID is pleased to recognize Senseon Secure
Access and Senseon Plus as an ASID Design
Impact Award winner," said Randy Fiser, CEO,
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
"As the organization that represents the entire
design profession (health care, workplace, hospitality, retail and residential), we are proud to
honor companies at the forefront of innovation

who are focused on human-centric design. ASID
believes that design impacts lives, and seeks
to recognize companies who make that belief a
priority in their work. We count Senseon Secure
Access among those organizations."
Senseon Secure Access seeks to push the limits
of technology to create innovative cabinet-locking
solutions for designers, cabinet makers and endusers. Senseon Plus assists with loss prevention,
increasing efficiency of operation and merchandising. System components are concealed
and electronic, improving the quality of life for
users by eliminating the need to manage multiple
physical keys while maintaining the aesthetics of
the built environment. The product's components
are CE and RoHS compliant, meaning no hazardous
materials that would negatively affect health, safety
or the environment were used in their construction.

Converge Retail Wins GlobalShop
Product Design Competition

he Kinetic Retail Display Platform by
Converge Retail won the GlobalShop Product
Design Competition, selected by a jury of
IIDA retail design professionals. Judges for this
year's competition were Olivia Lindenmayer,
senior associate, Antunovich Associates; Mark
Johnson, principal, Johnson Design Group; and
Kristina Michelsen, senior designer, CallisonRTKL.
The Converge platform brings online shopping to
the in-store shopping experience. Interactive tablets
enable customers to compare product specs, watch
video tutorials and read customer reviews, keeping
customers in the retailer's ecosystem, whether they
purchase off the shelf or online.
Converge helps savvy retailers disrupt the traditional retail space by removing barriers most
commonly associated with interactive in-store
retail displays. With its platform, 4-ft. sections
can be joined for any size display and fit virtually

anywhere, including narrow endcaps. The display
systems can mount easily atop existing retail fixtures, or can be wall-mounted for even greater
placement flexibility, and the platform is ready to
deploy out-of-box, with no development resources

required to get up and running. The analytics engine gives retailers deep insight into the customer
journey via customizable reports.
The platform is not specific to a particular retail
genre. Michelsen pointed out that it is "seemingly
inclusive to multiple markets from automotive to
technology. Definitely a solution to shrinking retail footprints."

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