Allocacoc
Allocacoc is an industrial design company established in the Netherlands[1] that sells redesigned everyday products such as the PowerCube. Allocacoc headquartered in Shanghai and has a factory in Suzhou with an R&D center in Shenzhen, China. Its European head office moved from Delft to Breukelen (Utrecht) in August 2018. The company creates innovative products by adding original designs and keeping them affordable.[2] In 2019, Allocacoc decided on a rebranding strategy and focus their business development on DesignNest.com[3] - a consumer product platform of a broad range of design products. DesignNest was originally founded by Allocacoc in 2016[4] and now aiming to help industrial designers from start to finish, such as funding, design knowledge, sourcing, pricing, production, product assembly, distribution, fighting against copycats and worldwide sales.
History
Allocacoc was founded by two Chinese industrial design engineers, Zexin He and Shuaishuai Wang from Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands.[5]
Products
Allocacoc has a wide range of products, including power strip, socket, light, stationary, home gadgets, audio...etc. and it is still expanding.[6]
- PowerCube® Original and USB: A compact power strip with multiple power outlets designed to charge multiple devices and blocking each other.[7]
- PowerCube® Rewirable : A power strip in the shape of a cube with travel adapters.[8]
- DesignNest® Heng Balance Lamp : Winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2016 [9], Heng Balance Lamp is a series of lamps with a “balance” function that reinvents how lamps are switched on. [10]
Awards
The PowerCube was given the Red Dot Design Award for best product design category in 2014.[11][12]
Computex Design and Innovation Award in 2015 [13]
References
- "Allocacoc - About". Allocacoc. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "CES2017". Consumer Technology Association.
- "DesignNest - the Consumer Product Design Platform". www.designnest.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- Team, DesignNest (2019-09-23). "DesignNest Rebranding: A New Logo Stands For What DesignNest is". Medium. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- "Red Dot winner". Spring Fair.
- "Allocacoc Europe Online Store - All products". Allocacoc Europe Online Store.
- Dunns, Jeff. "This little power strip is one of the best travel gadgets you can buy". Business Insider. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- Mulvey, Kelsey. "Our 3 Favorite International Travel Chargers". The Wall Street Journal.
- "Red Dot Design Award: HENG". Red Dot Design Award. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "DESIGNNEST® HENG BALANCE LAMP ELLIPSE". Allocacoc Europe Online Store.
- "ALLOCACOC - A WINNER IN THE RED DOT AWARD 2014: THE POWERCUBE IS AWARDED FOR HIGH QUALITY DESIGN". Spring Fair.
- "Allocacoc". Spring Fair.
- "Computex Awards". Computex.