CIJ.Z TRIUMPHS AT THE IF DESIGN AWARD 2022

CIJ.Z, the first and only configurable and reconfigurable industrial printer for the marking sector, has won the iF Design Award 2022, one of the most prestigious industrial design awards worldwide. A well-deserved success, achieved with determination thanks to the teamwork between the ZANASI Research & Development Department and the designer Simone Cagnazzo, who have believed in the revolutionary idea of rethinking the concept of ergonomics and the classic styles of product design used in the coding industry.

Since 1954 the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF Design Award. The event is recognized as an arbiter of quality for excellent design, and the iF Design Award is one of the most important design prizes for this sector in the world.

Each year a team of independent experts from all over the world is called to identify the most deserving participants. In the 2022 edition CIJ.Z has been selected as a winner by a jury of 132 professionals, with nearly 11.000 applications submitted from 57 countries in hopes of receiving the famous seal of quality.
A record year for the iF Design Award, that for the first time has attracted so many subscriptions: a great testimony of the importance of design in these times of uncertainty and economic hardship.

The guiding principle of the iF Design Award is to identify, support and promote “good” design, aimed at easing the daily use of the product, supporting the growth of companies and the strengthening of the brand identity. CIJ.Z has won the award in the discipline “Product”, in the category “Industry / Tools”, since it is designed according to the same philosophy and fully satisfies the five assessment criteria adopted by the jury:

The “Who is Who of international design” celebrated the best participants of the 2022 edition at the legendary Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin. The awards were presented on May 16 2022 during the iF Design Award Night, a glamourous gala evening attended by nearly 1.500 guests from 36 countries. Andrea Zanasi, Chief Technical & Operations Officer and father of the CIJ.Z project, represented ZANASI at the exclusive ceremony.