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PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners
PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners
PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners
PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners
PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners
PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners
PowerSync Tray for iPad,  | International Design Awards Winners

PowerSync Tray for iPad

Lead Designers
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
Entry Description

The PowerSync Tray is a compact docking station with a smart design to accommodate various combinations of iPad, iPhone4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch, totaling up to 10 iOS devices. Not only does it handle and organize these various Apple products, but when connected to a Mac, the PowerSync Tray automatically switches over to a USB 2.0 mode for simultaneous syncing. The unit charges each device simultaneously, providing 2.1 amp charging power to each device. While charging, there is the ability to sync up to 10 iPad devices with iTunes, moving all selected apps, books, videos, music and Podcasts to each iPad. To enable syncing, simply configure each iPad in your collection to sync with iTunes, place it in the tray, and connect the dock connector cable. When all are configured, iTunes will be able to sync all the devices. Connecting multiple trays together, “Daisy Chaining”, allow you to sync up to an impressive 30 iPad devices on one USB port.

This stylish compact design is suited for almost any space. The cover offers a locking lid for security and easy transport with a ventilated design to ensure the devices stay at an appropriate temperature, keeping the devices running properly. With usability in mind, the PowerSync offers LEDs and a laser cut numbering system. The LEDs turn from amber to a bright green color when 100% charged. When all devices are fully charged, the Bretford logo located on the front left side will be lit green, letting the user know the devices are ready to use. With safety being a necessity in design, the PowerSync Tray has been listed to UL standard 60950 for charging and syncing with the security lid removed, open and closed.

The PowerSync Tray makes it possible to bring technology into daily instruction and classroom settings.

Bio

William C. Cesaroni established Cesaroni Design Associates, Inc. in 1979. As founder and president, Bill is responsible for the firm’s strategic product planning, and remains a hands-on project leader who is involved in the design process. Bill’s firm has designed more major appliances and countertop appliances than any industrial design firm in the United States. Cesaroni Design is also responsible for modernizing the bowling industry by incorporating comfortable furniture and electronic scorers, impacting the commercial fitness industry with over one hundred products, creating one of the most successful contract furniture lines available and revolutionizing the gaming business with the development of the first ergonomically designed slot machine. As an active member in his profession, Bill is a Patron Member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). He is also featured in Who’s Who in Design: The Leading Designers of the World.

Cesaroni Design is a consistent leader in the industrial design profession, resulting from a commitment to progressive product design. Early in his career, Bill realized that successful industrial design requires a strong understanding of engineering and manufacturing. Although the industrial design process and manufacturing materials have remained remarkably the same over the years, computers have greatly impacted the profession. Cesaroni Design was the first industrial design firm in the Chicago area to arm its designers with computers. Computer Aided Design (CAD) coupled with manufacturing knowledge provided Bill’s designers with the opportunity to define their designs to the level that matched final production.

For over thirty years, Cesaroni Design has had the privilege of working for some of the best privately owned and public corporations in the world. The firm’s extensive experience expands across industries that include major appliances, consumer products, medical and laboratory equipment, fitness machines, consumer electronics, housewares, commercial equipment and office furniture systems.

Cesaroni Design has earned recognition and received prestigious industrial design awards from the most esteemed national and international design competitions. The firm has won more than sixty major design awards including, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), Best of Innovations CES International, Design Distinction I.D. Annual Design Review, The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards, Appliance Design Excellence in Design awards and Best of NeoCon.

Bill graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in industrial design and minor in business administration. He went on to receive a Master’s degree in packaging engineering also from Michigan State. After completing his education, Bill began working as an industrial designer at Mel Boldt and Associates, the largest industrial design firm in Chicago at the time. It was there, working along side some of the most talented designers that he learned the fundamentals of his profession. Bill then elected to gain knowledge of the corporate environment at Bell+Howell before staring his own industrial design firm in suburban Chicago.