The bursting trophy case confirms what we knew all along — hand sanitizer, while more important than ever before, desperately needed a transformation. Jon Olsen | Founder It’s been just over a year since we introduced our touchless hand sanitizing dispenser to the world, and already Vaask® has earned more than 50 prestigious awards. How can a hand sanitizing fixture win so many accolades? Because, quite simply, our engineers understand innovation. They know that being successful requires rethinking the status quo. So that’s what we did. In the case of hand sanitizing, we all can agree that the status quo left much to be desired, from design (flimsy, single-use plastic and uninspired) to technology (so last century) to user experience (messy, smelly and inconsistent). Vaask’s team of engineers, who had previously disrupted the fan industry at Big Ass Fans®, went to work to change all that. Using a similar approach that had been a $500 million feat at the fan company, we spoke with architects, designers and healthcare industry professionals and reinvented the hand sanitizing experience to fix what didn’t work. The result is a dispenser that immediately garnered rave reviews, confirming that a complete makeover had been long overdue. Built to last, Vaask offers an effective, money-saving hand sanitizing solution. Vaask’s features include: With more than 50 awards, including Most Sustainable Product and Architect’s Choice awards at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo and back-to-back Healthcare Design Product Innovation Awards, as well as the prestigious Red Dot award for product design, Vaask has established itself as the industry leader and authority on the subject of clean hands. As TIME writer Don Steinberg noted, Vaask gives hand sanitizer “the kind of design attention that the rest of a modern workplace gets.” Summing up Vaask’s innovative design, the Red Dot jury wrote, “Vaask is an exceptional example of how good design can transform an everyday product into an object that has both an aesthetic and an emotional impact on the user.” And in explaining the decision to honor Vaask with the first of its two Healthcare Design Product Innovation Awards, one judge wrote, “It’s a striking, elegant and inviting design, and it addresses a very critical hygiene issue within healthcare environments.” Read on for a list of Vaask’s 52 honors, and click here to see Vaask in action.

Hand sanitizing fixture recognized for excellence in product design MAY 23, 2023 — BERLIN — The German Innovation Awards today honored Vaask® and its innovative product design, recognizing how the touchless hand sanitizing fixture improves public spaces. The annual competition honors designs centered on “social, ecological and economical sustainability and the use of energy and resources.” Built to last, Vaask offers an effective, money-saving hand sanitizing solution. Vaask’s features include: The German Design Council is recognized among the world’s top experts in design and architecture, having been established as a foundation in 1953 by the Federation of German Industries through the initiative of the German government. The council acts as an interface between designers and the construction industry, and its awards are considered to be an independent seal of quality of international standing, marking contemporary developments and creative achievements. Click here to learn more about the honor for Vaask. Click here to see Vaask in action.