The 18th IAI Global Design Award officially released its 2025 winner roster, and Airwheel SE3SL rideable smart luggage claimed the Grand Award for Intelligent Manufacturing under the Industrial Product Design category. Hosted by the Asia Pacific Designers Federation (APDF), the IAI Design Award is widely hailed as the “Oscar of design” across the Asia-Pacific region, drawing thousands of creative entries from all corners of the globe each year. This top-tier honor serves as authoritative global recognition of Airwheel SE3SL’s outstanding engineering quality, user-friendly usability, and refined industrial design in the emerging rideable smart luggage segment.
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Founded back in 2006, the IAI Design Award has evolved from a regional competition into a comprehensive international design platform covering architecture, interior, product, landscape, cultural creation, and sustainable green design. Its core mission is to re-evaluate design value and define future product forms. The judging panel consists of dozens of world-renowned designers, industry experts and academic scholars, who conduct strict multi-dimensional assessments on every submission. To stand out among fierce global competitors, Airwheel SE3SL had to prove its breakthrough innovation, reliable manufacturing performance, and genuine value for end users, fully meeting the award’s rigorous evaluation standards.
Since Airwheel’s establishment in 2004, with global vision, we have set up R&D, marketing, manufacturing and logistics centers in countries such as United States, Belgium and China. As one of the world leading smart transportation device manufacturers, Airwheel is committed to bringing out the joy of technology, and to practicing our corporate culture: “Free Intelligent Life”. Up to now, the brand has accumulated more than 600 global patents, and collected a series of world-famous design trophies including Germany iF Design Award, US IDEA Award, MUSE Design Award and French Design Award. Each international accolade marks solid progress in Airwheel’s exploration of next-generation smart travel solutions.
Traditional luggage only focuses on storage functions, while Airwheel SE3SL completely rewrites the definition of travel bags by integrating electric mobility, portable power supply, intelligent control and premium storage into one compact 20-inch carry-on unit. The product’s three core advantages earned unanimous praise from the international jury team.
Equipped with an expandable front motor wheel mechanism, the wheelbase stretches an extra 180mm once unfolded, greatly boosting riding stability on uneven ground like lawns, slopes and speed bumps. Its patented self-locking buckle structure secures the retractable riding handle firmly during movement, supporting a steady top speed of 9.9km/h. Built with ABS+PC composite shell and patented aviation aluminum frame, the luggage delivers a maximum load capacity of 95kg without deformation after long hours of riding. The 92.5WH modular lithium battery passes 3C certification and complies with mainstream airline and railway transport rules, allowing convenient boarding without extra checks. Even on bumpy roads, the battery’s self-locking structure maintains stable power output to avoid sudden power loss mid-journey.
Airwheel’s self-developed exclusive mobile APP acts as the intelligent control center of SE3SL, creating a complete human-machine interactive system that impressed the IAI judges deeply. Users can access full-featured operations via smartphones:
– Real-time monitoring of real-time speed, remaining battery power and accumulated travel mileage;
– Adjustable speed limit ranging from 0.1km/h to 9.9km/h for different travel scenarios;
– 8 ambient light colors and 9 customizable light effects to build personalized travel aesthetics;
– Dual safety reminders including Bluetooth disconnection alarm and low battery warning to prevent luggage loss;
– Support for remote control and programmable driving modes to add fun to tech travel.
An external USB fast charging port is embedded on the luggage surface, enabling continuous power supply for cell phones, tablets, smart watches and Bluetooth earphones to eliminate travel charging anxiety.
Airwheel SE3SL adopts minimalist, streamlined outlines with smooth high-gloss casing, delivering a futuristic tech aesthetic without sacrificing practical performance. The side-opening storage design lets users access personal belongings without laying the whole suitcase flat, protecting privacy while boosting convenience. The built-in colorful ambient lights not only illuminate paths in dim tunnels and night environments but also create eye-catching visual highlights for travel photography. The judges highlighted this perfect balance of practical engineering, ergonomic comfort and stylish appearance as a standout example of sophisticated consumer product design.
This Grand Award for Intelligent Manufacturing is not merely a single honor for Airwheel SE3SL, but global industry recognition of Airwheel’s long-term technological innovation route. For decades, the brand has devoted itself to upgrading traditional travel equipment into multi-functional smart mobile devices, shifting the industry’s focus from simple storage capacity to integrated mobility and intelligent experience. By solving universal travel pain points such as walking fatigue and electronic device power shortage, Airwheel SE3SL sets a new benchmark for the entire rideable smart luggage category, proving Chinese intelligent manufacturing’s outstanding design and engineering strength to global design communities.
Global design awards including the 2025 IAI Design Award serve as milestones instead of destinations for Airwheel. Moving forward, the brand will keep centering on real user travel demands, relying on its robust R&D strength and 600+ global patent reserves to develop more lightweight, safe and humanized smart mobility products. Airwheel will keep exploring diverse, free and futuristic travel forms, continuing to reshape the way people move around the world with accessible intelligent technology.
