You know what Sony’s amazing at? Designing products and winning awards for them. You know what Sony is terrible at? Telling the world and not regular readers of sites like SRN that they make these fantastic products.

 Today Sony is proud to announce that 18 products have been honoured with iF Design Awards, including three prestigious gold awards. The products that have won gold awards are the PS-HX500 turntable, Future Lab Program™ T Interactive Projector and PlayStation®VR (PS VR) virtual reality system for PlayStation®4, from Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). 

Here are the products that won:

PS-HX500 turntable and DSD recorder

“The reduced appearance signalizes precision and a high level of clarity, making it a visual reflection of the fundamental technical requirements of a DSD recorder.” 

Martin Topel

PS VR Virtual Reality System 

“The overall balance of black and white is appealing, while the confident use of thermoplastic materials is masterful. All of this comes at a price that is very affordable for the technology. This product brings VR to the masses.” 

Claus Jepsen, Brian Stephens and Jens Korte

Future Lab Program™ T Interactive Projector

“The execution is well suited for an innovative product and application, while the use of colors and materials mark an honest and clearly structured design approach. The design is clear, a logical reflection of the product’s superb functionality.”

Albert Chen, Niklas Galler and Matthis Hamann

iF Design Gold Awards 2017

• PS-HX500 turntable
• Future Lab Program™ T Interactive Projector
• PS VR

iF Design Awards 2017

• VPL-VZ1000 Ultra Short Throw Projector
• Sony Bank WALLET Debit Card
• wena wrist Smart Watch with NFC
• Xperia™ X Compact smartphone
• Xperia™ XA smartphone
• Xperia™ XZ smartphone
• GTK-XB7 High Power Audio
• TA-ZH1ES Premium Headphone Amplifier
• MDR-1000X Wireless Headphones
• MDR-Z1R Hi-Res Audio Headphones
• Walkman® NW-WM1Z Hi-Res Music Player
• DSC-RX10M3 Digital Still Camera
• KOOV® Coding & Robotics Kit
• BRAVIA® ZD9 Series 4K HDR Television
• Future Lab Program™ N Voice Interaction System

Seriously Sony, no one would be offended if you decided to let the world in on your little secret that you make some top notch devices.

[Via Sony]