Award Year
2024
Production Year
2023
Company
Birdie®
Design Company
Birdie®
Designer(s)
Hans Augustenborg

Birdie® is a patented and intuitive CO2 monitor that improves indoor climate and health.

We spend a lot of time indoors, often in poor air quality, which increases the risk of asthma, headaches, fatigue, and sleep disorders. Indoor air quality is a huge but invisible problem that calls for a visible solution.

Like the coal mine canary, Birdie® will drop dead when the air quality becomes poor until you open your windows and bring it back to life. 

Unlike other air quality monitors, Birdie® stands out by using storytelling and gamification as nudging mechanisms to encourage the user to actually take action on the problem and change behavior. 

The democratic design language is simple for children to understand and invites the minimalist adult to play along. Birdie® is made of 70-100% recycled plastics.