Innovative initiatives from iida are breathing new life into the domestic and international mobile telephone design markets. Our mission is to discover fresh talent unfettered by the common wisdom and established practices and work with these designers to bring exceptional value to products.
For the first "iida AWARD," we asked undergraduate and graduate-level students in Japanese and international universities to submit ideas for "LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS.
Students who pass the screening participate in workshops for a period of up to one year before unveiling their final products. We are looking forward to seeing the creative and fun design that the applicants bring to the task through their ability to see beyond ordinary, everyday concepts.
We are pleased to announce the final decision on the first awards. Many wonderful and innovative ideas were submitted. We’d like to thank all of you who participated.
- THEME
- "LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS that bring fun to everyday life"
- Contest rules
- iida LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS that are suitable for commercialization
* Digital content ideas can be added to these works in order to heighten interest and appeal
What are "iida LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS?"
Mobile telephone peripherals that suggest new lifestyles.
Examples: AC adapters, straps, mobile telephone cleaners, mobile telephone earphones, trays etc.
What is digital content?
Interface designs and applications that use mobile telephones as media. - Eligibility
- - Recommendation from a member of the teaching staff at a university, graduate school, design-related professional school, or similar institution.
- Enrollment at a university, graduate school, design-related professional school or similar institution during the application period.
- (No restrictions on age, gender or nationality)
- Able to attend workshops - Participating institutions
- Graduate School of Film Producing, Osaka City University, Okayama Prefectural University, Kanazawa College of Art, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Kyushu University, Kyoto Institute of Technology Graduate School, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Keio University, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Showa Women’s University, Tama Art University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba University, University of Tsukuba, Tokai University, Tokyo Zokei University, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Nagaoka Institute of Design, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya City University, Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Nihon University, Hitotsubashi University, Meisei University
Kyung Hee University, Chung-Ang University, NABA Nuova Accademia Di Belle Arti Milano, Hanyang University - SPECIAL ENTRIES
- Istituto Marangoni, Design Academy Eindhoven, PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, Vantan Design Institute, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
- Cooperation
- AXIS Gallery, "AXIS" design magazine
- Sponsor
- KDDI Corporation