You may submit all types of creative works made using digital fabrication tools such as the 3D printer, laser cutters or CNC milling machines, or you can create your own digital fabrication tool itself and submit that. A condition of entry is that works must be in their completed form and not left in the conceptional phase in the form of design plans or proposals. Submissions can be something that has already been launched, or something yet-to-be unveiled.
Products made using digital fabrication tools
This category includes all products made using digital fabrication tools. It includes miscellaneous goods, interior items, furniture, houses, machines, clothes, accessories, digital devices, books, musical instruments, food, and even living things, etc. Also included in this category are graphic works (advertising graphics, illustrated graphic works, etc.).
Artwork, illustrations, artistic activities, performances, and live acts using digital fabrication tools
This category includes all art works made using digital fabrication tools. Naturally, it also includes any type of artistic expression that makes use of digital fabrication tools including both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks, as well as illustrations, artistic activities, performances, and live acts.
Inventions and development of unique digital fabrication tools
This category is for inventions of digital fabrication tools themselves. It includes tools such as 3D printers that model objects in a completely new way, or CNC milling machines that use materials never used before.
This category is for entries of existing product that have been customized
This category is for entries of existing product that have been customized by adding a new function to it or expanded on any existing functions using digital fabrication tools. Unlike the product, art and machine categories which create an original piece of work from scratch, this category is for customized pieces which use an existing product or part thereof.
This category is for entries that do not fit into the other categories or that are a combination of a number of categories.
This category is for entries that are created using digital fabrication tools and are a combination of two or more of the above categories, or creative works that are made using digital fabrication tools and exceed the existing boundaries of creative expression.
Product Designer
Product designer
Trained at the Lucerne School of Art and Design and the Escola Massana in Barcelona, Swiss-born Luki Huber has been living in Spain since 1994, and has collaborated on a regular basis with innovative firms such as Cerabella, Lékué and elBulli. From 2004 to 2010 he has been teaching product design at the Eina school of Barcelona.
In 2009 the studio moved to its actual location in the center of Barcelona, which has been set up as a space for the fomentation of creative teamwork, for which the studio also developed their own tool called Manual Thinking.
Principal of Architectkidd
Principal of Architectkidd
Luke Yeung is principal of Architectkidd, an award-winning design studio based in Bangkok, Thailand. After his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Luke along with Architectkidd has directed research on design and materials at Kasetsart University.
Architectkidd’s projects are expressed in a wide range of materials such as re-used timber, metal, plywood and plastics. Often these materials are readily and locally available, but through Luke's interpretation they are given a radically new sense of purpose.
Among Architectkidd's recent projects are the Hard Rock Cafe in Siam Square (2011), with its shimmering black facade; VR Museum at King Power (2010), exhibiting one of the most valuable Buddhist sculpture collections in the world; Lightmos Showroom at Thonglor (2009), with its speckled, light-filtering facade; and the Bridgestone Pavilion (2012).
Co-founder of Zeczec
Co-founder of Zeczec
Graduated from the Bartlett School of University College London. He started his career as an urban designer in Dar Group London. In 2012, he co-founded the first Taiwanese crowdfunding website, Zeczec, and joined a London-based innovative skateboard brand, Allrover. Zeczec is well-known for supporting creative and innovative products. Its featured projects include the 8 wheeled skateboard, Stair-Rover by Allrover (raised 1.3 mllion USD), Atom 3D printer (raised 560K USD), and the 4 Dimensional Watch. Zeczec is also a channel for foreign makers or designers introducing their projects to Taiwanese audience. Looking Glass, a USA-HongKong based tech team, launched their 3D LED display, L3D Cube, on Zeczec in April 2015 after their remarkable success at Kickstarter. With his enthusiasm for design and technology, Quake not only leads the operation of Zeczec but also volunteers to supervise and help the creators forming their ideas from scratch.
SFC associate professor/
FabLab Japan Founder
SFC associate professor/
FabLab Japan Founder
Born in 1975 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Design Engineer & Social Engineer. B.S. in Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University (1998), M.S. from Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University (2000), and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (2003). In 2005 he was hired as a Full-time Lecturer at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus of Keio University, and in 2008 was promoted to Associate Professor within the same Faculty. In 2010 he was a visiting researcher at the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2011 he opened in Kamakura the first Fab Lab in Japan and in Asia. Presently he is research leader for the Keio group of the International Digital Fabrication Research Center, a COI-T satellite of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Creative Curator
Creative Curator
Creative Curator based in Tokyo. Seeking “Expanded Notion of Curating”. She is a guest professor at Tama Art University and Tokyo Zokei University, lecturer at IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences) and Meiji University. Director of media art festival
“AMIT (Art, Media and I, Tokyo)” since 2014. She curated many exhibitions and projects such as at Canon ARTLAB (1990-2001), Mori Art Museum (2002-04) and NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] (2004-10) as well as independent projects. Her latest works include: SIAF2014 (Sapporo International Art Festival) (Associate Curator), AMIT2015. Shikata participated as a jury to many art and media art awards, published books on media art research (co-author).
Rhizomatiks/
Creative & Technical Director
Rhizomatiks/
Creative & Technical Director
Born in Kanagawa in 1975, Mr. Saito began his career in New York in 2000 after graduating from Columbia University with a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design (MSAAD). Since then, he has been active in creative work at the Arnell Group, and returned to Japan upon being selected for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial event. He produces works in the commercial art field which are three-dimensional and interactive while also being based on the firm grounding in logical thought that he cultivated through architecture. Mr. Saito has won numerous international awards at the 2009-2014. He currently serves as Director of Rhizomatiks Co., Ltd., while also lecturing part-time at the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Tokyo University of Science. 2013 D&AD “Digital Design” Jury, 2014 Cannes LIONS “Branded Content and Entertainment” jury. Milan Expo Japan pavilion theatre space director, Media Art Director at Roppongi Art Night 2015.
Throne (Gold_2014) / Throne(Silver_2014)
2014 mixed media
photo : Nobutada OMOTE|SANDWICH
© Kohei NAWA|SANDWICH
TROPHY, 1000 USD
TROPHY, 500 USD
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