Awards
Gold Award
LED Neck Light
BF-977P
This light weight and compact LED light can be worn around the neck and even lights the way at night. Made with silicon to enhance comfort, it is designed with safety features that will release the neck light from a person's neck if a force of over 5kg pulls on it.
Gold Award
Steam IH Rice Cooker
SR-SJ1/SK1 Series
By cooling down the steam before it goes out the vent, the rice cooker reduced the danger of hot steam burns.
It is also easy to clean and maintain, with exactly the same simple cooking steps as conventional rice cookers.
Gold Award
Digital Single Lens Camera
LUMIX DMC-GF1C
As the world's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera, the LUMIX DMC-GF1C brings out the fun and pleasure in photography and is absolutely the camera that gives every photographer a pleasure to own. The user-intuitive button placement and the compact, flat solid form work together to realize user-friendliness, wonderful portability and a design that will keep captivating the user.
Gold Award
Massage Soffer
EP-MS40
Unlike conventional massage chairs, Panasonic realized a sofa-style massage chair designed with living room interiors in mind and aimed for a sophisticated form. By reviewing the internal structure from scratch, we were able to provide a new product image for a beautiful and compact massage sofa without sacrificing any conventional functions or performance capabilities.
Long Life Design Award
Personal Computer
“Let's Note” series
Targeting business people, this mobile PC series has continuously evolved by offering lightweight, long-running and toughness all in one. While the design has evolved into more consistent functional beauty based, the concept has stayed solid and unwavering. By doing so, we were able to establish a design identity for the “Let's Note”.
Long Life Design Award
Manganese Battery
NEO
Developed in 1963, the National Hi-Top manganese battery lasted twice longer than other conventional batteries. Since then, the design and function have evolved with the times by improving its performance and achieved zero mercury usage. The fundamental ellipsoidal and stripe design has continued and it is still being sold all over the world.
