MUJI AWARD 04 Results

MUJI AWARD 04, with its theme of “Long Lasting Design for Living.”, some 4,824 entries from 49 countries were received.
We would like to thank all those who entered their works in the competition.

We would like to announce the winning entries that made it through very rigid judging process. The winners are as follows. Please also take a look at the comments from the judges.

Prize Winner

Gold Prize

Storage Book   Ip Chi Chuen (HONG KONG)

Pebble Chalk   Kohei Odaka (JAPAN)

Silver Prize

No winners.

Bronze Prize

hakimono   Muneo Ariga (JAPAN)

iceland mitten   fisherman [Ryotaro Fujiyama/Shuhei Sugita] (JAPAN)

Iris Weave Curtain   Taiwan Yuan-Li Handiwork Association [Sun Mengxian] (TAIWAN)

Door-in-Door   DYUID22 [Lu Jiajheng/Cheng Yating] (TAIWAN)

Round Sketch   Ayako Aratani (JAPAN)

Jury's Prize

Entries Recommended by NAOTO FUKASAWA
Paper Sink Tidy   Kentaro Ito/Rumie ito (JAPAN)

Entries Recommended by KENYA HARA
Understand your shoulder   Zhou Tuo (CHINA)

Entries Recommended by CHANG YUNG HO
STACK PIN   Huang Shihao (TAIWAN)

Entries Recommended by WANG SHU
stick of light   36℃ [Kazuhiro Ueda/Takahiro Ueda/Tomomi Ueda] (JAPAN)

Entries Recommended by LIU ZHIZHI
LEAN ON ME   no frame [Cheol Woong Seo/Jae Hee Park] (KOREA)

Entries Recommended by ALAN CHAN
Quick-Cut Adhesive Tape   Cui Jing (CHINA)

Entries Recommended by RAY CHEN
Touch Puzzle   Kohsuke Toda (JAPAN)

Entries Recommended by JASPER MORRISON
Snap and Roll Toy Series   Mariko Higaki IWAI (USA)

Entries Recommended by HARTMUT ESSLINGER
Now , anyone can open the cap on this water bottle.
Luo Yuying (CHINA)

Entries Recommended by WENHSIN WANG
Ru Chair   Lotta Tu (TAIWAN)

Winning Works

Socks with button Beom Jun Kim/Joon Ki Seok (KOREA)
TRAVELING TOTE BAG Zhou mo she ji [Du Baoli/ Shi Yusha] (CHINA)
Eyeglass Ear Mounts Mugen Kameda (JAPAN)
SAKURI Necktie Yutaro Kumagai/Asako Murakami (JAPAN)
Reminder Clock Edward Sheen (ENGLAND)
Button_clip Buzzo Lambertoni [Francesco Buzzo/Serena Lambertoni] (ITALY)
Numbered Hanky test [Yuki Otsu/Kenjo Ohashi/Ayahiko Sato] (JAPAN)
MUJI SWADDLE Daniela Paredes Fuentes (MEXICO)
Disposable Tissue Holder Seiki Ishii (JAPAN)
Crates Carmen Wong (USA)
2/3 Table Lamp Keisuke Tsubakimoto (JAPAN)
Gori (Separable tongs) Kinam Gil (KOREA)
Air-Dry Standing Cup Sachiko Igawa /Jun Asada (JAPAN)
Switch Lamp Ilmo Ahn (KOREA)
Wire for Wire Alex Hubbell (ENGLAND)
Quick-Release Tape Shi Weiyao (CHINA)
LESSOLUTE Jaeil Bae/Seungho Shin (KOREA)
Re Life to products Service Kizuku Matsumura (JAPAN)

Jury's comment

Naoto Fukasawa  (MUJI Advisor, Product Designer )
Kenya Hara  (MUJI Advisor, Graphic Designer )
Chang Yung Ho  (Architect)
Wang Shu  (Architect)
Liu Zhizhi  (Graphic Designer)
Alan Chan  (Graphic Designer )
Ray Chen  (Architect )
Jasper Morrison  (Product Designer)
Hartmut Esslinger  (Product Designer)
Wenhsin Wang  (Managing Director, MUJI (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.)

Exhibition

27th April (SUN), ~ 25th May (SUN), 2014 ATELIER MUJI in Shanghai iapm, CHINA

30th May (FRI), ~ 22nd June (SUN), 2014 ATELIER MUJI in Hangzhou LIXING, CHINA

17th July (THU), ~ 27th July (SUN), 2014 Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, TAIWAN

2nd August (SAT), ~ 11th August (MON), 2014 SHINKONG MITSUKOSHI Tainan Place in Tainan, TAIWAN

17th April (FRI), ~ 15th May (FRI), 2015 PMQ S501, Central, Hong Kong

1st July (WED), ~ 6th July (MON), 2015 ATELIER MUJI in Yurakucho store 2F, Tokyo, JAPAN

1st August (SAT), ~ 16th August (SUN), 2015 Open MUJI in MEITETSU department store, Aichi, JAPAN

21st August (FRI), ~ 3rd September (THU), 2015 Open MUJI in GRAND FRONT OSAKA store, Osaka, JAPAN

8th September (TUE), ~ 17th September (THU), 2015 MUJI in CANAL CITY HAKATA store 3F, Fukuoka, JAPAN

16th October (FRI), ~ 15th November (SUN), 2015 SQUARE ONE Shopping Centre, Missisauga CANADA

Judging Scene