designboom and FUJITSU have organized the FUJITSU design award 2011. everyone is eligible to enter the competition, from professionals to students, to design interested people. free registration required.

do you have ideas on how you see information and communication technologies (ICT) being integrated into our everyday lives in the future? or innovative concepts on ICT products and services that could positively contribute to our general society? then we strongly encourage you to submit your ideas to the ‘FUJITSU design award 2011’!

the deadline is fast approaching and submissions will be accepted through january 31st, 2011. for more information and how to register, click here.

A LIFE with Future Computing

what is a service concept? a service concept is a scene where a type of service utilizing ICT is provided to enrich peoples’ lives, and can be described in these terms:

  • what
    type of person, and what type of service will it provide?
  • what
    will that service be used for, where and when?
  • what convenience,
    experience, excitement or other new value can be gained by using the
    service?
    (there is no need to interpret the service content
    based on a business model -income and expenditure-).

the award is composed of two categories:

  • the LIFEBOOK category that studies what the PCs
    will be
    like in 2013, the near future, and
  • the LIFE DESIGN category that studies what
    next-generation computing devices will be
    like
    (including service concept) ten years from now in 2020.

with the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT), people have now become able to make diverse connections, via networks, with other people in all daily life situations, through a variety ofdevices such as PCs and smart phones. as a provider of ICT products and services, FUJITSU strives to create products for a new society that contribute to people’s everyday lives.

you are asked to envision a scenery that is becoming increasingly diverse, and dramatically expanding the possibilities of ICT services, including fabulous hardware and more effective and fun applications.

awards: the grand prize winner will receive 30, 000 euros and a runner-up prize is valued at 10, 000 euros for 2 works (one selection for each category) plus the judges’ special awards: 1, 000 euro for 7 works.

FUJITSU design award 2011: deadline approaching international judges : ross lovegrove, designer; ma yansong of MAD architects; birgit lohmann, editor-in-chief of designboom; toshiyuki inoko, IT innovator; gwenael nicolas of curiosity, architectread personal messages from the international judges here.

FUJITSU design award 2011: deadline approaching FUJITSU judges: nobuo ohtani, corporate senior vice president and kimataka kato, design president