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Many companies and institutions in Germany will hold design competition as one of the ways to collect good design ideas. I joined one held by Leitz, a company of stationery, and won the Prize of Best Market Prospect. I was inspired by the bowl pyramid and successfully saved places during transportation. My design was put into production in commission.
Winning of 2nd Prize from 3M Design Competition is a determination and beginning of my design profession in July 2002. This design concept which comes from a simple idea of 1 plus 1 equals 2 was applied and grew into the final outcome in 3 months and beats other 125 designers from Europeans. Sticky notes and marker pens are successfully combined in this design. I also gained great experience from 2 days workshop in Neuss 3M head office and the interviews by Design Reports. This design grew into production and won great portion in German and Japanese Markets.
This project was commissioned by Apollinaris of Germany, a company selling potable water, to design a special teapot representing their corporate identity in September 2005. Multiple access to the handle is one of the spotlights in my design. I was inspired by the Chinese tradition that people serves for each other when having tea.
This spoon is designed for children and patient who has difficulty on taking liquid medicine. It’s awarded the first prize in Tchibo Design Competition on August 2010. Tchibo, a Germen company which sponsors design competitions on daily product, bears love of human and life in their products.
This project was recommended by Prof. Kramer to develop new product series on Zink with Frauhofer, a metal research center in Bremen, in October 2005. My rocket egg holder, with perfect combination of the egg and the holder, was chosen and gone to production.