Spark 2015 Concept Design Award Winners Announced

NEW YORK - Nov. 19, 2015 - PRLog -- Some of the world’s top aspirational designs were entered into this year's Spark Design Awards. Over 500 registered designers and firms, agencies and students from over 26 countries demonstrated that "winners are everywhere." This confluence offered insights into cultural design practices and processes from Seoul to Sao Paulo, Paris to Pasadena.

"Spark celebrates the best in dazzling design, from architecture, graphics and products to cutting-edge conceptual work," explained Peter Kuchnicki, founder and director of the Spark Awards. "We encourage things that improve our lives. Designs that help create joy, beauty, solve a problem, ameliorate hardship, enhance efficiency, save the world or facilitate peace. Designs that help."

Evidence of this “Good Design” was cited by Spark Advisor Jan Staël von Holstein, who wrote: "Interesting to note that increasingly, the top awards fall into really useful categories and products for better environment and healthcare.” And as Hari Nair, Chief Design Officer of Whirlpool put it, “The future is now — that’s how I felt while reviewing the concept entries, which bordered on the ideal while straddling reality … I believe we are at a point in time where we are capable of inventing our future by designing it.”

Spark’s 2015 Concept Design Jurors
David Hisaya Asari, Assistant Chair, Graphic Design, CCA
Rob Alexander, Creative Director, Office
Ryan Adair, Creative Director, Bruce Mau Design
Rob Duncan, Creative Director, Mucho
Laura Scott, Studio Scott
David Karam, Founder, Post Tool
Toby Bottorf, Digital Design Director & Principal, Continuum
Aura Oslapas, Principal, A+O Design Partners
John Guenther, former Design Director, Hewlett Packard
Claudio Ribeiro, Chief Experience Designer, VSN Mobil

The 2015 Spark Concept category had 54 Student and 4 Professional winners. Images and descriptions of all the Spark winning submissions can be found in the Spark Gallery, here: http://www.sparkawards.com/galleries/index.cfm?year=2015&....

Spark Concept Student Awards

Design Name	Lead Designer	Organization
Spark!
AIVRY	Design Team	Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bicycle Winker	Jinu Lee	Sangmyoung University
Spring Cape	Hsueh-Che Hsiao	National Taipei University
Accordion Baby Bottle	Hyerim Jo	Dong-Seo University
Flo	Design Team	Designmatters at Art Center
Solux	Di Wang	California College of the Arts
Vald	Emin Demirci	Art Center College
Gold
Vass Kettle	Darlie Lau	Hong Kong Polytechnic University
EYESEE	Ickpyo Oh	Samsung Design Membership
Fish in the Hole	Guyong Park	Korea Polytechnic University
Push Driver	Wan Ki Kim	Hannam University
Water Block	Seung Hyup Lee	Designerdot
Prism	Chun-Yu & George Lee	California College of the Arts
PURE	Sophie Cheam	Academy of Art University
Silver
Chirming	Sook Go	Sejong University
Speech Plus+	Ko Eun Hyeon	Jeju National University
Earth Quick Fixture	WonJun Jang	Hanyang University
Easy Vege	Sun-Young Ha	Dong-Seo University
Bowling Extinguisher	Tae-Su Moon	Dong-Seo University
Window Air	Hana Bae	Designsori Academy
Fixed Hammer	Hyeon Seok Kim	Chung Ang University
D2D	Yeban Shin	California College of the Arts
Bottlelight	Christoph Kuppert	Bergische University
Unisnow	Junyong Park	Art Center College
BonBon Pump	Fardin Hazratizadeh	Academy of Art University
Epi	Yale Shaw	Academy of Art University
Bronze
IRS-25	Sebastian Gier	Umea Institute of Design
Curator	Benjamin Alpers	Stanford University
E-DRONE	Ho Joong Choi	Sangmyung University
ONE Q	Joongu Kim	Samsung Design Membership
Zenyth	Nick Perillo	RMIT University Melbourne
Bam Boo Quito Fan	Ji-su Yoo	Korea Design Membership
Booth for Jeju Park	Oh Sa Ron	Jeju National University
UV Bar	Soyoung Lee	Hongik University
Clamier	Dong-woo Nam	Hanyang University
Finger Kit	Jeong Kim	Hanyang University
Electric Wheelchair	Jisu Jeong	Hanbat National University
Greenhouse Protector	Taekyung Kim	Hanbat National University
Arrow Signal Mirror	SungHo Lee	Gachon University
Nice Toilet	Daye Hwang	Ewha Women's University
Air Pocket Helmet	Seung Ha Lee	Designsori Academy
Earring Medicine	Hana Bae	Designsori Academy
Lever Point Guider	Hyeon Seok Kim	Chung Ang University
IUM	Yi-Hsun Hsu	California College of the Arts
Bright Look	Yaser Shomali	Azad Art University
Q	Emin Demirci	Art Center College
IBEX	Kei Yumino	Art Center College
Olympic Torch	Bernard Mitchell	Art Center College
Stator Scooter	Nathan Allen	Art Center College
Bike-lectric	Hsin-han Chiang	Academy of Art University
Bries Breathing	Andrea Vinessa	Academy of Art University
Deus Ex Machina	Chuntze Cheng	Academy of Art University
Mobile Mountain	Sean Miller	Academy of Art University

Spark Concept Professional Awards

Award	Design Name	Lead Designer	Organization
Spark!	DENNY Bike	Design Team	TEAGUE & Sizemore Bicycle
Gold	Enlighten	Jacques Caramie	Enlighten
Silver	Tati Shoes	Kao Chen-yuan	De Guang Digital Design Co Ltd
Bronze	Toilet Paper Redesign	Sheng-Hung Lee	Continuum

Spark will be back in 2016, with a new competition covering every expression of modern design.

Bonus Information
Spark is proudly supported by Autodesk, ArchNewsNow, Pluo Web Consulting and RIOT Creative Imaging.

The Spark Design Awards' core mission is to help create a better world though design excellence. Learn about this organization and see more great design at the Spark website landing page at http://www.sparkawards.com.