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Working-use Products

00C1583
Stool[Stool 8110HZ, 8110GZ]

Price:9,900 to 19,800 yen
Manufacturer:OKAMURA CORPORATION
Design:Daigaku Kumano, Office Furniture Div.,Okamura Corporation

Stool with revolving seat. Grinding-style leg ends ensure a high level of safety. Made of highly recyclable polypropylene and lacking inserts of different materials, this stool can be easily and completely disassembled for disposal by users. Despite its low price, the strength of this design creates a new aesthetic for a familiar product. While the majority of recent office furniture has tended to limit working styles, this stool provides a wide variety of uses without being overly conspicuous. The designers were commended for their stylish use of materials and exciting design image that ensure product appeal.




Working-use Products

00C2620
Computed Radiography System
[Kodak DirectView CR800 System]


Price:14,500,000 yen
Manufacturer:Kodak Japan Ltd.
Design:Eastman Kodak Company, Health Imaging Division, CR800 Project Team

Computed radiography (CR) device for medical facilities reads images created by laser beams from plates with recorded X-ray images as digital date. With the concept of an "all-in-one box" as their basis, designers created a device that performs all required operations from recording the patient data needed for CR tests through reading and verifying images and transmitting data to network instruments, wrapping all of this up in an easy-to-understand and aesthetically pleasing GUI. To ensure accurate operations, this device also incorporates a touch-style monitor. Meeting the DICOM industry standards for medical data transmission, this system moves beyond the electronification of diagnostic data for a single medical facility to make the creation of a worldwide medical facility network and remote diagnosis possible. The designers were commended for creating a system that will prove to be a pioneer in bringing medicine into the next generation.


Working-use Products

00C3714
Manual-flaoting Type Coordinate Measuring Machine[Flexible Measuring Gage QM-Measure333+QM-Data]

Price:2,700,000 yen
Manufacturer:Mitutoyo Corporation
Design:Mitutoyo Corporation, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN GROUP PRODUCTS

Designed for low cost and ease of use in taking on-site measurements, flexible gauge provides extreme precision unparalleled by other high-performance 3D measuring devices. This gauge allows users to perform operations as usual without needing to understand complicated coordinates. The design leaves one side open for the capacity to take large measurements. The result is superior performance in a compact instrument. The designers were commended for creating an extremely low-priced, yet high performance product; for superior operability; for an appearance that expresses safety and other aspects of a precision instrument with high-quality finish, the backbone of Japanese manufacturing; and particularly for the product's superior performance.