Product Category / Public Use Group

01A41116
Hi-Power / Hi-Power(HPZ)
Applicant: KONGO Co.,Ltd.
Designer: KONGO Denmark + KONGO Co.,Ltd.

The smallest receiving system in the industry offers maximum capacity. Rather than differentiating itself from the competition by its multiple functions, this system offers increased value in returning to the basic properties of mobile shelving units and creating a user-friendly operating interface. By focusing on increased usability, the designers have succeeded in creating a consummate example of universal design, unlike conventional storage shelving units, which emphasize only storage efficiency. We gave high marks to the efforts to forge new links between storage spaces and work spaces in public spaces and to create comfortable and pleasant workplaces.




Product Category / Public Use Group

01A41149
Temporary Pool / YAMAHA SWIM 21
Applicant: YAMAHA MOTOR CO.,LTD.
Designer: Takashi MORITA

This swimming pool, 50m X 25m in size and 3m deep, is the world's first internationally-approved pool designed for temporary installation, thus countering the recent trend of building entire new facilities expressly for large-scale sports events. The factory-manufactured, fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) units can be assembled in two weeks and taken down in one week. The units have adjustable joints and supports that provide a positive tolerance within 10 mm and negative tolerance of 0 mm, which is an internationally recognized standard. The environmental burden is minimized dramatically because the pools can be disassembled and used again. This design received high marks for realizing a variety of different innovations, including lower costs by the use of high-precision techniques in assembly, reduced consumption of resources through reuse, greater flexibility in operation, and improved management efficiency.