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27/01/09

Nikon D3 Digital SLR Camera IF Product Design Award 2009

The Nikon D3 digital SLR camera is the recipient of Germany's International Forum Design's Product Design Award. This award is presented annually by International Forum Design GmbH, sponsor of the globally prominent industrial design awards.

The International Forum Design (iF), based in Hannover Germany, has sponsored the iF Product Design Awards since 1953, selecting industrial products exhibiting superior design from those manufactured the world over, making them highly prestigious and globally respected awards. Aspects including quality of design, functionality, degree of innovation, ease of use, as well as any effects the product may have on the environment are considered with product evaluation and award selection.

The D3 is Nikon's flagship FX-format digital SLR camera, the first FX-format model released by Nikon. In designing the D3, Nikon first asked premier industrial designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro, to present a design exhibiting form and value immediately recognizable by anyone who sees it. Next, Nikon in-house design team thoroughly examined each individual component to achieve a more ergonomic and refined form based on Mr.Giugiaro's original design. Nikon primary design goal was an intuitive design offering operation that supports accurate and comfortable shooting under any circumstance with a high-quality and attractive look. The D3 has been extremely well received by professional photographers, primarily sports and press photographers, since its release in November 2007.

http://www.nikon.com/

01/12/08

iF Product Design Award 2009 Jury

1 Harm Hogenbirk (Pilotfish GmbH, Munich/Germany) 2 Dirk Wynants (Extremis, Gijverinkhove/Belgium) 3 Henrik Holbæk (Tools Design, Copenhagen/Danmark) 4 Fritz Frenkler (f/p design, Munich/Germany) 5 Andreas Enslin (Miele & Cie. KG, Gütersloh/Germany) 6 Tadashi Koike (Omron Healthcare Co. Ltd., Kyoto/Japan) 7 Achim Storz (Design a Storz GmbH, Zell am See/Austria 8 Jim Kraimer (Crown Gabelstapler GmbH & Co. KG, Munich/Germany) 9 Gottfried Beer (Hamm AG, Tischenreuth/Germany) 10 Jörg Lamers (Merten GmbH, Wiehl/Germany) 11 Marva Griffin Wilshire (Cosmit spa/Salone Satellite, Milan/Italy) 12 Achim Nagel (Primus Development AG, Cologne/Germany) 13 Glen Oliver Löw (Glen Oliver Löw Industrial Design, Hamburg/Germany) 14 Barbara Schmidt (Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH, Kahla/Germany) 15 Dan Formosa (SMARTDESIGN, New York/USA) 16 Torsten Fritze (Studio & Partners s.r.l., Milan/Italy) 17 Hans Strohmeier (Electrolux Dienstleistungs GmbH, Nuremburg/Germany) 18 Christoph Böninger (brains4design GmbH, Munich/Germany) 19 Toan Nguyen (toannguyenstudio, Milan/Italy) 20 Prof. Gui Bonsiepe (infodesign consulting, Florianopolis/Brasil) 21 Riccardo Blumer (Studio Riccardo Blumer, Casciago/Italy) 22 Ole Scheeren (OMA*AMO, Rotterdam/Netherlands) 23 Prof. Kilian Stauss (design stauss grillmeier partnerschaft, Munich/Germany) 24 Gijs Bakker (droog, Amsterdam/Netherlands) 25 Thomas Edelmann (freier Journalist, Hamburg/Germany) 26 Jerszy Seymour (Jerszy Seymour Design Workshop, Berlin/Germany) 27 Shin Azumi (A Studio Ltd., London/Great Britain) 28 Simone de Waart (Loods 5 Ontwerpers, Eindhoven/Netherlands)

25/02/08

Design Award for Technical Lenses from Carl Zeiss

Optics for industrial applications from Carl Zeiss have received an award for their outstanding design: the Visionmes® technical lenses. The "iF Industrie Forum Design“ has honored the Visionmes lenses in this year’s iF Product Design Award.

Visionmes lenses are developed for measuring tasks in industry and feature telecentric optics. This means that the ray paths run parallel in the imaging system – an important requirement for highly precise measurements. This results in distortion-free image formation over the entire object field. Even shapes with unfavorable geometries can be exactly imaged without any need for software correction of the measured results.

A characteristic feature of the lenses is the conical shape of the tube, whose bright, matt metal surface impressively underscores the contouring. The design was created by the Henssler & Schultheiss design office in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. “The primary element of the concept is its clear design vocabulary with exactly defined details” explains Martin Schultheiss, Managing Director of the design office. Therefore, the striking appearance of the Visionmes product family immediately echoes the high quality of the lenses.

Dr. Winfried Scherle, Vice President of the Camera Lens Division at Carl Zeiss, sees the award as a confirmation of the company’s strategy. “In product design we also devote our attention to details which the user may not consciously notice at first sight. In the VISIONMES lenses, however, the impressive design directly conveys the message that this is a long-lasting, high-quality product.”

www.carlzeiss.com