WIRED PRESENTS "CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2014" Award Ceremony Held

WIRED Japan (Condé Nast Japan), a quarterly magazine focused on ideas and innovation, held the WIRED PRESENTS "CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2014" (Sponsored by Wacom Co., Ltd.) awards ceremony at the Tokyo American Club in Minato Ward on November 26. Established last year to discover the next generation of creators, this second edition's theme was "CONNECT: Discover and Transform Connections." Entries were accepted in four categories: "Graphic," "Movie," "Idea," and "3D Products." From 364 entries, eight winners were selected: one Grand Prize winner, one Runner-up Prize winner, one Graphic Category Prize winner, one Movie Category Prize winner, one 3D Products Category Prize winner, one Best Idea Prize winner, one Public Prize winner, and one Best Presentation Prize winner. (No winner was selected for the Wacom Creative Student Prize.)

 

 

Editor-in-Chief Megumi Wakabayashi of the magazine stated, "Ideas and creative works that fall outside existing segments like video, photography, and advertising hold untapped potential. We want to uncover these and create opportunities to connect them to business."

Editor-in-Chief Megumi Wakabayashi

 

The Grand Prix top prize was awarded to Junichi Yamaoka's "Morphing Cube." It expresses 3D computer graphics using real-world materials. A simple cube made of rubber bands transforms into various shapes like trapezoids, rectangular prisms, and flat surfaces, or moves parallel. Yamaoka shared his aspirations: "It's not yet a finished product useful for anything, so I want to develop it further by incorporating various opinions and advice, aiming for practical application."

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, CEO of Resonear and Specially Appointed Professor at Keio University Graduate School, who served as a judge, concluded, "I felt the energy of how to hack things and make them new. Even if it's rough around the edges, I want to see ideas that hack things to make the world better."

The Runner-up Grand Prize went to Atsumi Osada's "Me and Myself." The Graphic Design Award was won by Yui Umemoto's "Sword Dance." The Movie Award went to Seiichiro Shimizu's "NINCHRO FIGHT with HUMAN

BEATBOX," the 3D Products Award went to Takafumi Inuzuka's "Voice: Connecting Thoughts and Form," the Best Idea Award went to "'Noh' Connects Japan Culture!," the Public Award went to Hinatsu Kouda's "Underneath," and the Best Presentation Award went to Yasuhiro Tsuchiya's "INTERNET SHRINE."

For details, visit the award website ( http://hack.wired.jp/ ).