Next-Gen PC Design Competition Winners

Finally, the winners at the Next-Gen PC Design Competition were announced!



The 1st Place Judges Award & Chairman’s Award Winner is Napkin PC, conceived by Avery Holleman, which was very appreciated by Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, who will offer the $10,000 prize for this concept representing a modular computer featuring multi-user and multi-interface technologies, and being destined for groups of creative professionals that work together.



The 2nd Place Judges is for WITHUS, a complex computer designed for pre-school kids by Taeho Wang and Minjoong Kim, bringing multi human interaction and a fun interface/functionalities to let children develop their creativity skills and. WITHUS was chosen by several IDSA members from the International PC and industrial design community to receive $5,000.



Backpacker's Diary, one of our favorites, won the 3rd Place Judges Award & Public’s Choice Award Winner, meaning a prize of $2,500, thanks to the website visitors’ votes.
Zhongren Zhang and Chun Yang designed a portable computer in the shape of a travel diary, optimized for the needs of people traveling a lot in the nature. If this computer concept would be real, people could benefit from media recording, solar recharging and EL illuminant.