Dezeen promotion: a stress-busting phone case, a huggable toy and a storage solution for wireless earbuds are among the finalists in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition accessories category, revealed today.
Five designs have been selected as finalists in the competition's Next Mobile + category, which sought ideas for new accessories that could enhance Samsung Galaxy devices.
"The contest attracted a lot of young millennial designers and creators from a wide range of backgrounds," said Samsung.
Each of the finalists will now have the opportunity to present their ideas in London on 25 September before a jury including designers Stefan Scholten and Paul Austin, executives from Samsung's IT and Mobile Communications division, and Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson. The top three winners chosen by the jury will be invited to travel to the Samsung Developer Conference from 29 to 30 October in San Jose, USA, for the prize-giving ceremony, where mock-ups of all of the finalists' works will be on display.
A second section of the competition, the Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm category, focused on graphic design in the form of innovative wallpapers for devices with screens. The top five in that category will be announced on Dezeen later today.
The Samsung Mobile Design Competition is a global contest, which will award prize money totalling $40,000. Each of the finalists will receive prizes of $1,000, with $10,000 going to the winner, $5,000 to the runner-up and $3,000 ...