Dezeen promotion: judges in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition have revealed their pick of the top three accessory designs, whose creators have shared their inspiration in interviews with Dezeen.
From a longlist of five entries in the Next Mobile + category, the judges chose Alexander Rehn and Tobias Saller's Belt of Galaxy, Ece and Cagatay Demirpence's Fellas of Galaxy, and André Gouveia, Nuno Pires and João Pereira's Star of Galaxy designs for the final shortlist of three.
This category in the competition asked entrants to imagine new accessories that could enhance Samsung Galaxy devices such as smartphones, tablets and watches.
The jury, which included designers Stefan Scholten and Paul Austin, executives from Samsung's IT and Mobile Communications division, and Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson, considered all five of the finalists' projects in a live judging session in London in late September.
The top three contenders will now travel to the Samsung Developer Conference from 29 to 30 October in San Jose, USA ? along with the top three finalists in the Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm category, which focused on screen wallpapers ? where the winners will be announced. The top three deigns in the wallpaper category were also announced on Dezeen today.
As well as the awards ceremony, mock-ups of all ten longlisted works will be on display in San Jose.
Read on for interviews with the top three designers in the accessories category.

Ece Demirpençe, part of the team ...