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Konica Minolta Wins the Winner Award for its Three Products at the German Design Award 2022
November 25, 2021
Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced that the company’s products won the “Winner” award in the Industry category at an international design competition, German Design Award 2022. The award ceremony will be held in Frankfurt in February 2022.
The German Design Award was established in 2012 as an international design competition organized by the German Design Council founded by the German Federal Parliament in 1953. Only those products that have been awarded design prizes in countries other than Germany and thus have already been recognized publicly for outstanding design quality are eligible for the competition, subject to nomination by the German Design Council. Therefore, being nominated as a candidate for the award itself is an honor. Due to the rigorous screening process, the German Design Award is known as the “Award of Awards.”
Award-winning Products
bizhub C360i series, A3 color MFP series
Next-generation MFPs that help to enhance the creativity of office workers
Feature of the design
This MFP series features a sophisticated design that blends advanced functionality with operability to cater to next-generation needs.
■ Other awards received
The C360i series also won the following awards.
Good Design Award 2020 (Japan)
International Design Excellence Award 2020: Finalist (USA)
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020 (Germany)
bizhub C4050i/C3350i/C3320i/C4000i/C3300i, A4 color MFP series
Next-generation MFPs for workstyles of the future
Feature of the design
To launch this next-generation MFP series, Konica Minolta redesigned the functionality and other details of its predecessor series to incorporate the same operability as the higher-end A3 MFP series in a compact body.
■ Other awards received
Good Design Award 2019 (Japan)
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020 (Germany)
2020 China Red Star Design Award: Excellent Prize (China)
AccurioPress C14000/C12000, digital color printing systems
With high-speed printing and ease of use, these systems enable every user to shorten turnaround times.
Feature of the design
The sophisticated design is befitting for these flagship models, which ensures the high performance and quality required for professional printing and motivates users to expand their print business.
■ Other awards received
The C360i series also won the following awards.
Good Design Award 2020 (Japan)
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021(Germany)
iF Design Award 2021(Germany)
Features of the award-winning products
bizhub C360i series, A3 color MFP series
This next-generation A3 color MFP series was launched as the bizhub i-series to help corporate customers digitally transform the workplace and support IT services in the office. With its intuitive and ease-of-use operation panel, and the ability to support more advanced IT security, the series helps customers change their work style and enhance the efficiency of IT environment.
bizhub C4050i/C3350i/C3320i/C4000i/C3300i, A4 color MFP series
This A4 color MFP series was developed as the bizhub i-series by changing the entire range of predecessor MFP models. The series features an intuitive and ease-of-use operation panel, and enhanced cloud connectivity that facilitates access to advanced IT services.
AccurioPress C14000/C12000, digital color printing systems
AccurioPress series boasts unparalleled efficiency in high-volume printing with: the ability to print 140 A4 sheets per minute at 2400 dpi; the industry’s first automatic pre-print adjustment and print quality inspection functions; and media sensor that lets users know the optimal print settings. These innovations enable printing companies to not only minimize wasted time but also hire operators from diverse backgrounds without special skills.