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1.4 Preliminary Analysis of Product Design Concepts
with Water and Fire Themes
1.4.1 Water Theme
According to the information of IDCO (Japan Design Foundation (JDF) 1987), in
Table 1.4, 1144 design concepts were submitted in total to the first phase of judging by
industrial designers from 47 countries, showing the interest of designers worldwide
towards the water theme. A limited number of these design concepts: 44 (3.8%),
respectively—were approved for final selection phases. Only works from 17 countries
were approved for the final selection phase: the most from the United States and
Germany, with several entries from Japan, and one or two works from 14 other
countries.
365 submissions in visual communication (A), 256 works in product design (B),
196 works in product design (C), 298 works in environmental design (D), and 29
works in research and other categories (E).
In the first phase, design categories comprised (A) 31.9%, (B) 22.4%, (C) 17.1%,
(D) 26.0%, and (E) 2.5% of entries, while the final selection phase comprised entries
in categories (A) 22.7%, (B) 22.1%, (D) 9.4%, and (C) 8.3%, with no submissions
in category (E) reaching the final phase.
Table 1.4 Categories of design concepts based on water and fire themes
Categories
Water theme
Fire theme
Entry works
Selected works Entry works
Selected works
n/s
(%)
n/s
(%)
n/s
(%)
n/s
(%)
A.
Poster, small
printed materials,
photography, etc.
401 39.7 35
36.5
365 31.9 20
22.7
B.
Transportation,
lighting,
machinery, etc.
313 31
38
41.8
256 22.4 15
22.1
C.
Furniture, toy,
miscellaneous,
textile, etc.
153 15.2
6
6.6
196 17.1
4
8.3
D.
Urban planning,
landscape,
architecture, etc.
111 11
12
13.2
298 26
5
9.4
E.
Design research,
others
22 2.2
0
0
29 2.5
0
0
Total
1009 100
91
100
1144 100
44
100
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1.4 Preliminary Analysis of Product Design Concepts
with Water and Fire Themes
1.4.1 Water Theme
According to the information of IDCO (Japan Design Foundation (JDF) 1987), in
Table 1.4, 1144 design concepts were submitted in total to the first phase of judging by
industrial designers from 47 countries, showing the interest of designers worldwide
towards the water theme. A limited number of these design concepts: 44 (3.8%),
respectively—were approved for final selection phases. Only works from 17 countries
were approved for the final selection phase: the most from the United States and
Germany, with several entries from Japan, and one or two works from 14 other
countries.
365 submissions in visual communication (A), 256 works in product design (B),
196 works in product design (C), 298 works in environmental design (D), and 29
works in research and other categories (E).
In the first phase, design categories comprised (A) 31.9%, (B) 22.4%, (C) 17.1%,
(D) 26.0%, and (E) 2.5% of entries, while the final selection phase comprised entries
in categories (A) 22.7%, (B) 22.1%, (D) 9.4%, and (C) 8.3%, with no submissions
in category (E) reaching the final phase.
Table 1.4 Categories of design concepts based on water and fire themes
Categories
Water theme
Fire theme
Entry works
Selected works Entry works
Selected works
n/s
(%)
n/s
(%)
n/s
(%)
n/s
(%)
A.
Poster, small
printed materials,
photography, etc.
401 39.7 35
36.5
365 31.9 20
22.7
B.
Transportation,
lighting,
machinery, etc.
313 31
38
41.8
256 22.4 15
22.1
C.
Furniture, toy,
miscellaneous,
textile, etc.
153 15.2
6
6.6
196 17.1
4
8.3
D.
Urban planning,
landscape,
architecture, etc.
111 11
12
13.2
298 26
5
9.4
E.
Design research,
others
22 2.2
0
0
29 2.5
0
0
Total
1009 100
91
100
1144 100
44
100