![[LEVEL UP KL 24] From Development to Quality Assurance: How AI is Transforming the Gaming Industry, According to Microsoft’s Jun Shimoda](https://cdn.gamerbraves.com/2024/12/Jun-Shimoda_Interview_FI-360x180.jpg)
Kingston Technology has unveiled the top 10 finalists of the Kingston x CSD APAC Mask Design Competition! Themed around ‘There’s Strength in Memory’, Kingston partnered with CSD, a leading brand of face masks, to call upon all creative minds to unleash the power of memories. With over 3,100 entries across all APAC regions, they’ve finally been narrowed down.
Contestants from various fields submitted designs that encapsulated either their memories, concepts about interactions, memorable events and reflections on 2020, as well as familial bonds, appreciation of nature and intimate childhood memories.
“Our memories are the most precious assets in our lives and we at Kingston have always strived to help our customers preserve their memories in the best way possible with our products and campaigns. Our unique partnership with CSD for the Kingston x CSD APAC Mask Design Competition has helped us in our journey of bringing people closer with their most profound memories. We are overwhelmed to see so many contestants finding and sharing strength in their memories; their designs therefore embody deeper emotions that range from pleasant to more challenging times that they’ve encountered. Through this campaign, we are humbled to have been an intrinsic part of our contestants’ life-altering as well as inspiring moments.”
Kevin Wu, sales/marketing and business development Vice President of APAC region, Kingston
“Over the past few years, CSD has redefined the concept of the face mask by infusing fashion elements into it. It is exhilarating to also see such innovation from the contestants. Not only have they evolved face mask into an individual canvas, but also redefined memories into a fashion statement with their brushstroke. I’m thrilled that our creative alliance with Kingston has pushed the boundaries and reinvented the notion of memory and face masks into a new form of art.”
Jonathan Chang, COO of CSD
Five designs from each category were chosen: the “3-Colors” group emphasized on creative patterns consist of only three colors, whereas the “Unlimited Colors” group stressed on how well contestants play with their colors.
The “3-Colors” Finalists (left to right):
- Perfect Imperfections, Aljohn M. Matias (Philippines)
- Siamese Fighting Fish, Waraporn Mamee (Thailand)
- Lips & Water Chestnut, Wu Bo Yi (Taiwan)
- Doodling Paper, Nguyen Dang Binh (Vietnam)
- Sparkling Lenses, Rishabh Raj (India)
The “Unlimited Colors” Finalists (left to right):
- Love Memories Forever, Lilo Jong (Malaysia)
- Construct X Deconstruction, Brenca Sun (Taiwan)
- Summer memories in the wonder garden, Hsu, Hsing-Chen (Taiwan)
- Breath of Energy, Tsuyoshi Artman (Japan)
- Monster Nation, Yman.S (Malaysia)
“Kingston and CSD have come-up with one of the best platforms for the artists to delve deeper into their memories and create something unique out of it. Through my artwork, I have paid a homage to the people’s fighting spirit and hence have turned the scary monsters we all dread in our childhood memories, which now also represent the day-to-day hardships we face, into cute little monsters. I want to incite the spirit of positivity through my design.”
Yman.S, a Senior Packaging Designer
“I have always yearned to create an artwork which is intertwined to my precious memories. This opportunity enabled me to bring alive my deep-rooted emotions. My artwork depicted the inevitable feeling I have when missing my family, and I have used each storage device from different periods to represent my family members. I look forward to the support of the design aficionados of Malaysia and hope that I reunite with my family members, just like in my artwork in the near future.”
Lilo Jong, multi-media designer
You can vote until 7 February 2021 for your favourite designs. Further details can be found through here. You might be able to win the exclusive Memory Box with the top 10 mask designs if you comment and share other related posts through Kingston’s socials, like here!
