Kingston and CSDunite artists with the power of memories and announce the winners of the APAC Mask Design Competition

  • Nguyen Dang Binh fromVietnam won the Best of the Best Awardin the 3-Colors group andS from Malaysiawon in the Unlimited Colors
  • Aljohn M. Matias, Teo Sze Ting and Lilo Jong take home the Special Awards
  • Since November 2020, the campaign has reached and touched the hearts of over 39 millionpeople, with over 20,000votescollectedacross all APAC regions as art lovers voted for their favorite design

 Mumbai, Maharashtra [India] : Unleashing the power of memories yet again, Kingston Technology, a world leader of memory products and technology solutions, today announced the winners of the Kingston x CSD APAC Mask Design Competition. Kingston partnered with CSD, a leading brand of face masks, to unite art enthusiasts of APAC regions with the theme “There’s Strength in Memory.” Since the kick-off of the competition in November 2020, the campaign has reached and touched the hearts of 39 million people. The video featuring the immaculate designs of the top 10 finalists has accumulatedover 625,000views. Receiving the love and admiration from voters, Nguyen Dang Binh from Vietnamwon the Best of the Best Award in the3-Colors group, and Yman.S from Malaysia won in theUnlimited Colors group. Selected by the judges, the Special Award was given to Aljohn M. Matias (Philippines), Lilo Jong (Malaysia) and Teo Sze Ting (Malaysia).

Commenting on the exciting results, Kevin Wu, Kingston’s sales/marketing and business development Vice President of APAC region, said, “We at Kingston have always strived to help our customers preserve and share their memories. We are grateful for all of the submissions and for our creative partnership with CSD, whichhas enabled us to bring these most personal captivating life experiences to life.”Jonathan Chang, COO of CSD, then added, “Over the years, CSD has revolutionized face masks, making them an imperative part of health while adding characterand personality into them. The exemplary designs from everyone who entered as well as the finaliststruly echo the theme, ‘There’s Strength in Memory.’ It is our honor to see that these unique stories are turned into wearable memories, hopefully spreading positivity to everyone during these challenging times.”

The initiative gave wings to imagination and encouraged the artists to bring their profound as well as life-altering memories onto face masks. The Best of the Best Award winners will be receiving USD $5,000 prize money each, as well as a trophy and self-designed face masks. The Special Award winners will be receiving USD $1,000 prize money each and face masks with their designs will also be massproduced.

Selected as the “Best of the Best” from the 3-Colors group,Nguyen Dang Binh is a banker in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Voters were attracted by the joyous atmosphere in his design Doodling Paper as Nguyen Dang Binh illustrates his happy college memories through interesting faces, and reminds art lovers to follow their passion.

Selected as the “Best of the Best” from the Unlimited Colors group, Yman.S is a Senior Packaging Designer from Malaysia. His bubbly design Monster Nation incites positivity among voters as he turnsthe scary monsters dreaded in our childhood memories, which also represent the day-to-day hardship we face, into cute little monsters.

Perfect Imperfection by Bachelor of Fine Arts student Aljohn M. Matias in the Philippines was selected for the Special Award. He uses a minimalistic design to comment on the collective experience of meeting diverse groups of people and how these differences make us who we are, perfectly imperfect.

Love Memories Forever bymultimedia DesignerLilo Jongreceivesthe Special Award as well. She depicts the deep-rooted emotion of missing her family by using storage devices from different time periods to represent her family members. She wishes reunitewith her beloved family members, together, just like in her artwork.

Strength in Memory by Teo Sze Ting, a freelance illustrator from Malaysia, was also selected for the Special Award. Through her powerful typography design with hidden messages, such as “The year we fought together…”, “2020, a year to remember”, in the barcodes, she reflects on the memories of 2020 and encourages people to find strength and motivation from memories.

For more details please refer to: https://kings.tn/Mask_Design_Contest

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