bizhub i-Series wins the Good Design Award 2019

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (December, 2019) - The Good Design Award, as one of the four greatest design awards in the world, also makes efforts to contribute to the international promotion of design. The award can be given to various objects such as industrial goods, architecture, software, systems, services no matter tangible or intangible, as long as it is created to fulfil certain ideals or purposes. “G Mark” that is only given to winning products is a proof and the symbol of winning the Good Design Award.

There are five fundamental themes to be considered when choosing ideals.

HUMANITY the creativity that guides the making of things

HONESTY the ability to see the nature of modern society

INNOVATION the vision to open up the future

ESTHETICS the imagination to evoke a rich life and culture

ETHICS the thoughtfulness to shape society and the environment.

So now, why Konica Minolta’s bizhub i-Series won this award?

Comments from Screening Committee of JDP

“In renewing the entire range of its MFPs, Konica Minolta has adhered to its design identity and succeeded in further refining the concept. The operation panel with a minimum set of keys makes the series more compatible with mobile devices while improving operability through the user experience, user interface and universal design. As a result, the company has made this series more efficient and easier to use, while reinforcing its design identity. Besides, the neat arrangement of the LED indicator lamp and authentication section, and the improvements made to every detail of the exterior appearance” bizhub  C360i / C300i / C250i.

Comments from Screening Committee of JDP

“Characteristically, this series builds on and further refines the design identity that underlies the entire range of Konica Minolta’s MFPs. While each model of the series has a large operation panel of the same size as that of the A3 MFP, its beautiful slim body allows installation in limited spaces for diverse workstyles, which has gained high marks from the juries. Like its A3 version, the operation panel with a minimum set of keys makes the series more compatible with mobile devices, while improving operability through the user experience, user interface and universal design, thus increasing the reliability of this series” bizhub C4050i/C3350i/C3320i/C4000i/C3300i.

i-Series is a second generation of bizhub and becoming a new symbol of Konica Minolta. Winning this award is proving that Konica Minolta’s device provides an excellent hardware platform. We can take advantage of using G Mark for the next few years to promote sales. Showing the G Mark and telling the story will be a good chance to appeal that bizhub i-Series could fit into a digital workplace not only its functionalities but also in the presence of its design excellence.

The G Mark can be used in any media worldwide to promote Konica Minolta i-Series for the limited time of period which until the end of October 2023.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East, based in Dubai DMCC, United Arab Emirates, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. Konica Minolta enables its distributors and clients to champion the digital era: with its unique imaging expertise and data processing capabilities, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers and solves issues faced by society. The company delivers services and distributes systems and solutions that fulfil all the requirements of the entire document life cycle for clients in the office and Commercial/Industrial production printing area. Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print Services plus (OPS+) concept combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation and service operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Its product range extends from colour and monochrome multifunctional and industrial production printing systems, to laser printers and all-in-ones, and to management software that integrates devices seamlessly into work processes and IT environments.

With regard to its office printing solutions, ‘IDC MarketScape: Western Europe Smart Multifunctional Peripheral 2018 Vendor Assessment’ stated that Konica Minolta is ‘recognised globally as a leading smart MFP provider of note’. As a strong partner for the professional printing market, Konica Minolta offers business consulting, state-of-the-art technology and software and has established itself as the production printing market leader for more than a decade in Middle East and Africa, Central Asia, Europe (InfoSource).  Its Business Innovation Centre in London and four R & D laboratories in Europe enable Konica Minolta to bring innovation forward by collaborating with its customers as well as academic, industrial and entrepreneurial partners. For its solutions that combine ‘smart service with smart technology’, Konica Minolta was awarded the prestigious ‘Buyers Lab PaceSetter Award for Outstanding Serviceability 2018/2019’ from Keypoint Intelligence. Konica Minolta Business Solutions is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 150 countries worldwide and positioned as a global leader in the US, EU and china.