Crazy PC designs from Microsoft’s next-gen PC contest

Each year, Microsoft hosts an exciting competition for the brightest young industrial minds in the country. The competition is called “Next-Gen PC Design Competition” and it seeks to bring out talent and creativity where it springs best from: Young, insightful designers.

Allen Wong and Matt Conway were this year’s big winners with their Kenyan and Bulb PCs getting the top spot. They said they drew their inspiration from the tough educational conditions they witnessed when they visited the African nation of Kenya. There, they said they found the drive to re-think computers so that they may be made accessible by people in developing nations.

Kevin Eagan of Microsoft’s OEM group said, “This yearÂ’s competition winners have envisioned a brave new world of computing. Through insightful design, the winning entries take computing to bold new places and to traditionally underserved audiences.”

None of the designs that won are like anything we’ve ever seen or expected from PCs. The Blok, for instance, looks more like the Nintendo GameCube game console than a regular computer. John Leung, one of the finalists, came up with MADE in Asia, a PC that looks more like a calligraphy scroll than a computer. Yet another crazy concept that got in was the Zeed+ which was designed to maximize device mobility.

Microsoft praised everyone who gave the event a shot and assured the design community of its long-term commitment to nurturing the industry by fostering evolution fuelled by innovation and creativity.

Each year, Microsoft hosts an exciting competition for the brightest young industrial minds in the country. The competition is called “Next-Gen PC Design Competition” and it seeks to bring out talent and creativity where it springs best from: Young, insightful designers.

Allen Wong and Matt Conway were this year’s big winners with their Kenyan and Bulb PCs getting the top spot. They said they drew their inspiration from the tough educational conditions they witnessed when they visited the African nation of Kenya. There, they said they found the drive to re-think computers so that they may be made accessible by people in developing nations.

Kevin Eagan of Microsoft’s OEM group said, “This yearÂ’s competition winners have envisioned a brave new world of computing. Through insightful design, the winning entries take computing to bold new places and to traditionally underserved audiences.”

None of the designs that won are like anything we’ve ever seen or expected from PCs. The Blok, for instance, looks more like the Nintendo GameCube game console than a regular computer. John Leung, one of the finalists, came up with MADE in Asia, a PC that looks more like a calligraphy scroll than a computer. Yet another crazy concept that got in was the Zeed+ which was designed to maximize device mobility.

Microsoft praised everyone who gave the event a shot and assured the design community of its long-term commitment to nurturing the industry by fostering evolution fuelled by innovation and creativity.