{"id":14026,"date":"2015-11-10T11:52:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=14026"},"modified":"2019-02-19T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T06:14:10","slug":"roland-digital-piano-design-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/roland-digital-piano-design-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Digital Piano Design Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You Design the Future \u2014\u00a0Entry Period Starts Today\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"14039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/roland-digital-piano-design-awards\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards.png?fit=943%2C662&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"943,662\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"roland_digital_piano_design_awards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards.png?fit=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards.png?fit=943%2C662&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14039\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards.png?resize=943%2C662\" alt=\"roland_digital_piano_design_awards\" width=\"943\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards.png?w=943&amp;ssl=1 943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/roland_digital_piano_design_awards.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Innovative thinkers from around the world are invited to design\u00a0the digital concert grand piano of the future in the\u00a0first ever <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roland.com\/promos\/piano_design_awards\/?_ga=1.22672123.159932838.1431627694\">Roland Digital Piano Design Awards<\/a><\/strong>. The theme of this design challenge is to unleash a piano design that breaks away from tradition, and each participant&#8217;s goal will be to design the digital grand piano of the future. Designers are encouraged to focus on the piano&#8217;s look primarily but can propose alternative digital functions and sounds as well.\u00a0Roland has remained at the forefront of piano innovation since the early 70s<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0and continues its quest to build the ultimate piano with this unique new contest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on the theme \u201cUnleash,\u201d Roland expects new concepts\u00a0that redefine the design of the concert grand piano.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Designs will be judged on the following criteria:<b> <\/b>1)<b> <\/b>novelty and originality, 2) aesthetic superiority, 3) alignment with theme, 4) elegance and presence as a concert grand piano, and 5) how well the benefits, i.e.\u00a0strengths of\u00a0digital piano (as a digital instrument) are incorporated into the design. The contest is open to all designers and design students worldwide. Contestants may enter as many designs as they want, but each design must be submitted individually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Winning designs will be announced online on January 21, 2016, and during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namm.org\/thenammshow\/2016\"><span class=\"s2\">2016 Winter NAMM<\/span><\/a> musical instruments trade show in Anaheim, California.\u00a0The official entry period is November 10, 2015, to December 21, 2015. Awards and prizes will be presented to one Grand Prize Winner (500K Yen), one Excellence Award Winner (200K Yen) and one Incentive Award winner (100K Yen).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Visit the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roland.com\/promos\/piano_design_awards\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Roland Digital Piano Design Awards<\/span><\/a> website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianodesignawards.com\/en\/pianoDesign\">contest entry details<\/a>, or email <a href=\"mailto:designawards@roland.com\"><span class=\"s2\">designawards@roland.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Design the Future \u2014\u00a0Entry Period Starts Today\u00a0 Innovative thinkers from around the world are invited to design\u00a0the digital concert grand piano of the future in the\u00a0first ever Roland Digital Piano Design Awards. The theme of this design challenge is to unleash a piano design that breaks away from tradition, and each participant&#8217;s goal will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[24],"tags":[948,949,521,16,128,906],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roland Digital Piano Design Awards - Roland U.S. Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Innovative thinkers from around the world are invited to create digital concert grand pianos of the future in the first Roland Digital Piano Design Awards.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/roland-digital-piano-design-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roland Digital Piano Design Awards - 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