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BooKend Book organizer by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim is a winner of the 2016 Iron A' Design Award in 3D Printed Forms and Products Design.

BooKend is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.

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BooKend Book organizer by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim Iron 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner 2016

BooKend Book organizer

BooKend is about finding new ways to design and develop artistic yet functional objects using the latest technology tools. The BooKend is a book organizer with a pocket to hold pens and pencils, making it easy to access and organize them. These built in features allow users to keep their desk clean and organized.

BooKend Book organizer by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim Iron 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner 2016
Iron 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner 2016 BooKend Book organizer
BooKend designed by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim
BooKend - Iron 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner
Tong Jin (TJ) Kim's BooKend Book organizer
Iron 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner 2016 BooKend Book organizer
BooKend designed by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim
BooKend - Iron 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner
Tong Jin (TJ) Kim's BooKend Book organizer

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BooKend by Tong Jin (TJ) Kim

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Book organizer

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3D Printed Forms and Products Design Award Winner in 2016.


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BooKend Book organizer

BooKend is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. BooKend is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. BooKend is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.


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Purdue University / Industrial Design

Purdue University / Industrial Design

The Industrial Design area at Purdue has about 100 students in the program. They offer both an undergraduate and a graduate program in ID. The undergraduate degree is a professional program with intensive course work to prepare students for professional design positions. Purdue is unique in that it combines the professional degree with strong liberal arts education. This combination of liberal arts and professional design studies prepares students for strong leadership roles as industrial designers.


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