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Toyota - Universal Smile

16 March - June 2010, Q Drum was chosen to be exhibited at the prestigious Amlux Toyota Co. Ltd. Universal Smile exhibition in Tokyo.

The showroom management company of the Toyota Motor Corporation. Directed by Satoshi Nakagawa.

ZaZou Productions, Japan

2010 - ZaZou Productions, Inc. is a film/TV production company based in New York City that produces and coordinates a variety of TV shows mainly for the Japanese television stations.

As part of a joint venture with ZaZou and Nippon TV, Q Drum was filmed for a weekly entertainment show, called "the Most Useful School in the World". It was featured a great innovation and an example that some ideas can make a huge impact in changing people's lives.

Design Real, Serpentine Gallery, London

From November 2009 to February 2010, Q Drum was featured in an installation curated by Konstantin Grcic. The exhibition was designed in collaboration with Alex Rich and Jürg Lehni.

International Design Biennale

2010 - Q Drum has been selected as a exhibitor for the Prediction exhibition, International Design Biennale St Etienne, France 2010, curated by Benjamin Loyauté.

Well Tech Awards

2008 - The Q Drum won the prestigious Well-Tech Award in Milan for Technology Innovation in the category "Quality of Life".

Science Museum Exhibition

2008 - The Q Drum is presently being exhibited at the Science Museum in London at their Science of Survival exhibition.

Design for the other 90%

2007/8 - The Q Drum formed part of an exhibition titled "Design for the other 90%" held at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. Click here for more information: http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/Design/q-drum

Rolex Awards

1996 - The Q Drum designers were laureates in the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, winning an awards for "An innovative way to transport water". Click here for more information: http://rolexawards.com/en/the-laureates/hanshendrikse-home.jsp