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29 May -Launch Deadline
28 Aug -Standard
19 Dec -Extended Deadline
26 Dec -Judging
07 Jan 2026 -Winners Announced
Saturday, 20 December 2025 08:33 local time

Z890-Cherry Blossom

Quansong Jing | Product Design - Commercial & Industry - International

 
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Project Overview

This motherboard features an innovative back-placed graphics card layout that resolves the space and cooling limitations of traditional designs. It also introduces a soft pink-and-white cherry blossom color scheme, redefining what hardware aesthetics can be. Together, these innovations deliver the high performance and personal style tech enthusiasts expect.

Organisation

Quansong Jing

Team

Quansong Jing, Yang Zhou

Project Brief

In hardware engineering, the motherboard serves as a central hub that connects all components, and its design directly impacts system performance and user experiences. However, most motherboards today face two key limitations. First, as graphics cards grow larger and more power-hungry, they consume more space inside the chassis, limit expansion options, and compromise cooling efficiency. Second, traditional designs often lack visual appeal and fail to meet users’ growing demands for both style and personalization. To address these challenges, this motherboard introduces two breakthrough features: a back-placed graphics card layout and an elegant pink-and-white cherry blossom color scheme. Together, they effectively overcome space and cooling constraints while enhancing visual appeal. The design also prioritizes high performance and flexible customization, giving users the freedom to build a system that truly fits their needs.

Project Innovation/Need

Back-Placed Graphics Card Layout:
The graphics card is innovatively mounted on the back of the motherboard, freeing up valuable front-side space. This unlocks greater PCIe expansion potential and makes it easier to install high-performance components, giving users more flexibility when building their ideal systems. By thermally isolating the graphics card from other components, the layout also enhances overall system stability and responsiveness.

Cherry Blossom Color Scheme (Pink & White):
Breaking away from the typical industrial look of green or black motherboards, this design features a soft cherry blossom pink base with delicate white floral accents, bringing a gentle, romantic aesthetic to an otherwise rigid and utilitarian form. It’s especially striking in a transparent chassis, where it showcases the user’s unique personality and taste. The craftsmanship is just as thoughtful: the pink solder mask isn’t just beautiful—it also delivers excellent electrical insulation, strong oxidation resistance, and long-term durability, ensuring reliable performance over time.

Personalized Customization:
Equipped with abundant front-panel I/O ports and multiple PCIe slots, the motherboard supports highly customizable builds for optimal performance and personal preferences.

Design Challenge

Creating a motherboard that redefines both form and function means solving two fundamental challenges.

First, relocating the graphics card to the back of the board requires exceptional thermal management and robust signal integrity to preserve full performance. To meet this demand, the motherboard combines advanced technologies for cooling efficiency and signal transmission, ensuring the graphics card operates with consistent efficiency and stability, despite the unconventional layout.

Second, the pink-and-white cherry blossom color scheme shouldn’t force a trade-off between aesthetic innovation and reliable durability. By applying specialized heat- and corrosion-resistant coating materials, along with multi-layer protective finishes, the motherboard preserves its refined, soft floral aesthetic while delivering flawless performance, even in demanding environments.

Sustainability

With an optimized layout, the motherboard enhances both scalability and cooling efficiency—two primary reasons users frequently replace their motherboards. By resolving these common limitations, the design effectively extends product lifespan and reduces electronic waste. Moreover, advanced materials and manufacturing techniques ensure lasting beauty and durability, while also enhancing energy efficiency with material recyclability. Altogether, the design embodies circular economy and green technology principles, offering a viable path toward more sustainable development in the electronics industry.


Product Design - Commercial & Industry - International

This award celebrates creative and innovative design for either a component or overall product. Consideration given to aspects that relate to human usage, aesthetics, selection of components and materials, and the resolution of assembly, manufacturing and the overall function.
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