Announcements:
° And the winner is...
Click on the link below to see the awarded projects
Thomas Desnijder wins the first price for his project “The Water Drain Selector”.
Leen Verhasselt was awarded with the prize for the runner-up.
Projects entering the “Designing a Sustainable Future” contest should foster the sustainable mindset of design. The contest welcomes all creative entries that combine high-quality design with a distinct contribution to the goal of sustainable need-fulfilment. Priority value is assigned to environmental, economical and social benefits throughout the life cycle of the proposed design.
The contest is open to all projects executed entirely by a student or a team of students in the framework of his/their bachelor or master studies (or equivalent), and shall not have been completed since longer than three years on June 1st, 2006. During evaluation of the projects the overall manpower available for the design project will be taken into account.
First prize: ° 2500 euro offerd by Els Van Weert, Belgian State Secretary for Sustainable Development and Social Economy,
° Exhibition in the Design Museum Gent
Runner-up: ° 1000 euro
Public award: ° Innovation Suite 3.1 Deluxe software and training (value 2495 euro) offered by CREAX
Nokia award: ° Nokia mobile device offered by Nokia for the entry that fits best into Nokia's core business
- Design presentation on two A1 color posters
(digital+hard copy) - Design documentation on 3 typewritten A4 pages
(digital+hard copy) - Design pictures/drawings on max. five A4 pages
(digital+hard copy) - Registration form to be downloaded from the website
(hard copy)
Submission before March 1st, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.
K.U. Leuven - Centre for Industrial Management
Celestijnenlaan 300A - B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
barbara.willems@cib.kuleuven.be
Jury
Barbara Willems
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Bernadette De Looze
Design Museum Gent
Johan Valcke
Design Vlaanderen
Joost Duflou
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leida Rijnhout
Vlaams Overleg Duurzame Ontwikkeling
Martin Charter
Journal Sustainable product design
Maxime Szyf
Creative Director, Maximal Design
Sami Kara
University of New South Wales
Serge de Gheldere
Design Engineer, Futureproof/ed
Sophie Spillemaeckers
Ethibel
Wim Dewulf
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Wouter Ulburgs
OVAM
