Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this past year's 2013 Core77 Design Awards. We will be featuring these projects by category, so be sure to stay tuned for your favorite categories of design! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the awards program, go to Core77DesignAwards.com.
Project Name: Hello, The laundry care experience redefined by peer community Designers: Benjamin Riot & Valentin Sollier Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique
Hello, the laundry care experience is a combination of two products: a washing machine and a clothes basket, working together within a service. Hello is designed to offer a whole new experience of washing clothes, by linking together a person who has a washing machine and someone who is looking to get the laundry done. Hello has been created especially with the needs of the Active Youth generation in mind.
- How did you learn that you had been recognized by the jury?
We learned that our project had been recognized by the jury and won the consumer product student category in front of the computer. We were both in 2 different countries at the time, following the ceremony online and watching the projects being called out one after the other with a little bit more stress each time. Then when the winner's turn came and our project has been named, we jumped on the phone to talk to each other and be sure that we heard well and that we were not dreaming or making any mistake.
- What's the latest news or development with your project?
At the moment the project is on stand-by and we haven't really updated it recently, but having won this competition it really gives us the motivation to have a look at it again and see how far we could push this idea.
- What is one quick anecdote about your project?
To be honest on this project one of the biggest challenge once we found the idea, has been to realize the models. We decided quite early on in the process that we would create a full size model of both the cloth basket and the washing machine, in order to present our concept in the most powerful way and also to be able to realize a video capturing the whole experience that we've imagined.
So one of the strongest memory that we both have about this project is working on the models at home for a long weekend in order to be sure that we would finish them on time. The whole place was a giant mess for 3 days, with parts of models everywhere in the apartment and the bathroom used as a paint booth...
- What was an "a-ha" moment from this project?
To be honest it's hard to think of one particular "a-ha" moment. What we both really like on a project is the discussions that happen during the process when we don't agree with each other. It may sound a bit surprising, but having tough discussions (it can be pretty heated sometimes) and disagreements during the creative process is usually very beneficial. Not agreeing on something forces you to consider this point on every possible angle and think about all the reasons why it should be or should not be this or that way. Going through all of that, there is usually a moment when we actually realize that none of us were right at the beginning and end up finding a new, much better way of doing it : "wait... what if maybe... a-ha!"
View the full project here.
Project Name: Animal Coffin Designers: Amanda Österlin La Mont, Louise Knoppert, Christian Frank Müller Design Academy Eindhoven
Animal coffin is a biodegradable coffin made from recycled waste materials with flower- and tree seeds embedded. A tree will grow where the beloved animal is buried, thus providing a long-lasting memorial. By giving waste material a second life Animal Coffin both provides an alternative for waste handling, conserves new resources and provides the opportunity to bid farewell of a beloved pet.
- How did you learn that you had been recognized by the jury?
I found out that we had gotten the "Core77 Design Awards, Consumer Products, Student Notable, 2013" recognition via an email.
- What's the latest news or development with your project?
At the moment the Animal coffin is participating in a traveling exhibition for Adream 2012 award that is shown all over Europe during the year 2013. The Animal coffin is also nominated for the Marianne Brandt award 2013. The result will be announced in September 2013.
We are working further with new digital and physical prototypes of the Animal coffin to experiment with material mixes, seeds and shape details. We are also discussing a possible development of an urn to allow burial of larger animals and possibly also humans. Further we are investigating the possibility to produce the coffin in small workshops with disabled workers to create a local eco system where waste material is collected from the community where the Animal coffin is produced and sold, and to provide local job opportunities.
- What is one quick anecdote about your project?
It was quite fun to collect waste material from different places such as coffee shops, hair saloons etc. during our experimentation face. We were often met by quite surprised staff members when we asked if we could get their waste for our school project.
- What was an "a-ha" moment from this project?
The whole process was a big "a-ha" experience since all the experiments were made with an trial and error mind-set. We combined several waste materials using many different techniques such as blending, grinding, pressing, heating etc. and the outcome was often surprising and unexpected. One part of the process that was of great importance was when the final waste components were decided and we started experimenting with the exact amounts to use of each one. We noticed how important the so called "material-recipe" became for the properties of the final material.
View the full project here.
XEOS 3D is one of the first desktop 3D-printers that actually fits on a desk. Designed for users that need to verify form geometries fast and easy, it is made for consultancies, design departments and even your home office. XEOS features a completely new invented robotic printing arm that makes its small desktop form factor possible. The two-window-design creates a new archetype for a 3D printer and useful features like WIFI, the integrated fisheye camera and the thoroughgoing easy and intuitive controls—in its software and at the device—elevate XEOS to a whole new printer category.
- How did you learn that you had been recognized by the jury?
I set my alarm for the time of the live broadcast from Germany. But because I am working at Sonos in California right now and I was at work at that time I missed it due to a meeting and got reminded by the Core77 mail that I was one of the lucky honorees! Thank you again it is a great honor for me!
- What's the latest news or development with your project?
Since I published the work online I got great feedback from people that wanted to start a kickstarter project with me, investors that wanted me to join start-ups and real 3D-printing companies. Due to my move to California right after my Bachelor I was not able to take care of that directly but this months I finally sold the design to a company in the Netherlands which is going to produce the XEOS 3D printer.
- What is one quick anecdote about your project?
I did not know that 3D printing would become within such a short time so popular - even through the 6 months of the project I noticed that 3D printing started to become really popular. That was luck, I did not know that from the beginning. Although I think it is now a little bit too much hype about 3D printing because it is not the single answer to every problem, I enjoyed being part of that new manufacturing revolution.
- What was an "a-ha" moment from this project?
With a lot of work and smart people around you - everything is possible! This project was a lot of work but it paid off. Design wise the first real aha moment was after the first cnc-milled prototype in real dimensions. I thought: Damn, this thing will be pretty slick and I want one :)
View the full project here.
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