This design competition challenges established design firms, emerging designers, and design students to come up with new and innovative solutions to address the issues of energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new materials, product lifecycle, and social development. The top 50 entries will be published on the web for voting and commenting, and top finalists will be showcased live at the Greener Gadgets Conference for judging by an expert panel. Awards will be given out at the end of the conference program, and winners will be showcased on Core77.com, GreenerGadgets.com, CE.org, and Inhabitat.com.
We invite designers to explore the concept of “Greener Gadgets.” Designs should seek to minimize the environmental impact of consumer electronic devices at any stage in the product lifecycle. Areas of sustainability to consider include:
1. Energy
2. Materials / Lifecycle / Recycling
3. Social & Educational Development
Participants are encouraged to consider their designs as part of the entire product ecosystem, and should think as holistically as possible. Designers may choose to focus their entries on a particular area of human enterprise (learning, playing, communicating, etc.), or a particular context (work, home, school, etc.), a particular material, or a specific device. Entries may also seek to create new paradigms for products and services.
Grand Prize: US$3,000
Second Prize: US$1,000
Third Prize: US$1,000
Judging
Entries will be pre-judged by representatives from Core77 and Greener Gadgets. A set of 50 Semi-Finalists will be showcased at the Core77.com and GreenerGadgets.com websites for voting and commenting. A set of 10 Finalists will then be selected by the judges for final judging LIVE on stage at the Greener Gadgets Conference on February 27, 2009 in New York City. (Finalists are not required to be in attendance.) Winner and runners up will be determined at the event though a combination of on-stage judging panelists and live audience votes.
Entries will be judged on the following criteria: innovation, clarity of design, originality, form and presentation.
Info: GreenerGadgets@core77.com