The label for winners
Wabi-Sabi
Design competition 2021/2022
Are you the winner of this years’ competition? Every year BlueDot organizes a design competition for all students of the TU Delft. This year the theme of the competition is: Wab-Sabi!
Hungry for a challenge? Join the competition and win 500 euros!
Interested in organising this event next year? Click here
Latest updates
Wednesday during the lunch break (12:45 – 13:45), Frank Steeghs from ACE will meet our Design Competition participants via Zoom and is there to help them with their concepts! ACE is a consultancy and engineering firm, active in the segments: product development, automotive, industrial automation, hightech systems en construction technology.
A few weeks ago @mmidgroup came to the faculty of IDE to give a workshop about rapid prototyping to the students that applied to the design competition. By building towers out of spaghetti, various aspects of prototyping were highlighted. We really enjoyed it! We would like to thank MMID a lot for this interesting and fun workshop!
Do you have some spare time during this Christmas break? Want to have extra money to treat yourself during these though corona times? Sign up for the Design Competition and you may win €1000!
The BlueDot Design Competition is back! This year’s theme is ‘Rewind’ and the prizes are bigger than ever! Interested to improve your skills, expand your portfolio and to win 1000 euros?
About the competition
Workshops
For the design competition BlueDot will host two helpful and fun workshops to get inspiration for your design. You can participate for free. More information about the workshops will be provided after sign up.
Important dates
- 27 February Deadline for handing in your design
- 13- 14 March Award ceremony during IDE Business Fair
Criteria
Entries will be judged by a professional jury whom are currently working in the design field outside of the faculty. They will take the following criteria into account:
- Fit to theme: Rewind
- Story behind your design
- Originality of your design
- Aesthetics of your design
- Manufacturability of the design
Prizes
During the IDE Business Fair the winners will be announced and there will be an award ceremony.
- 1st prize: €1000,-
- 2nd prize: €500,-
- 3rd prize: €250,-
- Public prize: TBA
For the winners there is a chance of further development and perhaps even manufacturing of your design.
About the theme
This year’s theme is ‘Rewind’, which can be interpreted in different ways. Nowadays, our lives are busy and overwhelming. Since Covid-19, the normal is set to a new norm. Our surroundings have changed dramatically, we want to go back to life before the pandemic. Let’s just stop for a second and look back. Go back to the basics, when things were more simple. Look at what we need, not only what we desire. Concentrate on what matters the most, what are the primary or fundamental needs. For example, we all currently have different needs than before, for what products are you searching now in your new daily routine? What products could help you find these fundamental needs? Oh, and appreciate the little things!
For this competition, it is important to keep in mind that your idea fits in with the values and brand of BlueDot. BlueDot’s products can be described as products which are original and have an inspiring story behind it. The products are modern, sustainable and ambitious; which are perfect for the upcoming label for students!
Your submission
Once you have come up with a great design, make sure that your entry can be considered as complete. We would like to have all imagery and accompanying text to be presented on a poster, preferably on a foam board of A2 size. This poster will contain a mandatory description of 100-300 words in length as well as a structural design drawing or sketch, showing the construction of the design. You are also required to hand in a physical model or a CAD model. Please be aware that it is not possible to make a model at TU Delft due to Covid-19.
Make sure to mark your entries not with your name, but with your competition identification number which is assigned to you after registration.
Hand in all materials before the 27th of February at our office or email!
- C-2-350, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft