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Envired Eco Design Competition

Envired Eco Design Competition (Bristol Design festival) 2010 for secondary Technology Students

Brief

Show how you have developed one of your own designs to make it more environmentally friendly.

Open to:
All secondary students studying Design Technology in the South West region.

Materials area:
Graphics, Electronics, Resistant Materials, Textiles and IT

To be included:
What the brief was for your product design.
Explain who the users are of the product and the need.
Explain in detail how the product has been developed to make it more environmentally friendly
Present ideas on 3xA3 sheets
Use a range of media on presentation sheets, drawings and annotations must be included
On the back of each sheet students must put their name, school year/age, school name and personal email and phone number.

Who are the judges?
The judges are made up of practicing designers and industry experts.

Prizes:
A range of prizes are available depending on the age group that the entry is from.

Deadline for applications is end of May 2010
Entries are to be sent flat or rolled (not folded) to:
Envired Competition, The Coach House, 2 Upper York St, Bristol BS2 8QN

If students are able to provide a prototype of their product we would also be interested in seeing photos of this.

Notes for teachers:

This competition has been designed so that students are able to put forward any idea for any project that they have been working on within the materials area of:
Resistant Materials, Graphics, Textiles, Systems and Control and Electronics and IT

Students can find many ways to make their products more environmentally friendly.
• Understand the properties of the materials used and make changes
• Recycled materials
• Re-used materials
• Reduction in components
• Reduction in manufacturing process and time
• Re design to include less waste

Students should clearly state on their submissions sheet how their product has developed to become more environmentally friendly.
Students must annotate their drawings to include the product user and their need for the product.
To give some idea to the judges about the students’ project a short brief must be included.
3 x A3 presentation sheets must include a range of media. This can include pencil drawings, CAD, collage, paint, markers etc
Development work incorporating the competitions requirements is in line with the 2008 Technology curriculum and can assist in raising student’s grades.
Many schools are following government initiatives such as sustainable schools, healthy schools, every child matters and learning outside the classroom. Entry to Envired Eco design competition incorporates many aspects of these initiatives.

If you would like exemplar sheets or a power point presentation to support your students in the entry to this competition then please email charlotte@envired.co.uk

Envired in Your City

If you are a school interested in entering your students into an Eco Design Competition then please contact info@envired.co.uk