What is the ideal flexible work station/system for designers?
Herman Miller, in collaboration with AUD Interior Design Department, AUDesign_ Lab, invites undergraduate Interior Design students to the Resilient Challenge, a unique opportunity to be the innovator of a changing world and to showcase your work to the international design community.
Following the recent new developments and your work experience during lockdown, the challenge focuses on the investigation and design of an efficient and flexible furniture system/station for designers/architects and students in design/architecture, suitable for any environment, be it home, office, university or anywhere.
REQUIREMENTS:
- System’s effectiveness in any circumstance (home-based use, office-based use, academia-based use)
- The system to be composed by max 5 parts, easy to assemble and use
- The system has to be light in weight and easy to move (it may be portable), it has to be easy to clean/sanitize.
- The system has to ensure social distance/safety measures when needed and set of all needed equipment
- Flexibility of uses (options to modify the configuration)
- To include sustainable initiatives
- To provide acoustic solutions
- To include HM products
- The system has to be innovative
SUBMISSION:
Individual work. Digital video (no more than two min. video).
The submission must include:
- “THE STORY”: Design Concept Statement and references, name of the project and brief description
- Statement on sustainability and how it has been included in your project
- Research Summary on new needs and reasons, 3 written goals the design should accomplish (Key words #)
- Visuals (with graphical explanation of system’s flexibility)
- Main materials
- Entries must meet the submission date, late entries will be disqualified
- Multiple entries by the same candidate will not be considered
What is in it for me you ask?
Top 10 submissions will be showcased to the public during Dubai Design Week 2020. The Jury will select the top 10 for the final event. The 3 top contestants will be offered an internship with leading Architecture and Design firms. All the participants will receive Certificates of Participation.
SUBMISSION VIDEO DEADLINE: 01.11.20(Details to follow)
FINAL: END OF NOVEMBER 2020 (date will be communicated).
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