Eye for Why Industrial Design Contest Winners Selected
Vacuum guru Dyson and the Industrial Designers Society of America challenge students to reinvent household items.
Staff -- Interior Design, 2/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
Industrial design students across the U.S. hit the drawing board. The goal? Generate designs for household items which simply work better. Of the 58 entries from student members of IDSA and National Association of Schools of Art & Design-accredited degree programs, seven were honored for their innovative and intelligent design solutions.
“Design and technology challenge young people to look beyond face value by solving problems, by thinking on their feet and asking them to reject the status quo...and teach them an important lesson in life: not to give up,” says James Dyson.
First place was awarded to Brandon Warren for his Apples & Oranges fruit bowl which regulates temperature to keep fruit fresh. Warren and his advisor received cash prizes and an all-expense paid trip to New York for the awards ceremony.
Second place winner Moisture Keeper, both a dehumidifier and humidifier, was designed by Isamu Yoda to automatically adjust humidity in a room without having to drain or refill the water. Christine Miller’s ACORN Manual Coffee Grinder, Jennifer Olson’s Booie, Arthur Hamling’s CutKit, and Josh Aukema, Matt Cavalier and Joe McCurry’s Vacurake shared third place. Re-Bag by Brad Jolitz was an honorable mention.
The hand-picked jury included Janet Villano, senior product designer for Rockwell Group, Michael Carey, lead industrial designer for Kenmore Fabric Care, Whirlpool Corporation, and Emma Jane Heatley, international design engineering manager for Dyson.
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